No Harry Potter spoilers, pleads JK Rowling
Hillel ItalieJK Rowling has a request for those with inside information on her seventh and final Harry Potter book: please keep it to yourself. "We're a little under three months away, now, and the first distant rumblings of the weirdness that usually precedes a Harry Potter publication can be heard on the horizon," Rowling wrote on her website.
'Gay' penguins top US list of book complaints
Hillel ItalieAn award-winning children's book based on the true story of two male penguins that raised a baby penguin has topped the list of works attracting complaints from parents, library patrons and others, the American Library Association said on Tuesday. And Tango Makes Three is the first of 546 works on the list.
JK Rowling brings US fans to their feet
Hillel ItalieJust the mention of her name, JK Rowling, had the audience screaming and on its feet.
Hosseini considers his latest book his most ambitious
Hillel Italie"The Kite Runner" author Khaled Hosseini's latest novel, "And the Mountains Echoed", tells of how we are united by loss, failure and missing out.
Poet, activist Dennis Brutus dies
Hillel ItaliePoet and former political prisoner Dennis Brutus, who fought apartheid in words and deeds, has died at the age of 85.
What comes after Harry Potter?
Hillel ItalieHow big is the market for a multimedia story -- and can a phenomenon be conceived by a publisher?
Poet and protester Dennis Brutus dies
Hillel ItaliePoet and former political prisoner Dennis Brutus, who fought apartheid in words and deeds, has died at the age of 85.
Award-winning Arthur Schlesinger dies at 89
Hillel ItalieArthur M Schlesinger Jr, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Kennedy insider who helped define mainstream liberalism during the Cold War and remained an eminent public thinker into the 21st century, has died, his son said. He was 89. Schlesinger suffered a heart attack while dining out with family members on February 28 in Manhattan.
Actor Johnny Depp to help run publishing imprint
Hillel ItalieThe first project for Johnny Depp's publishing imprint, Infinitum Nihil, will be a book by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan.
'Modern hermit' is new US poet laureate
Hillel ItalieKay Ryan, an award-winning poet, mountain-bike rider and self-described "modern hermit", has been named the next United States poet laureate.
