February 08, 2012

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Against the apparent wishes of the author, a new Lemony Snicket series begins this fall.

February 07, 2012

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Novels by acclaimed crime writer Jim Thompson are coming out as e-books.

February 03, 2012

TORONTO - Canadian children's author Joyce Barkhouse, whose novel "Pit Pony" was adapted for the small screen as a Gemini Award-winning film and a series, has died.

February 02, 2012

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Billy Ray Cyrus is the latest celebrity to sign up with Amazon.com.

February 01, 2012

A seven-part prequel series to Watchmen, one of the most popular graphic novels of all time, will appear this summer, according to DC Entertainment, publishers of DC Comics.

January 31, 2012

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Debbie Reynolds must have thought she'd said it all in her memoir a quarter-century ago.

December 07, 2011

Red Mist might be the 19th novel in the best-selling Kay Scarpetta series, but author Patricia Cornwell isn’t tired of her forensic examiner heroine.

December 07, 2011

Zombies have come a long way over the past couple years, especially for, well, zombies.

November 30, 2011

Less than 5,000 words keep me from becoming a true novelist at midnight tomorrow.

November 13, 2011

Bestselling author Susan Orlean keeps expecting someone to drop off a German shepherd dog at one of her readings any day now.

November 08, 2011

Do you recall when you first heard the words “and they all lived happily ever after”?

November 08, 2011

No one was more shocked than Darrell Hammond when Donald Trump appeared on CNN to discuss the comedian’s life.

November 06, 2011

As the title star of Hercules in the 1990s, Kevin Sorbo was known for his strength and vitality. But off-camera, he hid a deep secret: His abilities had been severely limited since falling victim to...

November 06, 2011

How’s this for a novel concept? Write a novel in a month, starting today. That’s exactly what a quarter of a million people will do as part of National Novel Writing Month.

November 03, 2011

Some of Stephen King's best books do double duty as doorstops and “11/22/63” is no exception.

October 31, 2011

“The Garner Files: A Memoir” (Simon & Schuster), by James Garner and Jon Winokur: Better not say anything nasty to his face about “The Garner Files” or actor James Garner...

October 20, 2011

Glenn Gould, Emily Carr, Norman Bethune, Pierre Trudeau and L.M. Montgomery have something in common. They are extraordinary Canadians.

October 18, 2011

Who among us hasn’t had a nightmare about what a post-apocalyptic city — like Toronto or New York City — might look like. If you’re acclaimed Brooklyn novelist Colson Whitehead...

October 12, 2011

Sparkly vampires are all the rage right now, but zombies are stumbling their way toward knocking their fellow legions of the undead from their pedestal. From the zombie walks being held in cities...