Beren and Lúthien, the latest of J.R.R. Tolkien's works to be edited and released by his son, is likely to be the last. (NPR) Publisher in Iceland only prints books under a full moon – and burns ... Read More »

Finally, someone has calculated the calories in a 500-page book. (Mental Floss) Senator Al Franken brings back a little bit of comedy in his new book. (The AV Club) A lot of people are upset ... Read More »

Eleanor London, founder and chief librarian at Montreal's Côte-St-Luc library, dies. (Montreal Gazette) TV series pushes A Handmaid's Tale back to the top of the book charts in the U.K. (The Guardian) Forget the book mobile, Kitchener-Waterloo ... Read More »

The "World's Coolest Astronaut" has just published his biography. (Gizmodo) "Bookstagramming" proving to be a surprisingly effective way to market books. (Forbes) Philip Pullman's latest, The Book of Dust, continues His Dark Materials 17 years later. ... Read More »

Take it or leave it: this Culver City bookstore only sells romance. (Los Angeles Times) Chris Hadfield believes in the importance of books. (Macleans) A Louisiana lawyer is asking the courts to make a Mississippi ... Read More »

Neil Gaiman will perform a dramatic reading of the Cheesecake Factory menu if $500,000 is raised for refugee charity. (Los Angeles Times) Not everyone is excited about brick-and-mortar Amazon stores. (Quartz) Roger Moore completed his ... Read More »

Twin Peaks is getting a new book by Mark Frost to accompany its new season. (Los Angeles Times) BookCon 2017 is bringing in big names to attract more adult readers. (Publishing Perspectives) Michigan charity raises ... Read More »

  Jordan Peele and Misha Green to adapt dark fantasy novel Lovecraft Country for HBO. (Los Angeles Times) Publisher named France’s minister of culture. (Publishing Perspectives) Dad’s young daughter didn’t see any Asian heroes in ... Read More »

A book written in 2011 jumped to No.1 on Amazon after Bill Gates tweeted about it. (Los Angeles Times) First museum devoted exclusively to American writing opens in Chicago. (Mashable) Harlequin is cancelling five lines ... Read More »

Stage adaptation of Emma Donoghue's Room receives mixed reviews from critics. (The Telegraph) Claudia Casper talks science-fiction literary awards and NorWesCon. (Literary Hub) #BelovedBooksProject hashtag aims to showcase well-loved books on bookstagram. (BookRiot) Bookseller sues California over book signing ... Read More »