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EU officials raid the offices of European publishers; Melville House donates online profits to Japan disaster relief; the long list for Australia's Miles Franklin Literary Award; three literary magazines win National Magazine Awards for Digital Media; and other news.
A group of authors is hosting an online auction to benefit Japan; the CEO of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt resigns after less than two years in the job; Wesley McNair is appointed poet laureate of Maine; James Ellroy receives the French Order of Arts and Letters; and other news.
Nine ways of understanding earthquakes through literature; the return of the London Book Fair; the opening lines of David Foster Wallace's soon-to-be-released The Pale King; Hollywood's favorite author; and other news.
Arcadia Books will feature prominently in Woody Allen's next film; a bumper crop of marijuna-themed books; Salman Rushdie tries his hand at writing for television; James Frey completes the Bible; and other news.
The future is bright again for the Los Angeles Public Library; Goodreads acquires Discovereads.com; Funny or Die is set to launch a book imprint; the Poetry Center of Chicago finds a home; and other news.
Salma Hayek announced plans to produce an animated version of Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet; an iPad 2 review roundup; some of Borders' creditors ask for their books back; O, The Oprah Magazine dedicates its April issue to poetry; and other news.
Senator Reid criticized for cowboy poetry reference; F. Scott Fitzgerald's Gatsby house destined for demolition; editor Sonny Mehta receives lifetime achievement award; crafting poetry from celebrity fodder; and other news.
Looking at literary heroines on International Women's Day; Jane Eyre alights onscreen once again; Charlie Sheen reads his poetry; libraries get a makeover; and other news.
Problems with the portrayal of characters of color; the ten greatest poets; a publisher's limits on library lending; another top honor for Vargas Llosa; and other news.
Today is National Grammar Day; OR Books gathers the Tweets of Egyptian activists into a book; a French court dismisses a libel claim against a book review editor for a negative review he published; a C. S. Lewis translation of Virgil's Aeneid will be published next month; and other news.
