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Ever wonder what you've got to look forward to? Has your favorite author inked a deal to bring their books...
Ever wonder what you've got to look forward to? Has your favorite author inked a deal to bring their books...
Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature. In presenting the award, the Nobel committee...
The National Book Critics' Circle, which honors outstanding writing and fosters a national conversation about reading, criticism, and literature, will...
Born on this day in 1936, actor, director, and film icon Robert Redford—and in case you missed it, Redford, a...
Deadline is reporting that science fiction author Harlan Ellison has died at the age of 83. From a family friend, Christine...
When you are a creative type, staying in your own lane leads you places. For me, that meant moving in...
SCI-FI/FANTASY Author of THE WOLF OF THE NORTH trilogy and THE SOCIETY OF THE SWORD trilogy Duncan Hamilton's DRAGONSLAYER, the...
Devastating news hitting us this afternoon: Acclaimed fantasy novelist Ursula K. Le Guin passed away on Monday at the age...
Broadway World reports that playwright and actor, Sam Shepard passed away on July 27 after a lengthy battle with ALS....
One of the reasons I jumped at the chance to attend the recent NerdCon: Stories convention was the opportunity to...
Fun news! Penguin Random House has announced that they have won the bidding war, and will be publishing books by...
In response to Simon & Schuster's recent $250k deal with Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos, Roxane Gay has pulled her upcoming...
In an Entertainment Weekly interview published this week, Man Booker prize winner Marlon James opened up about the epic fantasy...
Richard Adams, the author of the iconic children's book, Watership Down, has died at age 96. He had been ill...
While the variety shows and special events were fun, and the panels and workshops were informative, while being around a...
It was my distinct pleasure to be able to attend the 2nd Annual NerdCon: Stories convention last weekend at the...
Well, another NerdCon: Stories convention has come and gone (held October 14 and 15 in Minneapolis, Minnesota), and once again,...
Thirty-five inches of rain in four days. That's how much rain has fallen in Louisiana in this last "episode." The...
To wrap up National Library Week, we revisit an essay from 2013, where a library book can be more that...
In honor of National Library Week, we give you a follow-up to Sharon's essay yesterday about being addicted to requests...
~ * ~ In honor of National Library Week, we at LitStack are running some of our favorite essays regarding...
April 10 - 16 is National Library Week, and this year's theme is "Libraries Transform", reminding all Americans that today’s libraries are...
Did you like the weird and provocative British television series Black Mirror? (Of course you did!) Do you adore Neil...
After "sitting on the news for over six months", author Victoria Schwab excitedly announced on Facebook on Tuesday that the...
So, when I took the parcel I was going to send out for the first day of the 2016 A...
What could be better than to hear that fantasy author Patrick Rothfuss’s bestselling, award winning book The Name of the...
The eagerly anticipated longlist for the 2014 Booker Prize was announced on July 23, 2014. The Man Booker Prize for...
The 2013 Shirley Jackson Awards were presented on Sunday, July 13th, 2014 at Readercon 25 in Burlington, Massachusetts. These awards...
The Libertarian Futurists Society (LFS) has announced its Prometheus Award winners, including awards for Best Novel and Best Classic Fiction...
Along with Monday's announcement of their Lifetime Achievement Award going to editor extraordinaire Ellen Datlow and author Chelsea Quinn Yarbro,...
Congratulations to Ellen Datlow and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro who've just been announced as Life Achievement winners by the World Fantasy...
Walter Dean Myers, prolific author of children's books - from picture books for youngsters to novels for young adults, to...
Fantasy and historical fantasy fiction writer Guy Gavriel Kay is being honored with an appointment to the Order of Canada...
The winners of the 2014 Locus Awards were announced on Saturday, June 28, and we at LitStack are pleased as...
On Thursday, June 12, the Library of Congress announced that Charles Wright would be this year's poet laureate. (In the...
Our prayers and thoughts are with the family and friends of Dr. Maya Angelou who passed away at her Winston-Salem home...
The 2013 Nebula Award winners were announced on Sunday, May 17 at the annual Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of...
Locus Magazine has been covering the science fiction and fantasy field since 1968, and Locus Online (the semi-autonomous web version...
According to its website, "PEN American Center is the largest of the 145 centers of PEN International, the world’s leading...
The British Science Fiction Association award winners were announced Sunday, and some familiar names came away with the coveted trophy. ...
Angry Robot has acquired World Rights for Susan Murray’s The Waterborne Blade (October 2014), "the opening volume of an intriguing...
New York, March 10, 2014 – The American Academy of Arts and Letters announced today the names of 20 writers...
Angry Robot announced their deal for Worldwide Rights, for The Singular and Extraordinary Tale of Mirror and Goliath by Ishbelle...
Critically acclaimed author Harper Lee has settled her lawsuit against the museum that sold unlicensed and unapproved merchandised that carried...
The Bookseller is reporting that details on the second mystery novel penned by Robert Galbraith (pseudonym for J.K. Rowling) have...
We were just a bit too excited when we came across this post from Screen Rant. According to the site,...
We love, love, love this awesome kickstarter from Lightspeed magazine. It's an issue completely written and edited by women. From...
Yesterday, the long-silent Harry Potter fandom received a bit of a shock when news leaked that JK Rowling admitted she...