Get ready for Maya Angelou’s hip-hop album
Continuing in the grand tradition of posthumous work by 2Pac, Notorious B.I.G., Big Pun, Big L and Pimp C, the late author and poet Maya…
Continuing in the grand tradition of posthumous work by 2Pac, Notorious B.I.G., Big Pun, Big L and Pimp C, the late author and poet Maya…
Little over a fortnight following Robin Williams’ death at the age of 63, author and journalist Dave Itzkoff has revealed plans to write a biography…
As revealed earlier in the month, later this week HarperCollins launches Killer Reads – its new digital crime imprint – with a week of open…
With August at a close and summer hours about to expire we thought you could use some upbeat news. We’re thrilled to announce the hiatus…
Earlier in the summer Barnes & Noble announced that its oft-troubled Nook division was to partner with Samsung to release a line of tablets carrying…
This is a guest post from Mary Ann Kernan of City University, London. Interested in exploring a Publishing MA and UK/EU postgrad fee bursaries? Sign…
This year’s Hugo Awards – the annual prizes recognising achievement in science fiction and fantasy – were presented last night at Loncon 3, the 72nd…
Of all the threats Amazon has posed to brick and mortar bookshops to date, real-world competition – that is, a branch of Amazon that book…
Today in news so time-contingent you probably can’t even spare the couple of minutes it takes to read this: if you can get to the…
25 November this year marks 40 years since the death of singer-songwriter Nick Drake, aged 26, from an overdose of antidepressants, the intentionality of which…
HarperCollins is extending its Killer Reads web presence – a promotional tool and online community for its crime titles since 2009 – into a digital-first…
Crime writing festival Bloody Scotland has revealed the shortlist for its Deanston Scottish Crime Book of the Year, whose winner will be announced as part…
We already know that print sales declined in 2013 (as they have year on year for a while now), dropping in value from £1.514 billion…
When the Man Booker Prize announced last September that, as of the 2014 prize, the field of nominees would be expanded beyond the borders of…
As if a piddling thing like dying last year is any kind of obstacle to a man of his stature – new material is forthcoming…