When authors write books, the intention is not to necessarily have their words become instant literary classics or have them turned into Hollywood gold.
25 years after the movie came into theaters and began its quest to steal the hearts of generations to come; the lead actor from The Princess Bride is planning to write a memoir about making the beloved film.
Writers James McBride and George Packer won National Book Awards, among the most prestigious literary prizes in U.S. publishing, at a gala dinner on Wednesday that also honored authors E.L. Doctorow and Maya Angelou.
The novelist Doris Lessing, who tackled race, ideology, gender politics and the workings of the psyche in a prolific and often iconoclastic career, died in London on Sunday at the age of 94, her publisher HarperCollins said.
A history of the Italian poet Gabriele D'Annunzio, who tried to set up a fascist state in Italy in the early 20th century and was an influence on the dictator Benito Mussolini, won Britain's Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction on Monday.
Canadian Nobel Prize winning author Alice Munro will be unable to attend the Stockholm awards ceremony in December because of ill health, the head of the Swedish Academy said on Friday.
It's not quite Halloween yet but the 8th annual New York Comic Con in midtown Manhattan was filled with super fans dressed up in their favorite character's costumes Sunday to mark the end of the 4-day event.
