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Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, announced on Thursday that his memoir will be released on April 6, as reported by the Associated Press. It will be titled Beautiful Things and focus on the youngest Biden son’s struggles with substance abuse. Biden’s personal issues became a target for Republicans during the 2020 presidential […]

The family of British author Roald Dahl — who was best-known for his children’s books — has issued an apology for his anti-Semitism. Published on roalddahl.com, the statement acknowledged that the writer made hateful comments about the Jewish community and suggested that these remarks do not fully reflect who he was as a person. “The […]

First lady Melania Trump is looking to write a tell-all book about her time in the White House, according to a Sunday report from Page Six. Individuals familiar with Melania Trump’s thinking told the publication that negotiations about a potential deal with a major publisher have already begun and that this could be a great […]

Colin Jost introduced a new trailer for his book, A Very Punchable Face, on Instagram, and the hilarious promo had his followers in stitches. The Saturday Night Live head writer and “Weekend Update” host posted the video after he explained to his fans he was very excited to debut the film and its contents for […]

Donald Trump’s family regularly used racist slurs while he was growing up, the president’s niece claimed as part of the publicity tour for her best-selling tell-all book. In an interview with The Washington Post, Mary Trump said it was common for Donald Trump’s immediate family to use both racist and anti-Semitic terms while he was […]

The Today Show’s Hoda Kotb announced this week that she will be releasing a new book titled This Just Speaks To Me. Kotb has published several other books, including New York Times bestseller I Really Needed This Today — a volume which is full of quotes and inspirational messages. This new book is meant to […]

Karen Akpan is the mother of a 7-year-old little African American boy named Aiden. Akpan made the decision to bring her son to a peaceful protest against racial injustice. In an open and honest Instagram post, Karen shared a photo of her son holding a sign at the demonstration. She also explained how she prepared […]

J.K. Rowling has announced that she will be releasing her new book, The Ickabog, on Tuesday, May 26, per BBC. The Ickabog marks the author’s return to the world of fantasy and is the author’s first children’s book since she finished the Harry Potter series. While speculation is unavoidable as to whether her latest title […]

Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe is one of several celebrities who will lend their voices to a special series of videos and audio recordings titled Harry Potter at Home. The first session of the series will include Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone. The Harry Potter at Home series, as stated by The Inquisitr, is […]

Sir Terry Pratchett’s production company, Narrativia, has announced a multi-series development deal that will bring several series based on stories within the Discworld universe to television. Loyal fans have been reassured that the adaptations are to remain faithful to the well-beloved book series. An announcement on the Discworld website has stated each series will be […]

Francois Clemmons is likely best known to most people for his role in the TV show Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Clemmons played Officer Clemmons from 1968 to 1993, and over his time on the show, he grew incredibly close to Fred Rogers, who he describes as a mentor figure in a new interview with People. In […]

Clive Cussler has died. According to a report from TMZ, the author — known for his novel Sahara, which served as his most successful film adaptation — passed away Monday. The outlet, citing Cussler’s son, reported that his cause of death is unknown. The author was prolific, writing dozens of books throughout his career, both […]

The best-selling book “A Warning,” written by an author known as “Anonymous,” shocked the world when it was published in November 2019 and revealed startling allegations about the Donald Trump presidency from the perspective of an insider. Now, it appears as though a top Trump adviser has a side job of searching for the book’s […]

Well known writer and author Mary Higgins Clark passed away on January 31 in Florida at the age of 92-years-old. She was especially known for her mystery books. Many are mourning her death, including The Today Show’s Hoda Kotb who got to know Clark well by interviewing her many times throughout the years. Kotb remembered […]

Mary Higgins Clark, the best-selling author known as the “Queen of Suspense,” has died. The legendary novelist known for her series of mystery books passed away on January 31 in Naples, Florida at age 92, the New York Times reports. Higgins Clark’s longtime publisher, Simon & Schuster, also shared the sad news on Twitter. The […]

On Thursday, Carrie Underwood told her 9.3 million Instagram followers that her new book, Find Your Path, will be ready for pre-order on March 3. The former American Idol winner has been very busy this past year while having a baby, going on tour, hosting and singing at award shows, and honoring Linda Ronstadt by […]

Christopher Tolkien, the son of famed fantasy author J.R.R. Tolkien, has passed away in France at the age of 95, French newspaper Var-Matin reports. He is believed to have died in his sleep some time between Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Though he was born and raised in England, the youngest son of the Lord […]

Al Roker has created the career of his dreams, becoming a staple of morning television on the Today Show, where he informs the nation about everything from current events to the weather. In total, he’s been working in the industry for 40 years. Thus, he has learned a few things that he intends to share […]

Donald Trump Jr. bragged that his new book shot to the top of the New York Times best-seller list this week, but literary insiders say there was a bit of sleight of hand at play with his big debut. The eldest son of President Donald Trump took aim at the political left in the book, […]

Donald Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., released his first book on Tuesday. Titled Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us, the book immediately shot to the top of the Amazon.com “Political Commentary and Opinion” bestseller list, as well two other politics-related Amazon lists. But by Tuesday afternoon, questions had […]

In Triggered, his new book, Donald Trump Jr. wrote about his Twitter habit, The Washington Examiner reports. President Donald Trump‘s son was accused of conspiring with Russia to sway the 2016 presidential election in his father’s favor. According to prosecutors, he met with a Kremlin-affiliated lawyer who offered him dirt on then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary […]

SPOILER ALERT: This article discusses the final season of HBO’s Game of Thrones. Please proceed with caution if you have not yet viewed all available episodes and wish to avoid spoilers. In the final season of HBO’s Game of Thrones, there was a shock twist that saw Brandon Stark (Isaac Hempstead Wright) become the ruler […]

Jessica Yellin was once a prominent television journalist, serving as CNN’s Chief White House Correspondent from 2011 to 2013. Now, the 46-year-old has released her debut novel, Savage News. In the political satire from Harlequin‘s Mira imprint, heroine Natalie Savage gets a dream gig covering White House affairs for a major television network. However, the […]

Singer and pianist Alicia Keys revealed that she has written her first memoir, More Myself: A Journey, which will be coming out in November via Oprah Winfrey’s book imprint. The Grammy winner announced the news in a video — featuring Oprah — that she uploaded to her YouTube channel on Wednesday, March 13. In the […]

Today contributor Jenna Bush Hager has announced the launch of a new book club, Read with Jenna, for fans of the morning television program to participate in. She made the big reveal during the program on Tuesday, March 6, and also unveiled the first tome that she wants people to read along with her. Sitting […]

It’s the first day of a new month, so it is time for Reese Witherspoon to reveal the next pick in her popular book club. As usual, the actress took to social media to announce the tome she wants to get everyone reading over the new few weeks. In January, as previously reported by The […]

J.D. Salinger is an American writer who was most well known for his novel, The Catcher in the Rye. Salinger passed away in 2010, and it has now been revealed by his son, Matt Salinger, that there are plenty of unpublished works from his late father. According to an interview Matt gave to the Guardian, […]

For people that have put “read more books” on their New Year’s resolutions lists, Reese Witherspoon has a recommendation for you. The actress has named the first tome of the year that she wants members of her book club to read. On Instagram on Wednesday, January 2, the Legally Blonde star announced that the The […]

It’s not uncommon for presidents to share books they’ve read at the end of the year. President Obama made yearly book and music suggestions to the American public. This year, Donald Trump shared his own book recommendations in a series of tweets, and just in time for the holiday gift-giving season. Save one, all the […]

Former President Barack Obama posted a list of the books he’s been reading this summer to Facebook. Obama, a Harvard Law graduate and author of several books, has been reading an eclectic mix of fiction, memoirs, and biographies during his down time this summer. “One of my favorite parts of summer is deciding what to […]

According to CNN, Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul died in his London home Saturday night at 85-years-old. Born Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul in 1932, the Nobel laureate was raised in Trinidad and later moved to England to attend Oxford University, where he first began his long career as a writer. Now known as a controversial novelist, […]

A new book by a controversial author of unauthorized royal biographies — who is also a former reality TV star — purports to tell all about what Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, get up to behind their closed bedroom doors, including what happened on their wedding night when Philip “introduced her to […]

A decades-old controversy over the depiction of Native Americans and African-Americans in the classic Little House on the Prairie books has resulted in the name of its author, Laura Ingalls Wilder, being removed from an award. Someone first complained back in 1952. In the first chapter of the book about pioneer life in the late […]

Michelle Obama revealed the cover of her upcoming memoir Becoming in an Instagram post Thursday morning, giving a glimpse into what is expected to be one of this year’s most anticipated books. “I’m thrilled to share with all of you the cover for BECOMING. The process of writing this book has been so personally meaningful […]

Apparently, size mattered in 2017 and continues to in 2018. Michael Wolff is the man of the hour as his book of the salacious claims about Donald Trump’s campaign and presidency debuted Friday on the heels of a failed attempt by the president’s camp to kill its publication. After Trump’s camp unleashed a bevy of […]

The twin daughters of George and Barbara Bush sound a chilling alarm for Barack and Michelle Obama’s daughters. Twins Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Bush understand the stress that goes along with being the first children of presidents and the rigors of navigating life before and after the White House. Today, as women with families […]

Melania Trump sent a school in Massachusetts a set of Dr. Seuss books, which many people consider a rite of passage in childhood reading. The books were not only sent back to Melania, but the librarian in charge of the school’s reading material also returned them with a letter addressed to the first lady that […]

A Game of Thrones was first published 21 years ago, on August 1, 1996. Since that time there have been four other A Song of Ice and Fire novels, multiple short stories, and a hugely popular show on HBO that brings in over 10 million viewers and costs just as much per episode. While fans […]

Barron Trump (two R’s in his first name) is a real 11-year-old boy who was born in 2006 in New York. “Baron Trump” (one R) is the villain in a couple of books from the 1890s, and the eerie similarities between the century-old books and the real-life Trump administration don’t end there. As The New […]

George R.R. Martin has announced that two new books are in the works. No, neither is the long-awaited sixth installment of his A Song of Ice And Fire series, The Winds of Winter. They are, however, very welcome additions to the Westerosi historical annals. In a LiveJournal post on July 22, Martin reminded his followers […]

If you have been looking for an update about Noah Hawley’s promise to make a television version of Cat’s Cradle for FX, there appears to be little progress since November 2015. Regardless, if Cat’s Cradle is ever released, it appears there will be some competition in the Kurt Vonnegut television adaptation genre. According to Techie […]

Die-hard Harry Potter fans, buckle your seat belts for some news that’s enough to spice up your day and is sweeter than pepper imps: J.K. Rowling (sort of) is launching two new Harry Potter books. The release dates are later this fall — so grab a firebolt, and hold on tight. It’s been a long […]

Jenelle Evans has been on Teen Mom 2 since the very beginning, and fans have watched as she’s tried to get custody of her son for many years. In an effort to do so, Jenelle has tried to stay clean in regards to drugs and alcohol, and she’s even settled with one man despite many […]

John Green has written six novels, but his latest book, Turtles All the Way Down, will be his first published work in six years. His last novel was The Fault in Our Stars, which was turned into a movie by the same name. In recent days, John has spoken about the reasons for the long […]

After spending weeks touring towns throughout New England and some parts of Southern Canada, those responsible for the upcoming Stephen King mashup series Castle Rock have finally cleared the way to begin filming, reports the Greenfield Recorder, by finding a location for the show: Orange, MA. For those unfamiliar with the idea of the show, […]

It was 20 years ago today that Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was first published by Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom. At the time, no one knew that the story of the Boy Who Lived would reach the amazing heights that it has – touching the lives of millions. If you have been thinking […]

Author, playwright and poet Denis Johnson has died. Known for his written works, including the novel, Tree of Smoke, Johnson also penned the breakthrough collection of short stories, Jesus’ Son. Johnson was born in Munich in 1949 and spent his childhood in Japan and the Philippines while his father worked with the United States Department […]

On Monday, in what was the most damaging terrorist attack to take place on British soil since 2005, a suicide bomber detonated himself, killed 22 people, and injured 119 more. The incident has since become the most-discussed subject on the internet, and a number of Stephen King fans have pointed out that the bombing is […]

Pennywise: The Story of It is a documentary in the works about the making of 1990’s It miniseries that will touch on everything from Tim Curry’s iconic performance as Pennywise the clown to the rash of coulrophobia (fear of clowns) the movie inspired in millenials. The documentary has already succeeded in securing a lot of […]

Yesterday, Spike released two 2.5-minute-long featurettes for its upcoming show based on Stephen King’s novella of the same name, The Mist. The featurettes are by far the most detailed glimpse into the show’s story we have gotten to date. One of them focuses on the differences between the TV and novella iterations of The Mist, […]