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Writer's book canceled after she admits using fake accounts to ‘review bomb' other authors
A debut author who used fake accounts to “review bomb” other writers on the influential online platform Goodreads has been dropped by her agent and had her book deal cancelled.
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Henry Winkler grapples with ‘The Fonz' and dyslexia in his entertaining new memoir
Henry Winkler’s memoir begins on a Tuesday morning in October 1973, at his first audition for “Happy Days.” He was almost 28 — quite a bit old for a high schooler — and struggling with something he didn’t know had a name.
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Page-Turning Books To Read Before Catching The Screen Adaptations
Ashley Bellman stops by to tell us all about the buzziest new books and their screen adaptations.
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Simon & Schuster purchased by private equity firm KKR for $1.62 billion
Simon & Schuster has been sold to the private equity firm KKR, months after a federal judge blocked its purchase by rival publisher Penguin Random House.
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‘It Ends With Us' author Colleen Hoover addresses backlash over Blake Lively's costumes in film
According to Colleen Hoover, there is no such thing bad costumes.
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Presto! Rare Maurice Sendak picture story, ‘Ten Little Rabbits,' will be published in 2024
A rare Maurice Sendak picture story, originally a pamphlet for a 1970 museum fundraiser, will be coming out in book form next year.
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NYC bookstore sets up LGBTQ book basket amid book bans in other states
The idea was inspired by a bookstore in Scotland, and it aims to provide free LGBTQ-themed books to patrons.
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Moms for Liberty rises as power player in GOP politics after attacks over gender, race
At least four Republican presidential candidates are to speak at a gathering of Moms for Liberty, a new power player in conservative politics.
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Amanda Gorman ‘Gutted' After Florida School Restricts Access to Her Inauguration Poem
Amanda Gorman spoke out Tuesday after access to the poem she recited at President Joe Biden’s inauguration was restricted at a school in Miami-Dade.
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Positively Black: Inside The Free Black Women's Library
A unique library in Brooklyn is rapidly expanding. NBC New York’s Kay Angrum reports.
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Brittney Griner Writing Book About Experience in Russian Captivity
The WNBA All-Star says she will share details about the “unfathomable period” in her life, when she was arrested in Russia last year on drug-related charges.
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Author Ian Falconer of ‘Olivia' Books for Children Dies
Author and illustrator Ian Woodward Falconer, known for his “Olivia” book series for children, has died. Falconer’s lawyer and agent Conrad M. Rippy said Falconer died Tuesday of natural causes while with family in Norwalk, Connecticut. He was 63. Falconer’s “Olivia” books featured a clever piglet with a great imagination named Olivia, a character he developed for his young...
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How a Book About a Boy Wanting to Be a Mermaid Sparked Controversy at CT School
A picture book is sparking controversy and debate in a Connecticut town after it was included in a second grade class curriculum.
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Children's Book Stirs Controversy in Connecticut
Controversy in Darien over children’s book that sparks gender identity conversation. Lynda Baquero reports.
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Book Award Finalists Are ‘Debut Novelists' in Name Only
In the minds and official records of the publishing community, Sarah Thankham Mathews is a first-time author. Her novel “All This Could Be Different” has been widely praised as a promising start for the 31-year-old Indian American, whose narrative about a young immigrant’s personal and professional conflicts is a finalist for the National Book Awards. But for Mathews and...
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Matthew Perry Says He Spent $9 Million to Get Sober
Matthew Perry shared how much he spent trying to get sober amid his addiction battle, which resulted in multiple visits to rehab facilities and stomach surgeries.