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Houghton Miffin Harcourt has acquired the U.S. publishing rights for the tie-in books to the upcoming Peter Jackson movies The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: There and Back Again.
Don’t have an eReader and can’t wait to read E.L. James’ #1 bestselling eBook? Not a problem anymore! Fifty Shades of Grey hits North American bookshelves in trade paperback form as of today!
With the upcoming release of Calico Joe, John Grisham is looking to release four books this year. While some have criticized Grisham for becoming too formulaic with his legal thrillers, this is a baseball book featuring a rookie named Joe Castle.
James Bond puts down the Martini for a nice cold Heineken?! Yes, it appears as if commercialism is running rampant over Ian Fleming‘s classic franchise, as Bond (portrayed by Daniel Craig) will be taking a sip of a beer in at least one scene in the new Bond flick “Skyfall.”
RLJ has signed to purchased video distribution companies Image Entertainment and Acorn Media Group to create the LA-based RLJ Entertainment. The company will trade on Nasdaq. Just last month, the Acorn Media Group purchased a 64% share in Agatha Christie’s literary estate. They now own 40 made-for-TV movies, 19 plays and over 80 novels. They […]
Every year, the Daughters of the British Empire have tea with Jane Austen. Or at least they have tea to celebrate Jane Austen. The afternoon tea, with a Jane Austen theme, was held at the Longue Vue House and Gardens. Proper British tea was served in period clothing.
We all heard about that huge bidding war for E.L. James’ Fifty Shades of Grey rights, but now who will play the young billionaire Christian Grey?
The Hunger Games has been sweeping popular culture, thus is comes as no surprise that both author Suzanne Collins and actress Jennifer Lawrence are both in the running in an online poll to be apart of the TIME 100 list for 2012.
Constantin Film looks to be partnering with Sony Pictures for the film adaptation of Cassandra Clare’s young adult fantasy novel Mortal Instruments. The film will be directed by Harald Zwart, who directed Karate Kid.
Sadly, American novelist Harry Crews passed away on Wednesday due to complications from neuropathy. Crews was a popular cult author, who wrote novels, plays, short stories and essays.