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The estate of J.R.R. Tolkien and HarperCollins have filed a lawsuit against Warner Bros. for $80 million over using licensed characters from the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit series in online games of various types. The lawsuit alleges that Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema infringed on the contract by licensing the characters out […]

Bryce Courtenay, the most popular Australian author, died on Thursday at home in Canberra. He was 79. He announced that his novel Jack of Diamonds would be his last, due to his battle with stomach cancer. The novel was published earlier this month. His only novel to breakthrough in the United States was The Power […]

With authors like E.L. James and Sylvia Day being all the rage as of late, one may wonder if some of the fiction giants will ever try their hand at erotica. John Grisham recalls his first attempt at writing a sex scene, and the review it garnered from his wife of 31 years, Renee.

Warner Bros. has acquired film rights for Jo Nesbo‘s upcoming thriller novel The Son. The film will be produced by Kevin McCormick’s Langley Park company.

Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James is now the fastest selling book in the history of France, selling 150,000 copies in two days. Titled “Cinquante nuances de Grey,” the novel has been panned by critics, but that has had no effect on sales. “It is amazingly popular. We have never stocked a book that […]

It has been revealed that Agatha Christie was denied damehood in the 50’s because her work was “too lowbrow” for the prestigious honour. At the time, it was thought that she was “not worth more than the CBE.”

Lynne Ramsay is directing a new sci-fi film loosely based on Moby Dick by Herman Melville. The film will be called Mobius and will take place in space, rather than at sea, and “Mobius” is an alien instead of a whale. In the movie, a captain will take his crew on an ego-driven mission in […]

Serge A. Storms, the mentally unstable vigilante of Tim Dorsey‘s books now has his own beer. The beer is named Serge and was crafted by Saint Somewhere Brewing’s Bob Sylvester. It will launch at a Tim Dorsey book signing October 9th at 7-9 PM at Mr. Dunderbak’s in Tampa.

The beginning of a new month usually means lots of new books coming out. While there may not be a ton of books coming out with the start of October, there are definitely some very interesting new releases.

Terry Pratchett has started his own television production company called Narrativia, which will have exclusive rights to his works in the field. The company will produce TV adaptations biggest novels, including a four-part series based on Good Omens that will be written by Gavin SCott and Monty Python’s Terry Jones. The new company will be […]