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Mar 16 2005: Jared Diamond's next book (following Collapse and Guns, Germs and Steel) is to be called, The World Until Yesterday: A History of Pre-History. It will look at the period when humans were hunter-gatherers with little or no social ...
Mar 02 2005: The next time you read a book by one of your favorite authors, perhaps your son or daughter will be reading the same author right alongside you, because 2005 sees a veritable flood of established authors of adult fiction writing for children; some for the ...
Feb 02 2005: The 'trend of award winning movies based on books continues. Last year the Academy Award nominations for best picture were dominated by a record four movies based on books. This year there are two: Million Dollar Baby based on Rope Burns by F.X. Toole ...
Feb 02 2005: Doubleday Publishing (part of Random House) has acquired the rights to a book based on the writings of the 'al-Qaeda braintrust'. The book is tentatively titled The Al Qaeda Reader and is a synthesis of two books: one in which al-Qaeda chief ...
Feb 02 2005: Amazon has introduced a new membership program called 'Amazon Prime' - for an annual fee of $79 they will 2-day ship unlimited books for free.
Jan 19 2005: How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff (Random/Wendy Lamb) won the Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature for young adults.
The Newbery and Caldecott Awards are the most prestigious children's literature awards in the USA. They are awarded by the ...
Jan 19 2005: According to the Harris Pollreading is America's favorite leisure-time activity with 35% of adults saying that reading was their favorite past time (up over 10% on the previous years - a rise that does raise credibility concerns in my mind - ...
Jan 19 2005: Clive Cussler has signed a deal with Penguin Publishing's Philomel imprint to write a book for younger readers. Vin Fiz is about a pair of siblings who can transform their toys into the real thing and fly around the country helping children in...
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