George R.R. Martin, obviously not one for New Year's resolutions, misses deadline, says the upcoming season of Game of Thrones now will air on HBO long before he finishes the next A Song of Ice ... Read More »

Ten rules for giving books as gifts this holiday season. (Bookriot) The horror of iconic children's Christmas books. (Litreactor) In place of those children's Christmas titles, here are 50 feminist books you can gift to ... Read More »

German publisher and bookseller partner to turn unwanted holiday gifts into books. (The Digital Reader) BBC's Dickensian revives a slew of Dickens characters for 20-part series, starting on Boxing Day. (CBC) NYPL acquires hundreds of ... Read More »

Oprah follows in the footsteps of Gwyneth Paltrow in securing her own book imprint. (USA Today) More details announced for Harry Potter play, J.K. Rowling admires casting choices. (Entertainment Weekly) The Martian author Andy Weir ... Read More »

Heritage minister Mélanie Joly thinks CBC should take more risks – like Vice. (CBC) Molly Crabapple's heartbreaking interviews and portraits of Syrian refugees. (Vice) Cash in, I do: First lines of famous novels rewritten in Yoda syntax. ... Read More »

Australia cuts $52.5-million in arts funding, shuttering national book council. (The Sydney Morning Herald) U.K. librarians – supported by Ian Rankin, Val McDermid and other authors – take to the streets to protest library closures. ... Read More »