Scholastic and the New York City Department of Education announced the 40 New York City public schools that will participate in the "J.K. Rowling Open Book Tour," and distributed...
Jane Yolen is the Honorary Ambassador for K is for Kids, an exhibition on early methods of teaching the ABCs, which will be at the Winterthur Museum & Country Estate in...
Spectrum Literary Agency's Lucienne Diver has moved to Florida. She continues to work for the agency, which hasn't changed its place of business, and continues to handle...
Michael and Jeri Bishop will probably be appearing in a taped interview on Good Morning America on Tuesday 21 August. They'll be discussing the death of their son, Jamie, who died in the Virginia Tech shootings...
The full 15-page text of the settlement between Harlan Ellison and Fantagraphics is now available on the latter's web site. The key provisions of the agreement are...
The Waldernbooks in Provo Town Centre (Utah) is hosting a pre-release signing with Brandon Sanderson for his forthcoming The Well of Ascension on 18 August...
Douglas Cohen is trying to lead a subscription drive for all genre magazines, in an effort to ensure the continued health (and possibly growth) of the field...
Battlestar Galactica creator Ronald D. Moore signed a two-year contract with Universal Media Studios to stay on through the end of the series and develop new films and series...
Harlan Ellison will be present at two special screenings of Dreams with Sharp Teeth, the new documentary biography film of his life. The first, in Santa Monica, California, will be 9 August. The second will be in Cleveland, Ohio, on 21 September...
Eileen Gunn writes: "As you may know, Gardner Dozois was operated on for a planned quintuple bypass operation on July 6. A week later, as he was ready to go home, he had a serious setback that required a second operation to implant a defibrilator. He is still in the hospital, but is expected to go home later this week, perhaps around July 20. I talked to him just now, and he said to let you all know that he was doing okay."
Naomi Novik provides news on the forthcoming fourth and fifth volumes of her Temeraire series, along with some about translations and awards for earlier books, and a promise...
