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America's deadliest school violence? Not Columbine, but Bath, Mich., in 1927The Bath School disaster of 1927 remains the deadliest killing spree at a school in America.
Paterno biography: Can it recover from bad timing?Writer Joe Posnanski's biography on the late Penn State football coach comes after the infamous scandal involving Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky.
Goodreads reviews: Are they fair?Readers are divided after a website was set up to address the problem of negative reviews on the popular review website Goodreads.
SeaWorld death prompts author to explore whales in captivityIn 'Death at SeaWorld,' writer David Kirby examines killer whale shows in the wake of the 2010 theme park tragedy.
Schumer challenges DOJ on e-book lawsuitSen. Charles Schumer wrote in an op-ed that the Department of Justice's lawsuit could 'wipe out the publishing industry as we know it.'
You bought – a crack house?Matthew Batt tells how he and his wife bought a house that absolutely nobody else wanted and – with considerable blood, sweat, and tears – turned it into their home, sweet home.
Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng will release memoirThe lawyer, who now attends the New York University School of Law, will release a memoir in fall 2013.
Some good news for the book businessBookStats, an annual survey that tracks the American publishing industry, finds that, contrary to doomsday predictions, bookstores and paper-and-ink books are still in demand.
'Game of Thrones' and 'Hunger Games' inspire baby namesThe baby name website Nameberry says names from fantasy novels 'Game of Thrones' and 'Hunger Games' are among the most popular this year.
'Poetry of the Taliban' – will it find an audience in the US?Alex Strick van Linschoten, one of the editors of the US edition of 'Poetry of the Taliban,' says many of the poems in the book deal with unexpected topics.
'Bookless libraries' – has it really come to this?A growing number of public and college libraries are deciding to remove paper-and-ink books from their shelves.
'Encyclopedia Brown' author Donald J. Sobol rememberedDonald J. Sobol, 87, had penned more than 20 books featuring Encyclopedia Brown, a.k.a. 'Sherlock Holmes in sneakers.'
American Writers Museum gets a concept planThe foundation behind a proposed museum honoring American authors has published a plan for the building.
Neil Gaiman will pen five children's booksNeil Gaiman will write five children's books for HarperCollins, including a sequel to his 2009 children's book 'Odd and the Frost Giants.'
'Gone Girl' will come to the big screenActress Reese Witherspoon will produce the film adaptation of Gillian Flynn's bestselling new novel "Gone Girl."
Heinrich Barth: the greatest explorer you've never heard ofWriter Steve Kemper tackles Barth in the first biography in English about the explorer who ventured into Islamic Africa.
The Big Read: National initiative returns for its seventh yearThe National Endowment of the Arts will provide grants to communities for the read-a-thon program.
Gabriel García Márquez may never write againThe Nobel Prize-winning author's brother says the effects of dementia mean Márquez may be unable to write.
Should young adult books have age ratings?Author G.P. Taylor says 'children's literature has gone too far' and advocates a ratings system like that for movies or video games.
Limerick master Edward Lear celebrates his 200th birthdayLimericks survive today with poems that pay tribute to everything from Steve Jobs to the London Underground.
