JK Rowling to unleash three new ‘Harry Potter’ related books

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JK Rowling to unleash three new ‘Harry Potter’ related books

“Harry Potter” author JK Rowling is set to release three new books connected to the Hogwarts universe, with the tomes to be published as eBooks next month, according to NME. The three collections of Harry Potter stories are now available for pre-order via Amazon and will be out for purchase from September 6, for £1.99 each.

 

George RR Martin confirms release date for ‘very special’ ‘Game of Thrones’ tome

“Game of Thrones” author George RR Martin has revealed he will release a “very special” edition of “A Game of Thrones”, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the first book in the “Song Of Ice And Fire” series. Martin confirmed via his blog that the new edition will include an introduction by the World Famous Nebula Toastmaster John Hodgman and “a truly astonishing amount of artwork” — a total of 73 black-and-white interior illustrations, and eight spectacular full-color plates. Martin also unveiled two examples of the type of artwork to be featured in the special “A Game of Thrones” edition.

 

Bloomsbury announces tie-in books for Potter prequel movie ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’

The publishing house Bloomsbury Children’s Books will release several tie-in books on the release day of the movie “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” on November 18. Inspired by JK Rowling’s 2001 book of the same name, the movie (also known as simply “Fantastic Beasts”) is set for worldwide release on November 18 2016.

 

Five books to give a student before they leave for college

“Learning to Swear in America” by Katie Kennedy, published July 5, 2016. “The Storyteller: Tales Out of Loneliness” by Walter Benjamin, published April 5, 2016. Students will enjoy the variety of pieces and insight into the ideas that preoccupied Benjamin, with illustrations by the modernist Bauhaus artist Paul Klee.

 

Countdown to the release of Amy Schumer’s memoir ‘The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo’

Publishers Gallery Books (Simon & Schuster) announced the book’s August 16 launch date back in March, and now the wait is nearly over for Schumer’s large fan base. Amy Schumer first came to the public eye in 2011-2012 when she came fourth on the reality TV competition “Last Comic Standing,” having been performing on the stand-up circuit since 2004. Since then, with her own show on Comedy Central and an upcoming world tour, Schumer has been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards, winning “Outstanding Variety Sketch Series” in 2015, a Peabody Award, Critics’ Choice Television Award, two Television Critics Association Awards and many more.

 

Harry Potter magic hits Asia as fans celebrate new book

Harry Potter magic hit Asia on Sunday, as aspiring witches and wizards crowded into bookstores to get their hands on the first copies of a new play that imagines the hero as an adult. Launch parties for “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” were held hours after the play’s premiere in London, setting the stage for a return of the series that has captivated readers and movie audiences worldwide. Student Samantha Chua, 24, who along with her boyfriend was first in line, said she had been waiting outside the fourth-floor bookstore since 5:00 am.

 

Harry Potter magic hits Asia as fans celebrate new book

Harry Potter magic hit Asia on Sunday morning, as aspiring witches and wizards crowded into bookstores to get their hands on the first copies of a new play that imagines the hero as an adult. Launch parties for “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” were held hours after the play’s premiere in London, setting the stage for a return of the series that has captivated readers and movie audiences worldwide. Nearly 300 fans rushed through the doors of Kinokuniya bookstore on Singapore’s Orchard Road at 7:01 am (2301 GMT Saturday) to become one of the first people in the world to see the new script.

 

Third novel by Michael Crichton to be published posthumously

A third novel will be published posthumously from author Michael Crichton, according to The Hollywood Reporter, set for publication in May 2017. “Dragon Teeth” tells the story of a race to discover dinosaur fossils in the 1870s in a fictional retelling of the real-life rivalry between paleontologists Othniel Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope. Two of Crichton’s novels have been published since his death in 2008 — “Pirate Latitudes” in 2009 and “Micro” in 2011.

 

U.S. comic book starring transgender superhero to hit shelves

While transgender rights have made recent U.S. headlines, Chalice’s story was not meant to be political commentary, said her creator, Atlanta-based comic-book artist Paul Jenkins. “Her transition is an important part of the story,” he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Because she kicks ass.” Still, in a “nod and a wink” to current debate, a special cover of Chalice’s first issue will be designed and released in North Carolina, a U.S. state with a controversial law requiring transgender people to use public bathrooms matching their sex at birth.

 

Former police officer Clare Mackintosh wins Crime Novel of the Year Award

Mackintosh’s debut novel “I Let You Go” has been awarded the prestigious Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award at the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival in northern England, running July 21-24. After working for the police for 12 years, Clare Mackintosh left her job to become a freelance writer in 2011. An immediate success, the debut novel was a Sunday Times top ten bestseller for 12 weeks, selling over half a million copies with translations in nearly 30 languages.

 

Shipwrecked book with unseen poem and prose by Charlotte Brontë to go on public display

The Brontë Society has acquired a book that originally belonged to the famous Brontë sisters’ mother, for £200,000 (US$264,000) and will put this cherished family tome on public display in 2017.

 

‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’: no novel, but you can buy the script

Potter fans are eagerly waiting for the curtains to rise at the official opening for J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” on July 30 at the Palace Theatre in London. “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” will open to the general public from the end of July. Potterheads (Harry Potter fans) may be disappointed that there will be no eighth novel in the Harry Potter franchise, but at least they will be able to follow the script of the “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts I and II” play, published in print by Scholastic in the US, and digitally by Pottermore.

 

Hong Kong Book Fair introduces first ever theme: Chinese Martial Arts Literature

The 2016 edition of the Hong Kong Book Fair, running July 20-26, will welcome over 600 exhibitors, including newcomers from Chile, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Portugal and Russia. Organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), the Hong Kong Book Fair will celebrate “Heroism and Romance of the Chinese Martial World” over the course of the festival.

 

Writer Esterhazy, postmodern chronicler of Hungary, dies at 66

Hungarian writer Peter Esterhazy, whose postmodern novels chronicled life under communism and its aftermath, died on Thursday aged 66, weeks after publishing a book about his pancreatic cancer. One of Central Europe’s best known contemporary authors, Esterhazy came from what was once one of the continent’s richest families whose wealth through the centuries sometimes exceeded that of the Austrian-Hungarian rulers. Composer Joseph Haydn was a conductor for an Esterhazy court orchestra in the 18th century and Peter’s grandfather was prime minister of Hungary in 1917, but the Esterhazys lost their property and standing under communist rule.

 

Formula One’s Johnny Herbert to release a memoir

The winner of three Grand Prix and the 24-hour race in Le Mans, France, the former British Formula One racing driver Johnny Herbert has written a memoir about his experiences in a variety of different motorsports as well as the different characters he has met along the way. Herbert (born in 1964) first started out at the age of 10 racing karts, his first win coming in 1978 in the British Kart Champion 100ccm-class. Despite suffering life-threatening injuries and fear of amputation after a crash in 1988, he returned to Formula One the following year, just seven months after his accident.

 

Secret drawings by Beatrix Potter to be exhibited at Melford Hall, England

Discovered by the House Manager during a routine clean, the secret drawings were tucked inside the pages of books at Melford Hall in southeast England, where the children’s book writer Beatrix Potter would often spend her holidays between 1899-1916. Beatrix Potter was the cousin of Lady Ethel Hyde Parker, the grandmother of the present Baronet of Melford Hall, Sir Richard Hyde Parker. Due to the family connection, Beatrix spent much of her time at Melford Hall, and was often seen painting or sketching around the grounds.

 

Best-selling author’s tweet revives food safety concerns at Chipotle

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc shares took a hit on Thursday after best-selling author Eric Van Lustbader revived concerns about food safety at the burrito chain by tweeting that his editor fell ill after eating at one of its Manhattan restaurants. Company spokesman Chris Arnold said Chipotle had received no current reports of illness in New York City from customers or health departments. Arnold said Chipotle had “very solid health department scores” across New York City.

 

Children’s character Curious George observes Ramadan

The beloved American children’s book character Curious George is breaking fast for Ramadan this year — with chocolate-covered bananas, of course. The just-released children’s book “It’s Ramadan, Curious George” celebrates the Muslim holiday, teaching kids about the sacred month. It comes amid rising tensions fueled by worries about Islamist extremism and a heated presidential campaign during which Republican presumptive nominee Donald Trump has called for a ban on all Muslims entering the United States.

 

Beach-reading recommendations: five new non-fiction paperbacks

Ideal for those who get a little twitchy when flying, Vanhoenacker — now a senior first officer with British Airways — invites the reader into the cockpit to marvel at flying: from the physical “How does it work?” to the meta “Why such a feeling of delight in the air?” or the inverse “Why the dread?” The author touches on engineering, politics, poetry and relationships, making the book suitable for any curious mind who’d like to get an insight into what flying is all about, literally and figuratively.

 

French poet Yves Bonnefoy dies aged 93

Yves Bonnefoy, France’s most famous contemporary poet and celebrated translator of Shakespeare whose poems were translated into 30 languages, has died at the age of 93, officials confirmed Saturday. The prolific writer, essayist and poet, who composed more than 100 books over his long career, was often tipped as favourite to win the Nobel prize for literature. Bonnefoy was born in 1923 in Tours, in central France, to a railway-worker father and a schoolteacher mother.

 

9-year-old journalist scoops book series deal

Pre-teen Hilde Lysiak from Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA has signed a deal with Scholastic for a series of books entitled “Hilde Cracks the Case” under the publisher’s Branches line. Hilde Lysiak, the nine-year-old reporter who has run the Orange Street News website since 2014, first came to the media’s attention following her response to criticism from residents in her town. Hilde uses her bicycle to get around her home town of Selinsgrove to report on crime.

 

Microsoft’s CEO to write a book titled ‘Hit Refresh’

Satya Nadella, CEO at Microsoft, has signed a deal with Harper Business to publish his first book that Nadella describes as not your average business book.

 

Futurist author Alvin Toffler dies

Alvin Toffler, the US author and visionary known for several world best-sellers, including “Future Shock” and “The Third Wave,” has died at his home in Los Angeles aged 87.

 

New ‘Page Flip’ bookmarking tool for Kindle lets readers move around in a text more easily

The Kindle now has a new feature that enables readers to bookmark their page while they check references, skim previous pages or flip back and forth between chapters: Page Flip. When Page Flip is enabled, with a simple tap of the screen, the page in question reduces in size and moves to the corner of the screen, ready to be re-accessed upon a second click.

 

Disney launching new ‘Frozen’ books and animated shorts with Lego

Disney is expanding the “Frozen” franchise with the launch of a book series and animated shorts. In “Disney Frozen Northern Lights: Journey to the Lights,” Anna, Elsa, Kristoff and friends help a new character, Little Rock the troll, earn his tracking crystal. The storyline will also be adapted into a series of four animated shorts by Lego, featuring the voices of the original actors from the 2013 film.

 

Phil Collins announces new memoir ‘Not Dead Yet’

British singer Phil Collins has announced the release date and title for his memoir reports Rolling Stone. Entitled “Not Yet Dead,” the memoir will document Collins’ life and career including his “three failed marriages, his alcoholism and his ill health,” according to a statement, with the singer adding that, “Throughout [my life], there have been lots of highs, and more than a few lows.

 

Comic book sheds light on untold stories of trafficking, poverty and prejudice in India
By Anuradha Nagaraj CHENNAI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Once upon a time in India, there was a girl who was promised a job and a better future but sold instead as a bride to a family thousands of miles away from where she lived. It is part of a new anthology of graphic non-fiction that has brought together over two dozen Indian writers, artists and illustrators to tell such stories of life in India through comics. It allows readers to engage with characters, locations and circumstances, as if they were doing it first hand,” said Vidyun Sabhaney, one of the editors of the anthology, First Hand.

Literary Hub launches Book Marks: a ‘Rotten Tomatoes’ site for books

The new sub-site on Lithub.com has been created to encourage professional criticism and increase visibility for literature gaining positive feedback. The principle is the same as that for the site Rotten Tomatoes except the media being evaluated is literature, not film. How does Book Marks differ from other book review sites?

 

Lee Child to write at least three more Jack Reacher novels

Jim Grant, who writes under the name Lee Child, has signed with Penguin Publishing imprint Transworld for a further three Jack Reacher novels, despite claiming the series would end after 21, according to Booktrade.info. Lee Child’s 21st Reacher book, “Night School” is set to be published on November 7, 2016. Following an interview with Playboy back in 2012 — which has since been anthologized — fans had been under the impression that Child would do as his idol John D. MacDonald did, and stop the series at the 21 mark.

 

Who’s likely to come away with the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction 2016?

With the prizewinner due to be announced on Wednesday June 8, here is a look at this year’s shortlisted books for one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world, previously known as the Orange Prize for Fiction. The following six books were announced in April as the shortlisted selection for the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction 2016. A New York Times best-selling author, Cynthia Bond’s “Ruby” was chosen for the Oprah Book Club 2.0, the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers list and has received an Indie Next Pick.

 

Author Meg Rosoff receives Sweden’s ALMA prize in Stockholm
London-based writer Meg Rosoff received the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA), a top prize for children and young adult literature, at a ceremony in Stockholm on Monday night. U.S.-born Rosoff was given the 5 million Swedish krona ($600,333) prize for her young adult novels that “speak to the emotions as well as the intellect”. The award is named after the Swedish writer best known for her Pippi Longstocking books.

Germany investigates publisher planning new edition of ‘Mein Kampf’

Public prosecutors in Germany are investigating a publisher’s plans to print a new edition of Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” without critical notes – a move that risks violating laws against spreading Nazi propaganda. Leipzig-based publisher Verlag Der Schelm, or Rogue Publishing, said on its website it would reprint the unabridged 1943 version of Hitler’s polemical text this summer. The two-volume political treatise, which was written by Hitler between 1924 and 1926 and posits a global Jewish conspiracy, is regarded as one of the Nazis’ main propaganda tools.

 

Modest S. Korean prizewinning author says her life won’t change

South Korean author Han Kang met the media en masse Tuesday for the first time since winning a top literary award — and said she just wants to continue writing “as if nothing had happened”. Han was quick to play down the prospect.

 

Booker International Prize winner urges fellow Koreans to read more

By Jee Heun Kahng SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean author Han Kang, whose novel “The Vegetarian” had sold just 20,000 copies in her home country before it became a candidate for Britain’s prestigious Man Booker International Prize, urged Koreans on Tuesday to read more. Han, a creative writing instructor in Seoul who shared the prize with the British woman who translated the book, Deborah Smith, has been catapulted to literary stardom with the win. “The Vegetarian” sold about 20,000 copies in Korean from its 2007 publication to early this year, before its inclusion on the long list for the Booker International Prize, awarded to a work of fiction translated into English and published in Britain.