In John Irving’s next book, the author is returning to St. Cloud’s, Maine, and to the orphanage made famous in his acclaimed ...

Based on true events, Tova Mirvis' new novel "might read in parts like a domestic romp wrapped in yellow crime scene tape, ...

As a major publisher stops forcing books to have author endorsements, is this the end of the road for the common cover ...

Manning argues that “trying to get blurbs is not a good use of anyone’s time”. He notes that a number of acclaimed titles in ...

When all novels are thrust upon you as words of genius,’ wrote George Orwell, ‘it is quite natural to assume that all of them ...

On the higher slopes of Mount Olympus, blurbs are a way by which the gods speak to each other in code, with the whole world ...

EveryLibrary, a national organization supporting public libraries, hosts Library Lovers Week Feb. 11-14. Here's what to know.

Big Mood, the hit Channel 4 comedy starring Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West as a bipolar writer and her co-dependent best ...

The maxim, ‘Do not judge a book by its cover’, has become impossible to adhere to. Even before the title page has been turned, readers are informed that a book is a to ...

Fewer still will offer a “tour de force” (whatever one of those might be). That is because Simon & Schuster, an American publisher, has decided to stop doing book blurbs, those saccharine ...

Greig Nori is seeking more than $6-million in damages over allegations in singer Deryck Whibley’s book, which was published by Simon & Schuster, while the Sum 41 frontman is suing for $3-million ...

Simon & Schuster Children’s has acquired the final instalment in Catherine Doyle’s City of Fantome trilogy, in addition to one stand-alone YA romantasy novel.