Books
‘The 5 Love Languages’ Relationship Book Returns to Bestsellers Chart Following New Reprint
“The 5 Love Languages,” the bestselling relationship book written by marriage counselor Dr. Gary Chapman, is back on the charts after a new reprint release for 2024. First released in 1992, “The 5 Love Languages” has been a perennial New York Times bestseller ever since, with publishers Northfield Publishing reporting more than 20 million copies […]
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‘Normal People’ Actor Éanna Hardwicke to Narrate the Next Sally Rooney Novel (Exclusive)
The Sally Rooney cinematic universe is coming to her next book. The author will release Intermezzo, her fourth novel, on Sept. 24 and The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively announce that Normal People actor Éanna Hardwicke will narrate the audio version. “Her writing was a real gift to act, so it is a privilege to get […]
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Jenny Slate Announces Her ‘Lifeform’ National Book Tour (Exclusive)
Jenny Slate has had a prolific year. Last January, her film Marcel the Shell With Shoes On was nominated for the best animated feature film Oscar. In February, she premiered her second stand-up special Seasoned Professional on Amazon Prime and announced the forthcoming publication of her sophomore memoir Lifeform. And this fall, she’ll be taking […]
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What Paul Scheer Wishes He Knew About Publishing a Book
Paul Scheer would absolutely call himself a go-getter. After attending NYU, he forged his way through the New York improv scene, eventually ending up as a member of the Upright Citizens Brigade. Now decades into his comedy career, he acts, writes, hosts multiple podcasts and his own Twitch channel. So when he set out to […]
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Your 2024 Emmy Reading List
The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin David Benioff and D.B. Weiss turned to the Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy to help create their highly anticipated follow-up to Game of Thrones. Alongside Alexander Woo, they worked to parse a TV audience-friendly narrative from the popular, if scientifically dense, odyssey about an encounter with an alien civilization […]
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Paul McCartney Will Hate Their New Beatles Book (Almost as Much as He Hated Their Last One)
Forty-one years ago, they published the biggest Beatles biography of all time — The Love You Make, which spent three months in 1983 atop the New York Times best-seller list. The book would make its co-authors — former Circus magazine editor and author of 13 best-sellers Steven Gaines and onetime Brian Epstein protégé and Fab […]
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Paul Scheer Recalls Auditioning for ‘SNL’ Alongside Kevin Hart and Amy Poehler (Exclusive Excerpt)
As Paul Scheer writes in his new book, he learned at an early age to be careful who he told about what he wanted to be when he grew up. Whenever he proudly pronounced that it was his dream to appear on Saturday Night Live, he would be met with disbelief or (worse) condescension — […]
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New ‘IP List’ Spotlights Books From Underrepresented Authors Available to Option
The current Peak IP era presents a potential pitfall for diversity in media, considering a 2020 New York Times feature that found 95 percent of the books published by the major publishing houses since 1950 were written by white authors. That’s why nonprofit Pathos Labs, the think tank that looks to use media and entertainment […]
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Alice Munro, Nobel Literature Winner Revered as Short Story Master, Dies at 92
Nobel laureate Alice Munro, the Canadian literary giant who became one of the world’s most esteemed contemporary authors and one of history’s most honored short story writers, has died at age 92. A spokesperson for publisher Penguin Random House Canada said Munro, winner of the Nobel literary prize in 2013, died Monday at home in […]
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Ahead of Prime Day, Amazon’s Kindle Scribe E-Reader Is on Sale for Its Lowest Price Ever
Released in 2022, the retail giant's first digital notebook is on sale for more than 20 percent off, or $75 off the list price.
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How Small Talking Changed the Course of Casey Wilson and Jessica St. Clair’s Careers
In January 2022, Casey Wilson was a guest on The Deep Dive, a podcast hosted by her longtime friends and frequent comedy collaborators June Diane Raphael and Jessica St. Clair. The episode kicked off what the pod was calling their Lifelong Learners Series, an only moderately satirical moniker for their discussions dedicated to everything from […]
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Yulin Kuang on Debut Novel, “Great Suffering” in Romance and Emily Henry Adaptations
Yulin Kuang knows she hit the literary jackpot. The writer-director, whose credits include The CW’s I Ship It, Hulu’s Dollface and Netflix’s The Healing Powers of Dude, is adapting Emily Henry’s People We Meet On Vacation for film and writing-directing the forthcoming Beach Read film for 20th Century Studios. Henry has became a household name in the world of romance, with […]
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