Books/Publishing News

Crime writer Mofina juggles work and murders

Reuters - Wed Jan 7, 12:41 PM ET

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Mofina said his latest book, "Six Seconds," released in the United States and Canada this week, was written the same way as his other eight books -- plotted on the bus on the way to work then typed out in his suburban basement in Ottawa.

  • A visitor looks into the house of late Nobel-prize winning author Ernest Hemingway at Finca Vigia in Havana July 2, 2008. (Claudia Daut/Reuters)
    Cuba opens Hemingway archives to scholars Reuters - Mon Jan 5, 9:40 PM ET

    SAN FRANCISCO DE PAULA, Cuba (Reuters) - Cuba on Monday made the first of thousands of digitized documents, photographs and books that belonged to writer Ernest Hemingway available to scholars after the items languished for decades in the basement of his home outside of Havana.

  • In this May 22, 2008 file photo, Borders Group Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer George Jones speaks after the annual shareholders meeting in Dearborn, Mich. Borders appointed Ron Marshall, 54, to replace George Jones as CEO as well as serve as president and a director. Marshall recently served as principal of private equity firm Wildridge Capital Management, which he founded. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
    Borders Group names new CEO, posts lower sales AP - Mon Jan 5, 4:53 PM ET

    NEW YORK - Borders Group Inc., which has struggled along with other booksellers as people buy more books online and from discounters, announced a new CEO and other top managers Monday as it also reported weak holiday sales.

  • This photo released by Twelve shows the cover of 'How To Live: A Search For Wisdom from Old People (While They Are Still on This Earth)' by Henry Alford. (AP Photo/Twelve)
    Book on elderly wisdom offers few real insights AP - Mon Jan 5, 2:14 PM ET

    "How to Live: A Search for Wisdom From Old People (While They Are Still on This Earth)" (Twelve, 262 pages, $23.99), by Henry Alford: Actor and writer Henry Alford had a simple yet captivating idea: People must learn something in seven or more decades on Earth, and the younger set could probably benefit from what their elders have learned.

  • This Dec. 22, 2008 file photo provided by FOX News Sunday, first lady Laura Bush speaks with FOX News Sunday's Chris Wallace during an interview at the FOX studios in Washington. Bush has agreed to write a memoir with one of the world's oldest publishing houses, Scribner, the house of Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and the first lady's mother-in-law, Barbara Bush. Publication for the book, currently untitled, is scheduled for 2010. (AP Photo/FOX News Sunday, Freddie Lee,File)
    Scribner to publish first lady Laura Bush's memoir AP - Mon Jan 5, 2:00 PM ET

    NEW YORK - First lady Laura Bush, among the most reserved and enigmatic public figures of recent times, will, at last, tell her story.

  • British singer Leona Lewis poses on the red carpet before the MTV Europe Music Awards ceremony in Liverpool, northern England, November 6, 2008. (Phil Noble/Reuters)
    Leona Lewis signs deal for autobiography Reuters - Mon Jan 5, 1:02 PM ET

    LONDON (Reuters) - Leona Lewis, who won British talent TV show The X Factor in 2006 and topped charts around the world with her debut album "Spirit," has signed a deal to pen her autobiography with publishing house Hodder & Stoughton.

  • Unsworth novel looks at earlier rivalry over Iraq Reuters - Mon Jan 5, 11:11 AM ET

    LONDON (Reuters) - Imperial ambition, imminent war and the rush to secure resources are the main themes of a new novel by Booker Prize-winning author Barry Unsworth set in the pre-World War One region of the Ottoman empire that is now Iraq.

  • Burkle's Yucaipa buys Barnes & Noble shares Reuters - Fri Jan 2, 7:08 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yucaipa Cos, a private equity firm controlled by billionaire Ron Burkle, said on Friday it had acquired an 8.3 percent stake in bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc , saying it believed the shares were undervalued.

  • Publicist Howard Bragman poses on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008, in Long Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
    Image need overhaul? Hollywood PR vet offers help AP - Fri Jan 2, 4:42 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES - It's 2009. Do you know where your public image is?

  • This photo released by Counterpoint Press shows the cover of 'Legacy of Secrecy', by Lamar Waldron with Thom Hartmann.(AP Photo/Counterpoint Press)
    Book links JFK murder to killing of RFK and MLK AP - Wed Jan 7, 10:18 AM ET

    "Legacy of Secrecy/The Long Shadow of the JFK Assassination" (Counterpoint, 848 pages, $33), by Lamar Waldron with Thom Hartmann: A new, heavily researched book on John F. Kennedy's murder and its investigation sees links with a bagful of sensational stories, from President Johnson's fear of a nuclear attack by the Soviets to the killing of Martin Luther King Jr.

  • Austrian author Johannes Mario Simmel dies at 84 AFP - Fri Jan 2, 3:07 PM ET

    ZURICH, Switzerland (AFP) - Austrian novelist Johannes Mario Simmel has died at the age of 84, his lawyer announced Friday.

  • BC-Best-sellers-Books-PW AP - Thu Jan 1, 10:13 AM ET

    1. "Scarpetta" by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam)

  • BC-Best-sellers-Books-USAToday AP - Thu Jan 1, 10:12 AM ET

    Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback

  • BC-Best-sellers-Books-WSJ AP - Thu Jan 1, 10:11 AM ET

    1. "Eclipse" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)

  • Hollywood publicity agent earning "15 minutes" Reuters - Wed Dec 31, 1:57 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Howard Bragman is a Hollywood spin doctor with a message for everyday Joes and Josephines -- shape your public image.

  • In this Sept. 25, 2008 file photo, Herman and Roma Rosenblat pose for a photo in their North Miami Beach, Fla. home. Rosenblat's 'Angel at the Fence' had been scheduled to come out in February, but Berkley Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), withdrew the memoir following allegations by scholars, friends and family members that his tale was untrue. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter, File)
    Children's book based on Holocaust story is pulled AP - Tue Dec 30, 9:37 PM ET

    NEW YORK - The fallout continues from Herman Rosenblat's discredited Holocaust story.

  • Singer Robert Plant performs during the 'Hommage a Ahmet Ertegun' show at the 40th Montreux Jazz festival in Montreaux in this June 30, 2006 file photo. (Dominic Favre/Reuters)
    Robert Plant and Terry Pratchett win UK honors Reuters - Tue Dec 30, 7:08 PM ET

    LONDON (Reuters) - Rock singer Robert Plant, fantasy author Terry Pratchett and Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton were all honored by Britain's Queen Elizabeth on Wednesday.

  • This photo released by Shaye Areheart Books shows Roland Merullo author of 'Fidel's Last Days'.(AP Photo/Shaye Areheart Books)
    Castro assassination attempt subject of thriller AP - Mon Dec 29, 1:30 PM ET

    "Fidel's Last Days" (Shaye Areheart Books, 268 pages, $23), by Roland Merullo: Fidel Castro must die. So says a shadowy but powerful group called the Orchid, which has put a plan in motion to finally do what Castro's enemies have failed to do for almost 60 years.

  • The cover of 'Angel at the Fence, The True Story of a Love that Survived' by Herman Rosenblat. A publisher has cancelled a Holocaust memoir with an amazing love story publicized by Oprah Winfrey after the writer admitted he made up parts, adding the book to a growing list of fabricated memoirs. (Penguin/Handout/Reuters)
    Publisher cancels disputed Holocaust love story Reuters - Sun Dec 28, 11:16 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A publisher has canceled a Holocaust memoir with an amazing love story publicized by Oprah Winfrey after the writer admitted he made up parts, adding the book to a growing list of fabricated memoirs.

  • This 2002 photo provided by Lawrence Waugh shows Hillary Baldwin Waugh. Novelist Hillary Waugh, whose prolific career introduced generations of mystery readers to small-town intrigue and police techniques rooted in real investigations, has died in Connecticut. Waugh's son, Lawrence, confirmed his death Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008, saying it occurred Dec. 8 in a nursing facility in Torrington after a brief illness. He was 88. (AP Photo/HO)
    Hillary Waugh, prolific mystery writer, dies at 88 AP - Sat Dec 27, 7:54 PM ET

    HARTFORD, Conn. - Novelist Hillary Waugh, whose prolific career introduced generations of mystery readers to small-town intrigue and police techniques rooted in real investigations, has died in Connecticut. He was 88.

  • This May 17, 2007 file photo shows Carrie Fisher arriving to the Fox 2007 programming presentation in New York. Fisher has written a 156-page memoir that she calls 'Wishful Drinking,' also the title of her autobiographical road show that has occupied her for the past year or so. ( AP Photo/Stuart Ramson,File)
    Princess Leia writes `Wishful Drinking' memoir AP - Wed Dec 24, 4:15 PM ET

    BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Director Mike Nichols once said of Carrie Fisher: "She has too much personality for one person and not enough for two persons."

  • Book Talk: Cornwell celebrates 20 years with Kay Scarpetta Reuters - Wed Dec 24, 1:29 PM ET

    SYDNEY (Reuters) - After 20 years of creating forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta, crime writer Patricia Cornwell has nothing but respect for the character who has also changed and shaped her.

  • Ex-Irish leader Ahern wins rich memoirs deal AP - Wed Dec 24, 1:00 PM ET

    DUBLIN, Ireland - Former Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern — who resigned this year amid a probe into the secret donations he pocketed while in office — has struck a six-figure deal to write his memoirs, the British unit of Random House confirmed Wednesday.

  • In this file photo Edgar Bronfman, Jr. chairman and CEO of Warner Music Group speaks at a conference in Beverly Hills, April 24, 2006. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)
    Court dismisses buyout suit against Warner's Bronfman Reuters - Tue Dec 23, 4:48 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A court on Tuesday dismissed a $100 million lawsuit against Warner Music Group Chief Executive Edgar Bronfman, which claimed he failed to compensate a former CEO of publisher Simon & Schuster for conceiving the 2003 buyout of Warner.

  • Philip Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide product marketing at Apple Inc, announces that the company's popular 'iTunes' service will now be digital rights management (DRM) free at the Macworld Convention and Expo 2009 in San Francisco, California January 6, 2009. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)
    Paolini, Pullman with books coming to iPhones AP - Mon Dec 22, 8:14 PM ET

    NEW YORK - Christopher Paolini's "Brisingr," Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy and Peter Matthiessen's award-winning "Shadow Country" are among the dozen-plus books coming to the iPhone and to iPod Touch, publisher Random House Inc. announced Monday

  • 5 tips for talking with teenagers about money AP - Mon Dec 22, 5:48 PM ET

    Parents can help teens learn about handling money by going over some simple ideas. These five tips come from the National Endowment for Financial Education, an Englewood, Colo.-based group with a program geared toward teenagers.

  • French author Francois Ceresa poses at his office in Paris with his book "Cosette ou le Temps des illusions" ("Cosette and the time of Illusions") in 2001. A Paris appeal court spared two sequels to Victor Hugo's epic of the French Revolution "Les Miserables" from the chop Friday, rejecting an attempt by the author's heirs to ban them.(AFP/File/Pierre Andrieu)
    French court allows "Les Miserables" sequel Reuters - Fri Dec 19, 6:52 PM ET

    PARIS (Reuters) - Modern-day sequels to Victor Hugo's classic "Les Miserables" have been allowed after a French court threw out a suit from the 19th century master's descendants, a lawyer for publishers Plon said on Friday.

  • Just in time for Christmas - a book about Dickens Reuters - Fri Dec 19, 1:39 PM ET

    MIAMI (Reuters) - A new book about the economic struggles author Charles Dickens faced before he wrote "A Christmas Carol" in 1843 has been a hit with holiday shoppers.

  • Book 'em: Two Madoff books in the works AP - Thu Dec 18, 9:30 PM ET

    NEW YORK - The Bernard Madoff books are in the works.

  • In this photo originally released by Ecco/HarperCollins shows David Wroblewski author of 'The Story of Edgar Sawtelle.' (AP Photo/Marion Ettlinger, Ecco/HarperCollins)
    Do tell: `Edgar Sawtelle' prequel in the works AP - Thu Dec 18, 1:42 PM ET

    NEW YORK - The author of the Oprah Winfrey-endorsed "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" is writing a prequel.

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