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Some behind-the-scenes photos from HBO's adaptation of George R.R. Martin's epic Game of Thrones series. Seems like a match made in Heaven. Congrats to Middlebury College, the first Quidditch World Cup champions! Here are the photos and video to prove that, yes, young adults are playing a game from Harry Potter that involves flying, brooms and magic. These players only have one of those...
Why all you thought you knew about Cleopatra's style and looks are wrong...
Does Zack Galifianakis look like Ernest Hemingway? Stacy Schiff talks about her new bio, CLEOPATRA: A Life...
In honor of Halloween...   Some literary resting places, or haunts, if you will...   Kate Mosse (LABYRINTH and SEPULCHRE) ranks her favorite ghost stories...   The top-earning dead celebrities as ranked by Forbes, including a handful of authors...  
The Anthony, Barry, Shamus, Macavity and Derringer awards were announced at last week's Bouchercon. Check out the list here. The Seattle7Writers.org's "Novel Live" project ended last week. Check out the finished product here!
Keep up with the Seattle7Writers.org collective as they complete their Novel Live project. Yes, 36 authors, working in two-hour shifts, have written a novel that will raise money for literacy programs and become an eBook soon...How cool!! The 10 Best Dressed authors, featuring, of course, the dapper Tom Wolfe...
Congrats to Mario Vargas Llosa, the 2010 Nobel Prize winner in literature... This NYC librarian has put together a list of books about, inspired by or featured on AMC's hit show "Mad Men," and now there's a wait list for most of the titles...
An egregious oversight slows down the FREEDOM juggernaut, temporarily... Uncle Stevie isn't too keen on these lovey-dovey heartthrob vampires, and he's going to tell you about it... Won't they just go away already? Her in particular!
The Guardian offers its top 10 stories about sisters... Chin on hand, office candid and the rest of the author photo cliches... What to read on jury duty? Crime books, of course!
Here's a heartwarming story...THE LOST DOGS chronicles the pitbulls rescued from former NFL star Michael Vick's dog-fighting ring...many were adopted and are happy