Books
Margaret Atwood on Serial Fiction and the Future of the Book
Margaret Atwood, the author of The Handmaid’s Tale and The Blind Assassin (for which she won the Booker Prize), is no stranger to innovation. She writes about what the world could be—although it’s often what the world could …
Author Junot Díaz Among 2012 MacArthur ‘Genius’ Fellows
The arts are well represented in the list of 23 recipients of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation fellowship, the so-called “Genius Grant” that awards $500,000 over five years to individuals whose future work the …
J.K. Rowling: More Harry Potter Possible
With today’s publication of J.K. Rowling’s first foray into grown-up fiction, The Casual Vacancy, you’d think the Harry Potter author would be having a muggle-centric news day. But, even as The Casual Vacancy bows, Rowling has …
Today’s Movie Trailer: Beautiful Creatures
Fans of supernatural-YA-romance-books-turned-into-movies can exhale a little: Twilight will be ending its movie run in November, but the void may soon be filled. The trailer for the main contender for that title, Beautiful Creatures, is available now—and between a sullen brunette, a furrow-browed heartthrob, creepy magic and talking in …
Lee Child on His New Thriller, Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher and Wandering Heroes
“They’re all page-turners, but this one really goes hell to leather.”
No Easy Day Bumps Fifty Shades From Top Spot
Book buyers make war, not love
Painting Pop Culture: Artists Turn to Star Wars and Fairy Tales for Inspiration
10 Lightning-Speed Celebrity Memoirs: How Soon Is Too Soon?
It seems like just yesterday that Gabby Douglas was doing back handsprings. Now, she’s writing a memoir, due out in December. Who else rushed to the presses after making a name for themselves?
Judy Blume Reveals Breast Cancer: “I’ve joined The Club”
The award-winning author revealed this morning that she recently underwent a mastectomy
Approved: J.K. Rowling’s Plans to Build Hogwarts Tree Houses for Children
The magic will live on in her garden
The Navy SEAL Tell-All: Anonymous Osama bin Laden Memoir Slated for Sept. 11
“Mark Owen” doesn’t exist—at least not by that name—but he’s making big news this morning in the publishing world. (And the rest of the world too.) The pseudonymous ex-Navy-SEAL is the author of No Easy Day: The Firsthand …
Fall Arts Preview: This Season’s Most-Anticipated Films, Shows, Art and More
TIME surveys the fall’s not-to-be-missed arts events—from Andy Warhol to Ai Weiwei, from Bob Dylan to Big Boi