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THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A BOOK by Jomike Tejido was an absolute delight. It begins with the traditional Old Woman from the tales. Her children are missing, so she leaves her home (Which is shaped like A BOOK! If you love books about books, you're going to be head-over-heels for this artwork) and goes to visit her neighbors to see if the kids went next door to visit the three bears from Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

YouTube Originals just announced its next series: BookTube, and released a trailer. The aim is to be like a monthly book club, with one new episode each month featuring a different best-selling author. The idea came after they released a special this past March entitled BookTube: A Discussion with Michelle Obama (Which you can watch here). The critically-acclaimed special starred Former First Lady Michelle Obama and her best-selling novel BECOMING. She was joined by New York Times Best Selling Author John Green (The Fault in Our Stars, Paper Towns, Looking for Alaska) and popular booktubers Ariel Bissett, Jesse George, Jouelzy, Kat O'Keefe, and Franchesca Ramsey.

The concept for brand-new debut novel SLAY by Brittney Morris was intriguing from the very beginning: it was pitched as 'THE HATE U GIVE' meets 'WARCROSS,' which is a fascinating concept to begin with.

Disney Hyperion's Rick Riordan Presents line has another brand-new series to add to its growing family. This time, we get to dive into African mythology.

This week, DIVERGENT author Veronica Roth and publisher Houghton Mifflin announced the details of Roth's debut adult novel, THE CHOSEN ONES. Speaking at an event this reporter attended earlier this week celebrating the launch of her most recent release, THE END AND OTHER BEGINNINGS, Roth revealed...

Vampires are making another comeback. There has been a lot of chatter about hotly anticipated novels such as Renée Ahdieh's THE BEAUTIFUL, out this week, and Kiran Millwood Hargrove's recently released THE DEATHLESS GIRLS. It was just announced that vampires are making their way back to the screen as well. Shadowhunters producers Don Carmody and David Comican are developing a TV series featuring the New York Times Best Selling Series House of Night, written by mother-daughter team P.C. and Kristin Cast from St. Martin's Press.

New York Times Best Selling Author V.E. Schwab has long teased movie news for her beloved trilogy A Darker Shade of Magic, for which rights sold in 2016, but no details have been released up until now.

One of 2020's most highly-anticipated Netflix premieres is Shadow & Bone, based on two New York Times best-selling book series set in Leigh Bardugo's Grishaverse, Shadow & Bone and Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo. The first season will consist of eight episodes weaving together elements from the first book in each respective series, as well as some backstory. This week, casting news was announced, and fans worldwide instantly started cheering the casting -- and have even already created fan art! Filming began this week, and more news surrounding the series will be released soon.

Yesterday, news surrounding the release of another book set in the world of The Hunger Games instantly went viral. Set 64 years before the original trilogy that took the reading world by storm, Suzanne Collins returns to Panem with a book that takes place during the 10th Annual Hunger Games, beginning the morning of the reaping. Out May 19, 2020 from Scholastic, the book, entitled....

When you first hear the word 'graphic novel,' you likely think about superheroes, but there are so many more genres in the comic book business. Greg Rucka and Matthew Southworth created STUMPTOWN, a four-issue hard-boiled detective series that has jumped from page to screen this fall season. Whether it's around the water cooler or on social media, the premiere everyone has been talking about so far is ABC's Stumptown, starring Cobie Smulders (How I Met Your Mother, The Avengers). The show airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. A strong first episode is always important in ensuing a show's future in its early days. Shows get canned quickly, and if buzz is there from the very beginning, as it was when Stumptown first debuted this past week, it's a good indicator that the show will stick around for a while.

The CW is on the hunt for its next big hit. It's most successful series, the long-running Supernatural, ends its fifteen year run this season. Another favorite, ​​​​​​​Jane the Virgin, just ended this past season. What will fill The CW's need for another supernatural series and put the team from Jane the Virgin back to work? Developing a ghost-hunting TV series based on the books by Victoria 'V.E.' Schwab.

Fantasy is still a hot commodity, and movie studios continue to look for the next big thing by scouting new book releases and scooping up film rights, often before a book officially hits the shelves. Rena Barron's debut novel KINGDOM OF SOULS only launched this past week on September 19th, but news just broke that actor and producer Michael B. Jordan (Black Panther, Creed, Friday Night Lights) just acquired the trilogy through his production company Outlier Society, helmed by Warner Bros. Jordan is set to produce the movie alongside Pouya Shahbazian and Alana Mayo, with Misan Sagay adapting the novel into a screenplay.

Award-winning television series Orphan Black may have ended in 2017 after a successful five-season run, but it still has fans anxious for more. Now, thanks to Serial Box, the series will continue in a new medium -- and you can download the first episode right now for free.

New York Times Best Selling Author John Green is one of today's most popular YA authors. He has written novels that have gone on to become hit movies such as The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns. Now, his prestigious, Printz Award Winning novel Looking For Alaska is set to become a limited run TV series this October on Hulu.

THE TEN THOUSAND DOORS OF JANUARY immediately brought fond memories of WAYWARD CHILDREN to mind. Both are adult fantasy w/YA crossover appeal. The cover is stunning. It's a book about books, & what reader doesn't love reading about people who also love books?

Well met, dear readers! Are you looking for a fun, engaging read to end your summer and bring you into fall? Pick up brand-new release WELL MET by Jen Deluca this Tuesday!

As streaming services such as Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime have become wildly popular, everyone has wanted a piece of the pie. This fall alone, new streaming services will launch from both Disney and Apple. Apple has yet to set an official date for Apple TV+, but it is rumored to be launching in November 2019 and will supposedly cost $9.99 a month.  Trailers have become dropping for what will be available when the service launches, and this week saw the release of Dickinson, an upcoming ten-episode series starring beloved poet Emily Dickinson.

Bad news for Disney Villains fans ahead of the release of Disney's new streaming service Disney Plus. One of the most intriguing shows in development, Book of Enchantment, has been cancelled because its tone is too 'dark' for the Disney brand. (Plus, limited time offer on a Disney+ Membership!)

Disney's new streaming network Disney+ is gearing up its arsenal with new content to intrigue and commit subscribers to its latest venture. Due to its recent acquisition of Fox Studios, it has more titles at its fingertips than ever before. Disney has just announced casting for a TV series spin-off of the well-received movie Love, Simon, based on the novel SIMON VS THE HOMOSAPIEN AGENDA by Becky Albertalli.

Last year, the Netflix movie To All the Boys I've Loved Before, based on the book by Jenny Han, premiered to such high ratings that a sequel was instantly greenlit. Netflix has stated that over half of all viewers have re-watched the movie at least once and considers the film an enormous success. The book was the first in a three-part series centered around Lara Jean and the boys she's loved over the years -- and the one boy she can't get out of her head right now as she enters a seemingly-fake relationship with Peter Kavinsky that becomes realer than she ever could have imagined.