Author Ray Bradbury dies, aged 91

Author Ray Bradbury has died in Los Angeles at the age of 91. His daughter Alexandra confirmed that her father died on Tuesday night in Southern California. She did not have additional details. Bradbury wrote hundreds of novels, short stories, plays and television and film scripts in a career dating back to the 1940s. His most famous novels include Fahrenheit 451 and Something Wicked This Way Comes

2012 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards winners (Canada)

The 2012 winners for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards were revealed at Parkdale Junior and Senior Public School, where students gathered for a celebratory presentation. The shortlist represented authors from across the country, from Newman's Cove in Newfoundland to Victoria, British Columbia

2012 Shamus Awards nominees

The Private Eye Writers of America has announced the nominees for the 31st annual Shamus Awards, given annually to recognize outstanding achievement in private eye fiction. The awards will be presented at the PWA banquet, to be held October 5, 2012 in Cleveland, Ohio, during the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention

Bilbary expands E-book library to offer a complete solution for consumers, publishers, authors and libraries

Bilbary has announced new partnerships with the first three of seven of the top publishing houses in the industry: HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Inc. and Wiley. Bilbary will carry all e-books offered by these publishers and their subsidiaries which includes 40,000 titles, raising the total number of titles in the library to more than 375,000

2012 Nero Award finalists

The Nero Award is presented by the Wolfe Pack each year to an author for the best mystery written in the tradition of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe stories. It is presented at the Black Orchid Banquet, traditionally held on the first Saturday in December in New York City. The Nero Award celebrates literary excellence in the mystery genre. Finalists:

* Guilt by Association, Marcia Clark
* The Silent Girl, Tess Gerritsen
* The House of Silk, Anthony Horowitz
* Spiral, Paul McEuen
* Though Not Dead, Dana Stabenow
* Black Orchid Blues, Persia Walker

The Man Booker Prizes Weekly Roundup - 1 June 2012

The latest news about Man Booker Prize writers and judges - 1 June 2012

Authors win class status in Google books suit

Thousands of authors can sue Google in a class-action lawsuit over its plan to create the world's largest digital book library, a federal judge ruled on Thursday. U.S. Circuit Judge Denny Chin in Manhattan also rejected Google's bid to dismiss claims by The Authors Guild and several groups representing photographers and graphic artists, which would have forced their members to sue individually

2012 Arthur Ellis Awards winners

The winners of the 2012 Arthur Ellis Awards have been announced. Peter Robinson wins Best Crime Novel for "Before The Poison"

Tintin cover fetches record-breaking 1.3m euros

A rare 1932 cover drawing of a Tintin comic book has fetched a record 1.3m euros (£1m; $1.6m) at auction in Paris. The Tintin in America cover, hand-drawn by Belgian writer and illustrator Herge, broke the record - set by the same item in 2008, when it sold for 764,000 euros. It shows the young adventurer Tintin, dressed as a cowboy and sitting with his dog, Snowy, as axe-wielding American Indians creep up on them

Terry Pratchett wins the 2012 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize

Sir Terry Pratchett has been named the winner of the 2012 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction for his novel Snuff (Doubleday). Praised by The Independent for being 'As funny as Wodehouse and as witty as Waugh', it seems only fitting for the 64-year-old author to win a prize that celebrates fiction that captures the comic spirit of P.G. Wodehouse