Singer Andy Williams tried to smooth ruffled feathers in an interview on  “Good Morning America” to promote his memoir “Moon River and Me,” which went on sale today (Oct. 13).

A couple of weeks ago the Branson theater owner was quoted in…

Sen. Kit Bond said at a book signing that his new book isn’t for “rednecks,” a video at Politico.com shows.

The site headline says “Bond: My Book’s Not ‘for Rednecks.’” But if you watch the video it’s pretty clear that the…

An author who studies lying says in his new book that people tell the most lies while communicating through e-mail.

For anyone who spends even five minutes a day online, this conclusion may seem obvious. But in “The Liar in Your…

Bob Gibson will sign his book “Sixty Feet, Six Inches” on Tuesday at Barnes & Noble in West County. Read an interview I did with Gibson, and Steve Weinberg’s review of the book, in this Sunday’s A&E section of the Post-Dispatch.

One…

Entertainment Weekly’s EW.com has an interesting item today. The upshot is that a book publisher originally was to print a quotation from President Barack Obama on a book jacket, but then thought better of it. After all, the president’s comment wasn’t meant…

William Golding, who wrote “Lord of the Flies” and received a Nobel Prize for literature, admitted in unpublished writings that at 18 he tried to rape a 15-year-old girl.

The disclosure is part of a shocking story in the London Times…

John McGuire

Longtime Post-Dispatch reporter John McGuire died Tuesday. He had worked at the newspaper for 30 some years, taking a buyout in 2005. John was a friend to everyone and I was privileged to know him when he worked in the…

Two Missouri authors have been honored for their books involving history.

Harper Barnes won a The Truth About the Fact Award for “Never Been a Time,” an account of the 1917 East St. Louis race riot.

The award is given by The…

Kurt and Brenda Warner will be in St. Louis July 6 to sign copies of their book, “First Things First.”

The book, which carries the same name as their nonprofit, Christian foundation, will be about their marriage, “the values they are…