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For a few months speculations have been made about the topic of an upcoming memoir to be published by Simon and Schuster this summer. It turns out that Christopher Ciccone, brother of Madonna, will be publishing his memoir of his sister. Due out in July.

The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards were recently announced. The winner is DeNiro's Game by Rawi Hage. The award, which is managed by the Dublin City Public Library, is given to a work with high literary merit and nominations are made by libraries around the world.

Denis Johnson, winner of the 2007 National Book Award for his novel Tree of Smoke, will be publishing his next novel called Nobody Move in four installments in Playboy magazine. The installments will begin in the July issue and run through the October issue.

Oprah recently gave the commencement address to the graduates of Yale University. Because Oprah loves to give out free stuff, all the graduates were given copies of her latest pick, Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth and another of her favorites: A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink. I bet those graduates were thinking "what about the free car?"

Debbie Macomber, best-selling fiction author, has signed a deal to write 2 nonfiction inspirational titles. The first will be called Fishes and Loaves: Living in a Spirit of Generosity.

Stephen King and his son Joe Hill will publish their first collaboration, a novella titled Throttle, due out in early 2009. Movie rights have been optioned.

A great vacation for the die-hard Austen fan.