Melville House Books

Nick Davies

Nick Davies is a publicist at Melville House.

• Ernest Hemingway’s Cuban archives finally available in the US

  Ernest Hemingway wrote some of his most enduring works from his estate in Cuba, where he lived off and on from 1939-1960, but until now most of his papers from that… Read more »

• Charlaine Harris faces nutty fans, death threats with the conclusion of the Southern Vampire Mysteries

  Ending a long-running series with a huge fan following is an endeavor fraught with peril. The television finales from Seinfeld and Lost sparked outrage from viewers who were unhappy with the way things… Read more »

• Canadian writers’ union to make decision on self-published authors

  Matt TenBruggencate reported for the CBC last week that the largest association of writers in Canada is set to make a decision as to whether to reverse its long-standing policy… Read more »

• Brooklyn Public Library to hold biking fundraiser this weekend

  As part of its annual Support the Branches fundraiser efforts, the Brooklyn Public Library is holding a charity bike event this Saturday, called Bike the Branches. A borough-wide celebration of… Read more »

• New York taxi drivers read their poetry at PEN World Voices Festival

  It’s not surprising that cab drivers would meet a wide variety of saucy characters over the course of their careers, and overhear or participate in countless conversations with strangers that… Read more »

• Free Comic Book Day: a first-hand report

  Despite having written about comic books pretty frequently here at MobyLives (including last year’s Free Comic Book Day), I’ve never been what you’d call a “Comic Book Person.” Though I’ve… Read more »

• Bikers for Books reaches out to elementary school students

  There’s a new face for literacy advocacy in central Michigan, and it’s a bit different from the staid librarians and other bookish types you might expect. Bikers for Books launched… Read more »

• Winnie The Pooh creator A.A. Milne wrote British propaganda during WWI

  Well, this might make you look at Winnie the Pooh a little bit differently. A.A. Milne, the creator of the beloved children’s character, was recently discovered to have been recruited… Read more »

• Beastie Boys to write a “multidimensional” memoir

  No sleep till Book-lyn! If you haven’t heard the news that inspired that dreadful pun (for which I do not apologize; the worse the pun, the more I revel in… Read more »

• Let’s recognize Isaac Asimov’s house

  The Philadelphia Weekly has started a petition this week to get a historical marker placed at the onetime home of author Isaac Asimov. The author of classic science fiction works… Read more »