April 05, 2013 » MobyLives! Archives

“From Italy to England, Sweden to Spain, Oakland to New York, the book bloc has surfaced as a street protest tactic in which people create and use shields that resemble giant… Read more »

Arts & Culture

Salman Rushdie, Ian Rankin and Joanne Harris amongst those recognised in the Queen’s birthday honours list — Nikki Griffiths
Lost Charlotte Brontë manuscript sold for $1.25 million — Nikki Griffiths
Waterstones appeal aims to raise £1m for Ukraine disaster fund — Tom Clayton
The Big Jubilee Read: 70 books are selected to mark Queen Elizabeth II's 70 year reign — Nikki Griffiths

Melville House’s art director is actually an Amazon robot

Christopher King

Greetings. If you’ve ever read a Melville House book, you may have noticed my work. In fact, the cover I designed may have enticed you to read it in the… Read more »

The BBC is axing arts coverage, but Lily Cole and Harry Styles will save us all

Zeljka Marosevic

As Tony Hall settles in to his new job as Director General of the BBC, he should have two things on his mind: placing arts programing at the centre of… Read more »

Will open access revolutionize academic publishing?

“Major players in the world of commercial scholarly publishing have little shame,” says Bryn Geffert, librarian at Amherst College and the man behind the new Amherst College Press. Fed up with… Read more »

“Scientist, Scholar & Scoundrel”: Count Gugliemo Libri, book thief

Sal Robinson

A new show has just opened at the Grolier Club in Midtown that focuses on the life and misdeeds of one of the nineteenth century’s most brazen book thieves, Count… Read more »

Melville House Books

April 5, 2013

Book covers for protests: the rise of the book bloc

Kelly Burdick