December 06, 2013 » MobyLives! Archives

The American Library Association is supporting legislation from Rep. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-Wis.), known as the USA Freedom Act, that would limit the powers of the NSA surveillance program. The documents… Read more »

Libraries & librarians

The Big Jubilee Read: 70 books are selected to mark Queen Elizabeth II's 70 year reign — Nikki Griffiths
Theories abound after anonymous return of Darwin's notebooks — Tom Clayton
"Wot, No Books?" Milton Keynes library saved after protesters check out its entire stock — Tom Clayton
Belgian publisher donates over a thousand books to railway station libraries — Tom Clayton

British bookshops to benefit from Chancellor’s rates discount, but more help is needed

Zeljka Marosevic

Yesterday the Chancellor George Osborne delivered his Autumn Statement in which he announced some good news for small businesses, which includes bookshops. As the Guardian summed it up: “Small shopkeepers… Read more »

Why was Morrissey’s Autobiography revised for the U.S. market?

Christopher King

British fans of Morrissey who hoped to learn details of the former Smiths frontman’s personal life from his Autobiography, published in the U.K. this fall by Penguin Classics, may have been disappointed—he… Read more »

Bad Sex in Fiction Award winner named for 2013

Julia Fleischaker

Literary Review announced this week the 2013 winner of their annual Bad Sex in Fiction Award. Manil Suri has won the dubious prize for his novel, The City of Devi. The other shortlisted titles… Read more »

Costa short story prize decided by public vote

Kirsten Reach

The Costa Book Awards — formerly the Whitbread Literary Awards — added a short story category last year, and this category is separate from the other awards. It’s judged by… Read more »

Melville House Books

December 6, 2013

The American Library Association defends “freedom to read and research” from NSA surveillance

Claire Kelley