January 08, 2014 » MobyLives! Archives

One of the largest and oldest libraries in Lebanon, the Al Sa’eh Library of Tripoli, was torched during the night of Friday, January 3. Over 80,000 titles were in the library’s… 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

Amazon to charge delivery on book orders under £10

Zeljka Marosevic

As of yesterday, Amazon.co.uk changed the terms of its Super Saver Delivery offer and began charging delivery on book orders under £10, the Bookseller reports. Before yesterday, small items such… Read more »

Texas library: “Who needs books?”

Nick Davies

A public library in San Antonio, TX has taken the digital age to the next level, Paul J. Weber writes for the Associated Press (picked up here by USA Today), by eliminating… Read more »

Write A House gives writers the chance to apply for a free home in Detroit

Julia Fleischaker

Write A House is a new program that aims to offer free houses for writers who live in, or would like to move to, Detroit. Our mission is simple: to enliven the… Read more »

Each poem an elegy

Emma Aylor

On the cusp of the new year, Octopus no. 16 went live, and with it Heather Christle’s “Poem for Bill Cassidy.” Cassidy, as Christle explained in a blog post, was published… Read more »

Melville House Books

January 8, 2014

Tripoli library set aflame, 50,000 books lost

Kirsten Reach