January 29, 2014

What’s happening to dissenting voices in Hong Kong? Like book publisher Yao Wentian, they’re getting arrested

Kirsten Reach

Yao Wentian, the publisher of Morning Bell Press in Hong Kong, was arrested on October 27, and has remained in prison for the last three months in spite of numerous… 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

Book party for Malala canceled in Pakistan

Yesterday, the city of Peshawar, Pakistan was supposed to host a book launch event for teenage activist Malala Yousafzai’s book I Am Malala. The memoir by the young advocate for women’s education… Read more »

Sensory fiction: “Wearable” books are here

Zeljka Marosevic

Three academics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a “wearable” book that allows readers to experience the emotions and atmosphere of the novel’s protagonist as they are reading.… Read more »

Check out a human “book” and challenge your stereotypes at the Human Library

Julia Fleischaker

If you happen to live in Rochester, New York, this weekend is your chance to check out a human being at the Rochester Public Library. For the third time, the University… Read more »

“Il Bibliomotocarro” brings books and joy to Italian villagers

Claire Kelley

Retired schoolteacher Antonio La Cava from Ferrandina, Italy calls himself “the master of the road” in his little book mobile, a vehicle he created to be a library —complete with… Read more »

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