February 20, 2014

People of Seattle, bookish people who follow conferences around like it’s the Super Bowl, and parents of whoever runs the Hobart Twitter feed, congratulations! You’re welcome to visit Associated Writing… 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 is the worst say ad execs who are also, somehow, themselves the very worst

Dustin Kurtz

A new article in Ad Age discusses why ad agencies—recognized authorities on how to be a disgrace to your species—have decided that Amazon is pretty terrible. That’s right, even advertising… Read more »

Self-published author strikes translation deal with Kobo

Sal Robinson

Bella Andre is the bestselling author of the Sullivan series, perhaps the most obsessively thorough romance series out there at the moment, since it follows every single member of the… Read more »

Twitch Plays Pokémon has spawned an epic contemporary mythology in six days

Amy Conchie

What happens when you take a rather primitive single-player adventure game and open it up to an unlimited number of players, all competing to control the same character? That’s the… Read more »

Movies R Fun and books r 2!: new book lets kids experience terrifying grown up movies

Martin Rouse

Kids are a drag. They drag down the intellectual level of every conversation they enter, and—worst of all—they drag down the quality of movies you can watch. Pixar Animation Studios… Read more »

Melville House Books

AWP rallies, and will be open to the public next week

Kirsten Reach