Melville House Books

Do you remember June of last year, when the Chicago Sun-Times laid off its entire photography staff (including Pulitzer Prize winner John H. White) and gave its reporters training in… Read more »

This week we’re featuring the County of Los Angeles Public Library in our Librarian Q&A series from my trip on the West Coast. I met with Kristi D’Arco and Cathy… Read more »

MI5 agent John Bingham is cited as inspiration for John le Carré’s iconic spy George Smiley—a character boasting wildly successful turns in novels, TV, and films—but it turns out that he… Read more »

A church in Seattle is answering some uncomfortable questions after proof surfaced that they had paid an outside firm over $200,000 to ensure the placement of a book by their pastor… Read more »

A 16th century warfare manual has been causing some alarm among the reading and pet-lover communities (you don’t need me to tell you the crossover is huge) because it appears… Read more »