April 25, 2014

For their study, “Reading in the Mobile Era,” UNESCO conducted surveys in seven developing countries and found that mobile devices can be an important factor in fostering literacy around the… 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

Apple case stays in the Big Apple

Kirsten Reach

Rotten news for Apple: Judge Denise Cote has denied the request to postpone the U.S. vs Apple case again, and will not move the case outside her New York court… Read more »

Stop all the clocks: which poems make grown men cry?

Zeljka Marosevic

The title of a new poetry anthology, Poems That Make Grown Men Cry, is very silly. I know one man who cried reading One Day, another who blubbered over Beckett… Read more »

Brooklyn Zine Fest celebrates D.I.Y. culture

Christopher King

Most of the discussion surrounding self-publishing these days concerns Amazon ebooks or print-on-demand services, but many writers and artists still prefer to do things the old-fashioned way—with staples and glue.… Read more »

London Bookstore Tour

Claire Kelley

On a recent trip to London, I visited as many bookstores as I could. From a boutique shop in Notting Hill, to the used bookstores on Charing Cross Road, to… Read more »

Melville House Books

UNESCO study points to a “revolution in reading” in developing countries, thanks to mobile devices

Julia Fleischaker