December 04, 2014 » MobyLives! Archives

There are few greater gulfs than the one between the realities of daily life for young, poor, and not-yet-famous writers and the hysterical gaiety they pump into the works of… 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

Should fire chiefs self-publish homophobic books with terrible covers? A MobyLives investigation

Mark Krotov

Until his experiment wish self-publishing, things were going great for Kelvin J. Cochran, whose career as a firefighter has been a long and fruitful one. In 1999, he began his… Read more »

Melville House attends the National Council of Teachers of English Conference

Melville House exhibited for the first time at the National Council of Teachers of English at the National Harbor Convention Center just outside of Washington D.C. last week. Publicity Director… Read more »

And the fastest selling debut novelist of all time is…Zoella!

Liam O’Brien

British ladies have the novel game down, it seems. Agatha Christie: top selling novelist of all time. To say nothing of Rowling, Smith, Austen…the list goes on. So which of… Read more »

Melville House Books

December 4, 2014

Newly discovered Chandler work is basically the least Chandler-esque thing ever

Sal Robinson

Should fire chiefs self-publish homophobic books with terrible covers? A MobyLives investigation

Mark Krotov

Melville House attends the National Council of Teachers of English Conference

Claire Kelley

And the fastest selling debut novelist of all time is…Zoella!

Liam O’Brien