January 13, 2015

The Man Booker Prize committee announced new rules yesterday. Nothing quite so drastic as opening the prize up to any novel published in English by a UK publisher, but 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

Hackers made an LA traffic sign say “READ A FUCKING BOOK”

Liam O’Brien

Hacking! It’s the word of the moment. It happened to Sony. Australian torso Chris Hemsworth is playing a hacker in a new movie, Blackhat, which comes out this Friday. And yet,… Read more »

Chicago to get a bookstore for foodies

This spring, Chicago will get a food-themed bookstore, Claire Kirch reports for Publishers Weekly. Offering cookbooks as well as a wide range of other food-related titles, the new store is… Read more »

The anonymous Edinburgh Book Sculptor has given her first interview

Liam O’Brien

Anonymous artists, in our panoptical information age, have become increasingly rare. While graffiti artists like Banksy or Rambo obscure their identities behind a sobriquet to avoid prosecution for vandalism, actual unknown and… Read more »

Melville House Books

Man Booker Prize thinks that pub date is a problem

Kirsten Reach

Hackers made an LA traffic sign say “READ A FUCKING BOOK”

Liam O’Brien

Chicago to get a bookstore for foodies

Nick Davies

The anonymous Edinburgh Book Sculptor has given her first interview

Liam O’Brien