April 15, 2015

We at MobyLives have never been shy about asking the big question to which so many people already seem to know the answer: namely, are publishers bad at marketing? And… 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

Ghostly, erased faces found in a medieval Welsh manuscript

Julia Fleischaker

The Black Book of Carmarthen, written in 1250 and currently housed at at the National Library of Wales (or, sure, Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru) is the oldest known medieval manuscript written entirely in… Read more »

London-based punk artist collective Le Gun creates drawings for Parisian bookstore Shakespeare & Company

Claire Kelley

Shakespeare & Company, the legendary bookstore in Paris, is collaborating with London-based punk art collective Le Gun and The Cob Gallery this month for a display of drawings and… Read more »

“H is for Hawk” film rights sold to the actress who plays Cersei in “Game of Thrones”

Kirsten Reach

Film rights for Helen Macdonald’s H is for Hawk have been sold to Lena Headey. You may recognize Headey as the actress who plays Cersei in the HBO adaption of Game of Thrones.… Read more »

In Cold Blood is being adapted for TV

Nick Davies

In Cold Blood, Truman Capote’s seminal 1966 book about the investigation into a quadruple murder in Kansas, is heading for the small screen sometime in the near future. Patrick Hipes… Read more »

Melville House Books

What can book marketers learn from Satanists?

Liam O’Brien