May 06, 2015 » MobyLives! Archives

The crime writer Ruth Rendell died on Saturday 2nd May at the age of 85. Rendell was best known for her 24 Inspector Wexford books, which she began writing in 1964,… 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

Four opportunities for writers to win some real estate (and maybe a new career)

Claire Kelley

A writing career isn’t always a lucrative proposition, but I’ve noticed that there’s suddenly a number of opportunities for writers to win a place to live. Now that I have… Read more »

New collection of Mark Twain writings uncovered UPDATE: Or maybe not quite…

Nick Davies

A trove of writings by Mark Twain has been discovered by scholars at the University of California, Berkeley, Janie Har reports for the Associated Press. The prolific author lived for… Read more »

Literary magazine Rhapsody offers a different kind of mile-high club

Taylor Sperry

At first I’d wondered if I should be embarrassed that I’d never heard of the literary magazine Rhapsody: it’s published pieces by Anthony Doerr and Emily St. John Mandel and… Read more »

Manuscript worth $60,000 stolen at International Book Fair

A rare bookseller, attempting to celebrate the dedication of this year’s International Book Fair to Gabriel Garcia Marquez, lost his prized first edition, signed copy of One Hundred Years of… Read more »

Melville House Books

May 6, 2015

Hail & Farewell Ruth Rendell

Zeljka Marosevic