June 02, 2015 » MobyLives! Archives

Topics discussed: Paul and Linda McCartney, Wings, Paul McCartney and Wings, The Fireman, the big questions, President Obama, Thomas Pynchon, Alex’s family, Pontius Pilate, Satan, Jesus, Richard Farina, mustaches, V,… Read more »

Authors

Salman Rushdie, Ian Rankin and Joanne Harris amongst those recognised in the Queen’s birthday honours list — Nikki Griffiths
Joanne Harris suggests some "parents, largely fathers" perceive reading as "girly" — Tom Clayton
Waterstones appeal aims to raise £1m for Ukraine disaster fund — Tom Clayton
Returning an ebook after reading: is Amazon's return policy damaging to authors and publishers? — Nikki Griffiths

Every prize needs a new sponsor right now: IMPAC Award will be funded by the public

Kirsten Reach

For the first time in twenty years, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award will not be funded by the American productivity company IMPAC. The company is now defunct, and so… Read more »

How to read books faster

Liam O’Brien

I believe that any successful weekend contains three events to ensure a proper “decompression”: sleeping in, eating one reasonably elaborate breakfast, and striking some media off the to-consume list. For… Read more »

George R.R. Martin weighs in on missing Game of Thrones characters

Nick Davies

WARNING: The below contains spoilers about George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire books and the HBO series Game of Thrones. Read no further if you wish to… Read more »

Books are growing into trees in Argentina

Claire Kelley

Do you ever think about all the trees it takes to make the books you read? Pequeño Editor, a children’s book publisher in Argentina, certainly has and they have created… Read more »

Melville House Books

June 2, 2015

Two for Tuesday: President Obama should invite Thomas Pynchon to the White House

Mark Krotov & Alex Shephard