June 30, 2015

The last half decade has seen Egypt’s government overthrown twice, punctuated by mob violence and periodic mass killings of demonstrators. Since the June 2014 election of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi,… 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

Harper Lee’s “Mockingbird” sells hundreds of thousands of copies after new novel is announced

Kirsten Reach

Go Set a Watchman will be published July 14, and the chance to read a second novel (whether or not it is a second novel) by an 89 year-old author… Read more »

Two for Tuesday: Have we reached peak ARC?

Mark Krotov & Alex Shephard

Topics discussed: advice, Nick During, New York Review Books, Linda Rosenkrantz, Anna Wiener, ARCs, galleys, hyperbole, Twitter backlash, #JadeHelm15, limited edition boxset superproofs, City on Fire, Garth Risk Hallberg, Jonathan… Read more »

Neil Gaiman will write American Gods episodes

Nick Davies

Earlier this month, it was announced—to much commotion—that the adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s novel American Gods had been greenlit as a television series for Starz. Now, in an announcement that’s sure… Read more »

Authors Against Flowery Language

Yifan Zhang

“You can phrase things clearer and better. You can remove words which are unnecessary and tighten up your prose.” This note-to-self was found among Ernest Hemingway’s papers early last year. It is… Read more »

Melville House Books

Egypt seizes and burns books that promote “fundamentalism and extremism” from mosques

Liam O’Brien