July 28, 2015

In a surprising discovery at the University of Birmingham, a fragment of the Quran dated to the late 7th century may shed new light on the early days of the holy book’s publication history.… Read more »

Arts & Culture

York school crowdfunds for 'magical' reading cottage — Tom Clayton
Big Ben goes belly-up in book-based building bonanza — Tom Clayton
Plymouth's RESPECT festival will see people become 'books' for Human Library — Tom Clayton
Simon Armitage begins decade-long UK library tour — Tom Clayton

Game of Thrones actors forbidden from reading the books

Nick Davies

OK, not “forbidden,” really, but Huw Fullerton writes for The Radio Times that the showrunners for HBO’s hit show Game of Thrones have strongly discouraged actors from reading George R.R.… Read more »

Salman Rushdie, Booker Prize winner, Knight of The Realm, keeps calling people wussies and says they wouldn’t like his books if they were published today, because they are such cowards

Simon Reichley

Salman Rushdie just cannot get over that PEN America award. As reported by the Telegraph, in comments given to the French magazine L’Express Rushdie again hammered the critics of PEN… Read more »

Two for Tuesday: Awesome Show, Great Job

Mark Krotov & Alex Shephard

Topics discussed: The 1990s Chicago Bulls, Nike Air Pippen IIs, NAFTA, Doc Martens, Michael Schaub, Jesse Montgomery, Ryan Holiday, Mein Kampf, Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, The Daily Show, The Onion, blurbs,… Read more »

Melville House Books

Was the oldest fragment of the Quran just discovered in the UK?

Liam O’Brien