January 07, 2016 » MobyLives! Archives

Every year, the Angoulême Comics Festival awards their Grand Prix to a deserving artist whose body of work or contribution to the art form has been deemed especially significant. Past winners include Bill Watterson, Robert… 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

Fake Penguin publicist catfishes bloggers (to get reviews for her own book)

Julia Fleischaker

Beware a publicist bearing false credentials. The YA blog world is dealing with a catfishing situation. A blogger named Jon at Bookish Antics, writes of the odd bait and switch (that,… Read more »

The Folger Shakespeare Library is taking the Bard’s First Folio on the road

Simon Reichley

Perhaps the most ubiquitous and influential writer in the history of the English language is getting a roadshow. In celebration of the 400th anniversary of the Bard’s birth this year,… Read more »

Ask a bookseller—Book Court’s Bonnie Chau

Melville House

In life, there are always big questions. But where can you find the big answers? From your local indie bookseller, of course! In this monthly feature, some of our favorite booksellers will… Read more »

Melville House Books

January 7, 2016

Protesting sexism, comic book artists pull out of running for Angoulême Grand Prix

Liam O’Brien