March 18, 2016

Henry Miller’s been protested before, and if recent news out of Krasnodar, Russia is any indicator, he’ll continue being protested for as long as we’re around. (Also, more notably, he’ll be read… 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

Whimsical Qatari government releases poet jailed for life

Kait Howard

A Qatari poet who had previously been jailed for life for reciting a poem critical of his country’s emir has been pardoned after serving over three years in prison, the… Read more »

Michael Mann shopping book imprint to publishers

Ena Brdjanovic

Continuing this week’s trend of movie writer/directors veering into publishing—Deadline’s Mike Fleming Jr reports that lauded director Michael Mann is looking to launch his own imprint. The imprint is actually a bit of a… Read more »

NYRB launches new imprint devoted to comics

Wah-Ming Chang

New York Review Comics, the new imprint from NYRB Classics, just released its first title: Agony by Mark Beyer. Originally published in 1987, Agony charts the misadventures of Amy and… Read more »

Melville House Books

Henry Miller books burned by Russia’s “pagan librarians Perun”

Chad Felix