May 12, 2016

If you’re a fan of fiction, you cannot have failed to noticed the enormous success of authors such as Jo Nesbø and Haruki Murakami, alongside perennial favorites like Isabelle Allande and Paulo Coelho.… 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

The Art of the Novella Challenge 42: The Touchstone

Jonathan Gibbs

Title: The Touchstone Author: Edith Wharton First published: 1900 Page count: 124 First line: “Professor Joslin, who, as our readers are doubtless aware, is engaged in writing the life of… Read more »

What happens when your state-controlled-and-funded news agency shows up at your international book fair?

Chad Felix

Book fairs offer strange sights. We all know this. Greater-than-life-sized cutouts of Mitch Albom and John Grisham, for example. Impossible tents featuring brand new carpeting, carpeting that feels very good… Read more »

Summer Books Preview: Death by Video Game, by Simon Parkin

Melville House

In his first book, Simon Parkin—who has been called “gaming’s Jon Ronson”—asks what it is we’re really doing when we play video games, examining both the norms and the extremes of… Read more »

Melville House Books

Translated fiction is the slow and steady winner

Nikki Griffiths