June 29, 2016

I eat cataclysmic currency fluctuations and uncertainties over international copyright law like you for Brexit!

Simon Reichley

It’s been nearly a week since the United Kingdom decisively voted to leave the European Union. The immediate aftermath has seen a plunging pound, political chaos in the UK, and… Read more »

Booksellers & bookselling

Oxford University Press pull Biff & Chip book over "scary" country pages — Tom Clayton
Waterstones appeal aims to raise £1m for Ukraine disaster fund — Tom Clayton
"Old Books Discussed"—ancient article animates attention — Mike Lindgren
End of an era: Waterstones to extend high street domination after acquiring bookshop chain Blackwell's — Nikki Griffiths

MH authors on Brexit

Julia Fleischaker

There’s been no shortage of commentary about the stunning Brexit results that came in last week. Here’s what a few of our authors had to say. Joris Luyendijk, author of… Read more »

The Times They Are a-Changin’

Ryan Harrington

In its most significant modernization since the 1970s, The Grey Lady will be getting something of a dye job this summer, in order to stay young. In the same way the threat… Read more »

A novel written on Facebook during the Euromaidan protests will be published in English

Kait Howard

As in the Arab Spring revolutions of 2011, much has been made of the role that social media played in a different set of protests, in Ukraine in 2013–14. And… Read more »