January 24, 2017

So what do you get when you send a fascist provocateur out on a pre-publication book tour of college campuses? What should have been expected, that’s what: A riot culminating with… Read more »

Big publishing

Joanne Harris suggests some "parents, largely fathers" perceive reading as "girly" — Tom Clayton
Footballer Marcus Rashford's mum accepts Book of the Year award on his behalf — Tom Clayton
Waterstones appeal aims to raise £1m for Ukraine disaster fund — Tom Clayton
Book said to reveal Anne Frank's betrayer is pulled after being discredited — Nikki Griffiths

Further notes from the Women’s March on Washington

Taylor Sperry

Before the Women’s March on Saturday, I went to synagogue with a friend who’d let me crash with her in DC. The rabbi encouraged us to consider our own individual… Read more »

Desperate man says crazy things; everyone listens just because he’s standing in the White House press room

“It’s on, motherfuckers.” This was basically the message delivered to the White House press corps on Saturday as, in a flailing attempt to siphon attention away from the largest mass protest in… Read more »

Never before published Mark Twain fairy tale to be published by Doubleday

Chad Felix

A new story by beloved American writer (and Melville House author) Mark Twain, his only one intended specifically for children, will be published by Doubleday on September 26, 2017, the 150th… Read more »

What We Do Now: We keep on rolling

Melville House

As Dan Rather has recently written, “These are not normal times.” Let’s say this: America’s in crisis. We know this, and, with women as our leaders, we acknowledged it collectively three… Read more »

Melville House Books

Publishing during wartime, part V: The violence begins

Dennis Johnson