July 20, 2017

We’ve been reporting on the dissident Chinese writer and human rights activist Liu Xiaobo at MobyLives since he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010. In 2008, Liu was sentenced… 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

Twenty years later, Junot Díaz fulfills a picture-book-shaped promise to his goddaughters

Chad Felix

Not-exactly-prolific (but very successful and cool!) author Junot Díaz (The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Drown) has written a picture book, reports Alexander Alter in the New York… Read more »

Britain’s “bookseller from hell” is moving on

Nikki Griffiths

Steve Bloom is (or was) the owner of second-hand bookshop Bloomindales in Hawes, in northern England’s Yorkshire Dales. Such a puntastic shop should surely have been a success. But unfortunately Bloom… Read more »

Cents and Sensitivity: At long last, Jane Austen’s in the money, though not without problems

Ian Dreiblatt

Good news for folks who love both money and wittily perceptive fiction: soon, you’ll be able to travel to the UK and buy whatever you need—pants to wear under your favourite… Read more »

Melville House Books

Protestors flock to shorelines around the world to honor Liu Xiaobo

Taylor Sperry