September 21, 2017 » MobyLives! Archives

A leading British newspaper is “sorry not sorry” over claims that global warming really isn’t that bad

Do you like fake news? The Mail on Sunday sure does. Back in February, the UK’s second-largest Sunday newspaper printed a contentious story by David Rose, claiming that global warming data had… Read more »

Jerks

Disgraced former health minister in talks to publish new book How I Won the Covid War — Nikki Griffiths
Cancelled Philip Roth biography finds a new publisher while author is accused of sexual assault — Nikki Griffiths
Racist colouring book distributed publicly by far right German political party AfD — Nikki Griffiths
Trump administration tries to stop funding libraries ... again — Andréa Córdova

The Great British Plea to Booksellers and Publishers

Peter Clark

Last week, the Booksellers Association of the UK and Ireland (a professional organization comparable the American Booksellers Association) held their annual conference in Birmingham. Rosamund de la Hey, owner of Scotland’s Main Street Trading… Read more »

Congratulations, Susanne König, winner of the inaugural Frankfurt Book Fair US Booksellers Prize

Chad Felix

While we were on break (true MobeHeads know it, we were off in August), publishing veteran, stalwart bookseller, and Melville House neighbor Susanne König was named the recipient of the first… Read more »

Marley Dias, now twelve, continues to kick ass

Taylor Sperry

The insanely precocious Marley Dias is on a mission to “change the system we live in.” And she’s starting—where else?—with what kids her age are reading. Last year, we reported… Read more »