October 20, 2017

VIDA: Women in Literary Arts released their 2016 survey results this week. Each year, the count tracks representation in literary media by gender. This is the first one to factor in age… Read more »

Women

Greta Thunberg named TIME person of the year; jointly scoops Waterstones book of the year — Tom Clayton
Illustrated kids book about girls' bodies criticised for avoiding the word vagina — Nikki Griffiths
Pagey mallard: Ducks, Newburyport scoops Goldsmiths Prize — Tom Clayton
New book argues that Englishwomen were writing literature as far back as the eighth century — Stephanie DeLuca

I know my calculus: It says Vice + Vogue = $$$

Alex Primiani

Let’s say you’re really into fashion and luxury, but also really into gritty, hipster exposés and video… where would you turn for your daily news intake? If you fall in… Read more »

Walling off Russia leaves Ukraine with a bare market for books

So, things haven’t been great between Ukraine and Russia for the past few years. At the end of 2016, Ukraine passed a law prohibiting the importation of “foreign products with anti-Ukrainian content.” A few weeks later,… Read more »

Happy birthday, Elfriede Jelinek!

Melville House

Happy seventy-first birthday to Austrian writer Elfriede Jelinek! Best known for her novels and plays, she’s also written essays, screenplays, and poems, all of them marked by stark intelligence, far left… Read more »

Melville House Books

The 2016 VIDA Count is out, adds intersectional tracking based on age and educational background

Simon Reichley

I know my calculus: It says Vice + Vogue = $$$

Alex Primiani

Walling off Russia leaves Ukraine with a bare market for books

Ian Dreiblatt

Happy birthday, Elfriede Jelinek!

Melville House