October 31, 2017

On Friday, Netflix began streaming “The Center Will Not Hold,” the long-awaited documentary about Joan Didion directed by her nephew Griffin Dunne. “It was always going to be a love… 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

Austin celebrates the grand opening of its new central library

Chad Felix

This past Saturday in Austin, Texas, community members and public officials celebrated having made good on something they’d promised each other some four years earlier: to build, in the words of Democratic Mayor Steve… Read more »

Quietly, China is reneging on promises to respect minority ethnic languages in its troubled northwest

Ian Dreiblatt

In addition to twenty-two provinces, four federally administered municipalities, and two special administrative regions, the People’s Republic of China contains five “autonomous regions,” areas with large minority ethnic populations and limited… Read more »

Ungodly demons and the torments of madness are coming for you, and there is nowhere to hide

Melville House

Good morning, fiends! Permit us to scare the living shit out of you: Happy Halloween, monsters. Stay dead.

Melville House Books

The Joan Didion documentary “was always going to be a love letter”

Taylor Sperry