February 20, 2018

All that glitters is gold. The folks behind the Man Booker Prize, the UK’s leading prize for novels, has announced that this year they’ll be awarding a “Golden” Man Booker, a one-time-only… Read more »

Awards and ceremonies

Single billboard heralds arrival of new Hilary Mantel novel — Tom Clayton
What made this year's Man Booker International winners so damn notable? — Michael Barron
81-year-old debut novelist is shortlisted for a literary prize, so take that, ageists! — Michael Barron
Are women funny? Prize news confirms yes, of course they bloody are — Nikki Griffiths

Punctuation, Lesson One: From the James Woods School of Online Defamation

Susan Rella

Hello students, and welcome to the James Woods School of Online Defamation. This course is Defamation 101: How To Call People Nazis Without Calling Them Nazis. Now, you’re all here because… Read more »

Jeff Daniels will walk and talk in Aaron Sorkin’s Broadway adaptation of To Kill A Mockingbird

Ryan Harrington

The long, weird, and sometimes controversial life of Harper Lee’s 1960 novel To Kill A Mockingbird marches on. The newest bend in the road reveals a star-powered Broadway adaption, produced by Scott Rudin,… Read more »

Sperms and conditions may apply: Watching Hannity with Walt Whitman

Ian Dreiblatt

If there’s one thing the internet has made possible, it’s stupid people telling stupid things to other stupid people, so that they can in turn tell those things to still more stupid… Read more »

Melville House Books

This year, there’ll be a Man Booker Prize for best Man Booker Prize-winner

Stephanie DeLuca