April 12, 2018

A brush with fame is really cool, particularly when you’re young. It’s not as cool, however, when it highlights that your school’s textbooks are woefully out of date. And it’s even… Read more »

Celebrities

Footballer Marcus Rashford's mum accepts Book of the Year award on his behalf — Tom Clayton
Shelf Wars: Ashley Tisdale buys 400 books to 'style' her home and Twitter explodes — Nikki Griffiths
Britney Spears book goes to Simon & Schuster in "one of the biggest non-fiction deals of all time." — Nikki Griffiths
Prince Harry's forthcoming memoir could "shake the monarchy to the core" — Nikki Griffiths

This story about dying and going to heaven is obviously not true, but that’s not the problem

Taylor Sperry

Way back in 2015, we wrote about the six-year-old kid who was in a horrific car accident, awoke from a coma two months later as a quadriplegic, and went on to… Read more »

“En Garde, Macron!” François Hollande’s post-presidential tell-all

Michael Barron

There is no read quite like a political memoir, especially from a head of state. A confessional it is not — rather, these doorstops give a chance for a former world leader… Read more »

One Tolkien over the line… and other puns to celebrate the publication of more stories from Middle Earth

Trench fever: It’s a pretty serious infection that’s spread by body lice. Symptoms include a fever that lasts five days and pain in the legs. Recovery can take months, and sometimes leaves lifelong… Read more »

Melville House Books

First grader shares textbook with Blake Shelton courtesy of shit funding for Oklahoma schools

Susan Rella

This story about dying and going to heaven is obviously not true, but that’s not the problem

Taylor Sperry

“En Garde, Macron!” François Hollande’s post-presidential tell-all

Michael Barron

One Tolkien over the line… and other puns to celebrate the publication of more stories from Middle Earth

Peter Clark