October 30, 2018

As I reported many months ago, India has a new book prize, the 2018 JCB Prize for Literature. As I also mentioned, it is comes with the largest monetary reward of any… Read more »

Awards and ceremonies

Salman Rushdie, Ian Rankin and Joanne Harris amongst those recognised in the Queen’s birthday honours list — Nikki Griffiths
Geetanjali Shree becomes first Indian winner of International Booker Prize — Nikki Griffiths
Footballer Marcus Rashford's mum accepts Book of the Year award on his behalf — Tom Clayton
Pulitzer winners and finalists offer new perspectives — Julianna Yablans

A grown man in Iowa burned LGBTQ children’s books and live-streamed it on Facebook

Stephanie DeLuca

Something is rotten in the state of Iowa. As we reported back in February of this year, homophobes petitioned to have books with LGBTQ themes removed from general circulation at… Read more »

What Shirley Jackson has to say about writing

It’s almost Halloween, or at least almost that wondrously cold-hearted holiday where everyone basks in our imminent death. If you’re like me, you do that year-round. If you’re like Shirley Jackson,… Read more »

Book lover uses personal library to create imaginative scenes

Alyssa Monera

It takes a lot of creative effort to come up with new and inventive ways to pose books for Instagram – trust us, we know. But, one book influencer has stepped up her game to… Read more »

Melville House Books

India’s most lucrative book prize has its first winner

Michael Barron

A grown man in Iowa burned LGBTQ children’s books and live-streamed it on Facebook

Stephanie DeLuca

What Shirley Jackson has to say about writing

Michael Seidlinger

Book lover uses personal library to create imaginative scenes

Alyssa Monera