November 08, 2018 » MobyLives! Archives

Surprising absolutely no people, The Bard is unequivocally the most-Instagrammed author in the history of the App Which Shows You What You’d Look Like As A Cat. So sayeth Maddy Foley over at Bustle, reporting on a study by… 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

How to run a successful reading group

Stephanie Valente

So, you decided to start your own book club. That’s wonderful. Now, how do you keep it running? Or, how do you create reading questions that are thoughtful and discussion worthy?… Read more »

Benjamin Zephaniah turns down poet laureate nomination

Julie Goldberg

Writer, poet, and musician Benjamin Zephaniah has made it clear that he is not interested in replacing Dame Carol Ann Duffy as poet laureate after her resignation in May 2019.… Read more »

The resurgence of the censoring asterisk

Erica Huang

Depending on your level of presence on Twitter, you might be familiar with the current linguistic practice of replacing some letters—typically vowels—with asterisks, ie. obf*scation, for emphasis in tweets. Here’s an… Read more »

Melville House Books

November 8, 2018

But soft (focus)! What light through yonder hashtag breaks?

Susan Rella