March 01, 2019 » MobyLives! Archives

While my esteemed colleagues in the Melville House Brooklyn office are experiencing freezing conditions, in the UK we’re living through the hottest winter on record. It’s debatable as to when… Read more »

Children's Books

Northumberland mum donates hundreds of pounds worth of books to women's refuge — Tom Clayton
David Walliams story to be removed from bestselling children's book due to accusations of racism — Nikki Griffiths
A.A. Milne's "Poohsticks" bridge goes under the hammer — Tom Clayton
UK school children to receive a free 'patriotic' book from the government on the Queen's Platinum Jubilee — Nikki Griffiths

Lawsuits all the way down: the bizarre afterlife of To Kill a Mockingbird continues

Simon Reichley

According to reporting by Alexandra Alter and Michael Paulson for The New York Times, dozens of community theater productions of Christopher Sergel’s 1990 stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s To Kill… Read more »

Dear Dairy: artist makes book out of cheese

Tom Clayton

Last year we reported on the varied and occasionally distressing objects people used as bookmarks and subsequently returned to public libraries. It was gross. Chief offender among these objects, according… Read more »

Melville House Books

March 1, 2019

The Hundred Acre Wood is burning down as UK temperatures reach record highs

Nikki Griffiths

Lawsuits all the way down: the bizarre afterlife of To Kill a Mockingbird continues

Simon Reichley

Dear Dairy: artist makes book out of cheese

Tom Clayton