Concern for the welfare of Chinese poet Liu Xia is mounting
A couple of years ago, we wrote about PEN International’s call for the Chinese government to release dissident writers Liu Xiaobo and Liu Xia. Liu Xiaobo was convicted of “inciting subversion… Read more »
In Bangkok, it’s beginning to look a lot like Bookmas
Imagine something kind of like Christmas, but it’s just another day and you’re on the subway headed to work. Imagine unwrapping a shiny present, except you’re not unwrapping anything, you’re… Read more »
In Texas, a badge is passed to a new bookseller
Move over, Barnes and Noble — the Texas Book Festival has a new bookseller sweetheart, just in time for its twenty-second year. Readers of Texas, say hi to BookPeople. (Maybe you’ve already met?)… Read more »
About those books in chains on Game of Thrones
(NB The following contains minor spoilers for Games of Thrones season 7, episode 1.) Last week, we were graced with the long-awaited return of everyone’s favorite politically-charged, blood-and-violence-infused fantasy series: Game of… Read more »
My news, your news, their news… But whose news can we trust?
We’ve written a lot about fake news in the wake of Donald Trump’s ascent to the presidency. But guess what — we’ve got more! A couple of weeks ago, the Reuters Institute released their Digital… Read more »
An indie bookstore in Brisbane breaks out the MRA repellant
In an endearing (read: pitiable) swell of testosterone-fuelled solidarity against the evil F-word (“fffeminism”), the alphas and betas of the MRA world (that’s Men’s Rights Activists, if you’re lucky enough not… Read more »