McDonald’s to give away Roald Dahl books with Happy Meals
Fast food leviathans McDonald’s—already no strangers to combining books and burgers—announced this week that their New Zealand branches will replace Happy Meal toys with Roald Dahl books, as part of their latest global… Read more »
Order, order! Publishers set to clean up in the wake of tidying craze
Ah, January. The holidays are over, and the only thing that remains are those weird chocolate liqueurs no-one wants to eat, and a nagging sense of regret: should I really have eaten… Read more »
Arron Banks criticises J.K. Rowling for having a writing room; professional writers criticise him right back
This week, Leave.eu co-founder and UKIP donor Arron Banks accused Harry Potter author J.K Rowling of being ‘pretentious’ after she made reference to her writing room on Twitter. Yes, really. In a tweet from November 28th Rowling stated, in reference to Brexit, that ‘every time I come out… Read more »
The Bovine Comedy: publishers race to secure Big Cow memoir (probably)
Haven’t you herd? Just when you thought it couldn’t get any better than a chicken in trousers, the latest online animal curiosity has arrived in the form of an extremely… Read more »
Roxy Jacenko book pulped due to error; publishers worldwide break out in cold sweat
Hot on the heels of our report about a batch of Super Mario-inspired poems printed with, ahem, extremely unexpected contents, it’s been another classic week for regrettable production errors. Falling unfortunately foul of the editorial… Read more »
Cats continue their bid for world domination while everyone is distracted
This week, while the world was looking at other ‘more important’ stuff, cats were quietly going about their business. You know, playing with your shoelaces while you’re trying to put… Read more »
Mr B’s Emporium of Reading Delights set to expand; smashes crowdfund target
The good news keeps coming for the UK’s independent booksellers, as they continue to defy financial and logistical obstacles via outpourings of goodwill from local communities. In recent weeks we’ve reported… Read more »
Tundra pressure: Antarctic scientist turns on colleague who kept revealing book endings
It was a scene that started mundanely – and by the end, could have been lifted from The Thing. At a remote research centre on King George’s Island in Antarctica, over 500 miles off the coast… Read more »
School bans backpacks; boy protests by bringing books to school in a microwave
We all remember those Autumn school days, right? Crisp mornings spent trudging through papery leaves, box-fresh stationery jostling in your pencil case, the sweet scent of decay permeating the air. Frosty… Read more »
‘Milkman’ by Anna Burns scoops a refreshingly unpredictable Booker Prize
This year’s Man Booker Prize has been one of frequent surprises.… Read more »