Amazon goes full Orwell
Amazon has always had a complicated relationship with George Orwell. As we’ve reported before, the online retailer has misquoted Orwell, tried to claim him as its own, and made a… Read more »
Zeljka Marosevic
Zeljka Marosevic is the former managing director of Melville House UK.
Debuts lead in the Baileys Prize longlist
The longlist for the Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction has been announced. The annual award, which celebrates the best novels in English by women of any nationality, is this year… Read more »
Is there a $150,000 literary prize in your junk folder?
When was the last time you checked your junk folder? Well, if you’re a writer with significant achievements or with great potential, you might want to brave that repository of… Read more »
Author of Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging Louise Rennison dies
The author Louise Rennison has died at the age of 63. Rennison was best known for her Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series written for teenagers, which included the titles Angus,… Read more »
More trouble for Angoulême Comics Festival
What’s going on at Angoulême International Comics Festival? Back in January, we reported that ten artists nominated for the festival’s prestigious Grand Prix had withdrawn from the prize in protest… Read more »
No phones, free whiskey and literature: the future of bookselling?
Last November, we wrote about the opening of a new bookshop in London, launched by Rohan Silva and Sam Aldenton, founders of Second Home, a “utopian workspace.” The shop, which is now… Read more »
Words by Women Awards launches
Last Monday, the 2015 Press Awards shortlist was announced. The prestigious award aims to celebrate ‘the best of UK national journalism’ and the numerous categories mean there’s room for every… Read more »
All change in British journalism
Last week saw big changes in British journalism. First, the dramatic news came that The Independent and The Independent on Sunday print editions would cease publication in March. After 30 years,… Read more »
Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels to be adapted for TV
Good news for all of those afflicted with the most contagious infection around, Ferrante Fever: Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Series is being adapted into an eight-part Italian TV drama. Benedicte Page… Read more »
Leading authors take Google Books copyright appeal to Supreme Court
Last week, we wrote about ‘Books at Play’, Google’s new project with experimental publisher Visual Editions to create digital reading experiences in the form of “books that cannot be printed.”… Read more »