Summer picks: Feminists, super heroes, mythical seals and FBI investigations
Trainwreck: Sady Doyle offers an essential, timely, feminist anatomy of the female trainwreck. (Think Britney Spears shaving her head, Whitney Houston saying, “crack is whack.” Where did these women come from? What are their… Read more »
Kerry and Kurtan to reveal all in This Country tie-in book
This week we received the heartening news that This Country—one of the most successful BBC comedies of recent times—is to receive a welcome book adaptation. The spoof documentary, which was confirmed for… Read more »
Mother’s Day Gift Guide
What better way to say, “Hey Mom, I appreciate you” than a book? We are a little biased, but fully believe that books are the best gifts. Bonus: Mom might… Read more »
The Netherlands swaps train tickets for books—for one day, at least
Not content with being world leaders in many of the finer things in life (art, architecture, cheese, beer, flowers, bicycles, chips with mayonnaise), last week was Boekenweek (“book week”) in the Netherlands.… Read more »
Waterstones booksellers’ petition for a living wage attracts thousands of signatures
This week, Alison Flood of The Guardian and others reported on the story that booksellers at Waterstones were campaigning for a living wage (in the UK, that’s £9 p/h; £10:55 p/h in London).… Read more »
Dear Dairy: artist makes book out of cheese
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 »
30% off our most tragic romances
Celebrate—or protest—Valentine’s Day with a Melville House romance … wherein the protagonists usually die. Whether you want to celebrate love or your singularity, now through Valentines Day, we’re offering a… Read more »
Gift ideas for the music lover in your life
Holiday shopping can be hard, but it doesn’t have to be. Perhaps there’s a big music lover in your life – they already have a top-notch turntable, gold standard vinyls,… Read more »
P Is for Pterodactyl and other quirky ways to learn the alphabet
Ahhh the English language… so nuanced, so complex, so bloody ridiculous. P Is for Pterodactyl: The Worst Alphabet Book Ever exploits the frustration of English spelling, teaching kids (and let’s face it,… Read more »
Oh, the Places Books Can Not Go, Because They Didn’t Deliver for 20 Years
Twenty years past, on some October date Grandmother Vera Walker did something great: She mail-ordered a present – some books, you’ll deduce, Penned by the incomparable, much-loved Dr. Seuss. But the… Read more »