Melville House Books

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Working within the time-honoured tradition of pre-Christmas expensively produced gift-oriented music books (see also in the coming months: Amy Winehouse; Michael Jackson; Morrissey), Noel Gallagher has announced a book, as reported by Andrew Trendell in… Read more »

The fairy tale came true: on Saturday, May 19th, Prince Harry, the gingerist of all British royals, married yank actress Meghan Markle. Which, of course, means the UK and the US… Read more »

Let’s face it: Weed is big business. And while it’s perhaps lost some of its edge, the upside is that it’s no longer hard to shop for the smoker in your… Read more »