Son of a bitch, these goddamn authors can’t stop swearing
If only we’d known gainful employment could be found by researching how many times “fuck” and “shit” show up in books. As Alison Flood wrote last week in the Guardian, psychologist and author… Read more »
Is that a book in your pants or are you happy to see me?
According to the UK’s Office of National Statistics, crime is up ten percent this year. Let’s blame Brexit. It’s always good to blame Brexit. Whilst you might not think the humble book would… Read more »
“Post-truth” is the International Word of the Year
As we learned last week, the election has brought a number of new words into the public consciousness. We also learned that the results of the 2016 US Presidential Election seem to indicate that… Read more »
The skeletons (and rare and extremely overdue books) in your closet
Last Friday was Melville House’s bi-annual Librarian Preview Day. It’s a great time — we close the office and bookstore early, pop some corks, eat some cookies, and talk about all… Read more »
US author wins the UK’s most prestigious literary prize
Paul Beatty has become the first ever American to win the the Man Booker Prize, the leading literary award for fiction written in the English language and published in the United Kingdom.… Read more »
Christian publisher begets Bible reboot
What is this Bible book Donald Trump is always talking about? And where can I get one? Preferably with pictures? Kingstone Comics, a Christian publisher out of Florida has given us just… Read more »
London bookshop offers one lucky reader free books for life
London’s Heywood Hill bookshop is turning eighty, and to commemorate, they’ve launched a new Library of a Lifetime contest. One lucky winner will get a newly released hardcover, every month,… Read more »
Writers and activists urge new UK culture secretary to make libraries a priority
Sigh. It’s an endless battle, keeping these libraries open. You know how it goes: if your branch isn’t being sold off to be turned into luxury condominiums, or converted into… Read more »
Got any suppawn? I’ve already eaten the last button on Gabe’s coat and I’m out of emptins for the bread.
And for dessert, maybe some larbo? Or just loan me a bat hide to buy a dropped egg — I vum I’ll pay you back. So hungry I’d eat a whistle… Read more »
Welcome to Exmoor National Park: have a beer, take a walk, write a poem, be published in a book
Southwest England’s Exmoor National Park has long been a site of poetic speculation. The nineteenth-century poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge famously walked and pondered there (he has the footpath to prove… Read more »