Making books is so hard, you guys. First, a writer must sit for years in thoughtful solitude to produce a manuscript. Then, she must suffer through repeated rounds of editing.… Read more »

Well, you survived another week. We all did. And we’re all to be congratulated, frankly, as the prospect of about 208 far less survivable weeks lurks just over the horizon. Here… Read more »

In case you weren’t aware, we are living in a golden age. The internet has finally and completely unbound the human imagination, and we are without doubt living in the… Read more »

Happy birthday to legendary literary hero (and Last Interview Series participant) Jorge Luis Borges! Well, actually, his birthday was yesterday, but he’s 117 now—and passed away many years ago—so we’d like… Read more »

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 »

The world is in the midst of a love affair with soccer that happens every four years. Everybody loves Messi! Dempsey is a national hero! Suarez is biting people again!… Read more »

If you were Flannery O’Connor, wouldn’t you paint a friendly fowl under your arm? If you were Hunter S. Thompson, wouldn’t you take a couple of selfies in your favorite… Read more »

When diabetes took her vision away, Dorset native Trish Vickers took to poetry to bring order to her suddenly chaotic life. In time, Mrs. Vickers found that the pen suited… Read more »

This is the tenth installment in the two-week series “What Bolaño Read” by former Shaman Drum Bookstore manager Tom McCartan. The series celebrates the publication of Roberto Bolaño: The Last Interview… Read more »

Two years ago, Carolyn Kellogg at Jacket Copy wrote about a few pricey holiday gifts that bibliophiles will swoon over, such as a first edition of Ulysses published in 1922… 3 / Read more »