Melville House Books

  In a move that’s sure to give the Castro brothers more heartburn about Melville House author Yoani Sanchez (blogger and author of the forthcoming Havana Real), it was reported… 2 / Read more »

Yang Hengjun, a Chinese-Australian political thriller writer who lives part-time in Sydney, has gone missing in China, possibly detained by the Chinese government for his liberal politics and blogging. According… Read more »

John Le Carre has blown some literary minds down under: After being announced at a ceremony in Sydney as one of the finalists yesterday for the Man Booker International Prize… 10 / Read more »

What one blogger smartly calls a “deliciously entertaining but instructive controversy” — and what others might call a shitstorm — has broken out on a fan blog that reviews new… 30 / Read more »

Panorama of restricted Prague library Zadie Smith fights to save her local Augmented reality app for librarians How green is your ebook? Keats letter sells for $150,000 NYPL Young Lion… Read more »