Melville House Books

The question is inevitable: why does Melville House go to such trouble every year to host an award show for something we make a lot of fun of? Okay, fair… Read more »

In an article at the Wall Street Journal, children’s lit columnist Meghan Cox Gurdon depicts YA fiction of becoming “ever-more-appalling” since the 1960s, transforming into “hall of fun-house mirrors, constantly… Read more »

Here’s a very rare photograph of lounging Sea Yalls, courtesy of TheBoucher.com, the web blog of Christopher Boucher: “Sea Yalls have a reputation for looting stores and stealing cars, but the… Read more »

Fifth graders given Nooks for summer reading Borders may be close to selling stores Borders Executive VP resigns 5 reasons eBooks aren’t there yet Philip Ziegler awarded Elizabeth Longford Prize… Read more »