Melville House Books

HowTheLightGetsIn, the philosophy and music festival at Hay on Wye has just ended. Wait. Let me repeat that: A philosophy and music festival. Brilliant. Lars Iyer, author of the “viciously… Read more »

The newly revamped nook eReader is generally getting rave reviews across the web, but Wired especially loved the new device. In his article “The Nook Nails It,” John C. Abell… 21 / Read more »

Today, fans of Irish literature are descending on Dublin to relive the events of Ulysses and honor the memory of Ireland’s most famous literary export, James Joyce. But how can… Read more »

“New bookstore, “downtown Los Angeles,” “10,000 square feet”–all words that probably ought not to exist in the same sentence without the word “closing” lodged in there somewhere. And yet… There… Read more »

Last month on MobyLives we reported on the surprising and heartening success of Adam Mansbach’s Go The Fuck To Sleep. The book jumped to the top of Amazon’s bestseller lists… Read more »

John Walsh unravels the mystery behind Hemingway’s suicide Thoughts about plotlessness NYPL buys Timothy Leary’s papers (NYT) Column McCann wins Impac Dublin Literary Award Will Apple boot Kindle from its… Read more »