Melville House Books

Most of you have probably read by now about Assassin of Secrets, Q.R. Markham (aka Quentin Rowan)’s debut thriller that lifted choice bits from spy novels and political thrillers. The… 6 / Read more »

Heather Reisman, CEO of Canada’s biggest books chain, Indigo Books & Music Inc, has just signed a very lucrative deal. According to this story in the Toronto Globe and Mail:… Read more »

Two lit-bloggers, Caroline  of Beauty is a Sleeping Cat and Lizzy of Lizzy’s Literary Life have concocted one of the biggest cross-blog celebrations we have ever seen. Planned for months,… Read more »

How bad does a negative review sting, how much does it get beneath the skin? it’s been eight years since Jonathan Lethem’s The Fortress of Solitude was reviewed in The New Republic… 6 / Read more »

Keith Richards wins Mailer Prize How to name your first novel Library Journal has a new owner Boris Vian, the Prince of Saint-Germain Stories in cigarette packs Animated book covers… Read more »