Heinrich Böll in Ireland
Kevin Murphy
Heinrich Böll’s Irish Journal is one of three books Melville House is offering for a discounted price as part of its St. Patrick’s Day Book Bundle. The video below could… Read more »
Call to ban Dante from Italian schools
Ellie Robins
According to a human rights group that advises the UN, Dante’s Divine Comedy should be banned from Italian schools because it is ‘offensive and discriminatory’. Speaking for the group Gherush92,… Read more »
South Korean is first woman to win the prestigious Man Asia Literary Prize
Valerie Merians
South Korean novelist Shin Kyung-sook’s novel Please Look After Mom has won the Man Asian Literary Prize, it was announced yesterday in Hong Kong. It is the first time the… Read more »
Henry David Thoreau, global warming activist
Christopher King
Considering that we skipped right over winter this year in New York, everyone seems to be talking about climate change lately: “Can you believe this weather? Thanks, global warming!” But… Read more »
Day in Review
Kevin Murphy
Book tournaments runneth over Real life author display in bookstore window Marathon reading of Moby Dick Cashing in on literary estates Reviewing Wolfe, Updike, and Irving Charting the history of… Read more »
IPG publisher says industry is in a state of ‘undeclared war’
Ellie Robins
An indie publisher has added his voice to the growing number of public opponents of Amazon. In his article ‘Amazon’s Assault on Intellectual Freedom’, Bryce Milligan of Wings Press in… Read more »
