April 17, 2013

Every ten years, Granta magazine names the chosen few who they consider to be the best of young British novelists. A highly publicized event, the successful writers often go on to… Read more »

Authors

Protesting sexism, comic book artists pull out of running for Angoulême Grand Prix — Liam O'Brien
20th anniversary edition of Infinite Jest features fan-designed cover — Kait Howard
Amazon picks up The Last Tycoon adaptation, casts Kelsey Grammer in lead — Liam O'Brien
Castaway Jose Salvador Alvarenga denies eating his companion — Taylor Sperry

Simon & Schuster announce new ebook lending program for libraries

Sal Robinson

Simon and Schuster, launched long ago in 1924 on the back of the very first, and bestselling, crossword puzzle book, is the newest in a line of publishers who’ve recently… Read more »

Neil Gaiman urges publishers to “fail better” at the London Bookfair

Claire Kelley

Neil Gaiman has been on a roll with popular speeches lately. His commencement speech at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia last year inspired designer Gavin Aung Than to create… Read more »

Books & booze at a new Denver store

Last week, Sydney Jarrard wrote on the American Booksellers Association’s Bookselling This Week that Denver will soon have a new literary destination. BookBar, a new store that bills itself as “a book shop for… Read more »

Coming soon: new Moby-Dick adaptation (sort of)

Abigail Grace Murdy

Whales are big this spring—they’ve already been seen entrancing underwater paparazzi and invading the American Museum of Natural History. The BBC is also hooked: last week they announced plans for a new drama called… Read more »

Melville House Books

The “Best of Young British Novelists” are coming

Ariel Bogle