April 26, 2013

At an event on Wednesday at the British Museum, Culture Secretary Maria Miller addressed the heads of British arts organisations with a speech entitled, ‘Testing Times: Fighting culture’s corner in… Read more »

Arts & Culture

Protesting sexism, comic book artists pull out of running for Angoulême Grand Prix — Liam O'Brien
Barnes & Noble takes penultimate step to exiting Queens — Liam O'Brien
Fifth employee connected to Hong Kong bookstore goes missing — Liam O'Brien
20th anniversary edition of Infinite Jest features fan-designed cover — Kait Howard

Concerned about the future of books? James Patterson to the rescue!

Claire Kelley

Bestselling author and total page-churner James Patterson isn’t going to sit by silently while bookstores need community support, the Department of Justice is enabling Amazon to grow out of control, and library… Read more »

Richard Dawkins elected king of the intellectual-aspirants junior prom

Dustin Kurtz

Good news, everybody! We can stop thinking now. Time to let our brains congeal into their salty custard-with-the-skin-on-it resting states. Dust off your drool bib, because at long last the… Read more »

Lambeth Palace recovers 1,400 stolen publications, thanks to thief’s note

Kirsten Reach

A sealed letter from a former employee of the library at Lambeth Palace, home to the Archbishop of Canterbury, revealed the location of thousands of books he had stolen from… Read more »

Shut down by its publisher, the Egypt Independent releases final issue online

Alex Shephard

Yesterday it was announced that the Egypt Independent was being shut down immediately by its publisher after four years and fifty issues. This is an unfortunate and discouraging development, as… Read more »

Melville House Books

Testing Times: Culture Secretary Maria Miller’s worrying speech

Zeljka Marosevic