July 15, 2013

News broke this past weekend that J.K. Rowling, author of a popular series of books about adults murdering children with tiny sticks, is also the author of a recent pseudonymous… 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

A Literary Salon for the 21st Century in Oakland, California

Claire Kelley

Rebecca Grove, a former high school English teacher with over a decade of experience in educational policy and non-profit organization, wants to re-invent the literary salon of the 1800s—what she… Read more »

Tel Aviv opens a new beach library, or why we’re never coming home

Sal Robinson

Though not all beach-and-book encounters are free of tragic consequences, the municipality of Tel Aviv has bravely leapt into those little fluffy waves at the very edge of the surf and… Read more »

Quail Ridge Books gets a new owner

Nick Davies

One of North Carolina’s many excellent independent bookstores—Quail Ridge Books and Music in Raleigh—announced last week that it has a new owner. Paula Seligson reports for the News and Observer… Read more »

Kickstarter, retail sales propel comics in 2013

Greg Cwik

The newest of the myriad alt/indie comics to stir the comics culture is The Sleep of Reason, Iron Circus Comics’ new anthology of horror comics. It’s a 360-page assembly of… Read more »

Melville House Books

Why would anyone expose J.K. Rowling’s pseudonym?

Dustin Kurtz