February 20, 2014

People of Seattle, bookish people who follow conferences around like it’s the Super Bowl, and parents of whoever runs the Hobart Twitter feed, congratulations! You’re welcome to visit Associated Writing… 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

Amazon is the worst say ad execs who are also, somehow, themselves the very worst

Dustin Kurtz

A new article in Ad Age discusses why ad agencies—recognized authorities on how to be a disgrace to your species—have decided that Amazon is pretty terrible. That’s right, even advertising… Read more »

Self-published author strikes translation deal with Kobo

Sal Robinson

Bella Andre is the bestselling author of the Sullivan series, perhaps the most obsessively thorough romance series out there at the moment, since it follows every single member of the… Read more »

Twitch Plays Pokémon has spawned an epic contemporary mythology in six days

Amy Conchie

What happens when you take a rather primitive single-player adventure game and open it up to an unlimited number of players, all competing to control the same character? That’s the… Read more »

Movies R Fun and books r 2!: new book lets kids experience terrifying grown up movies

Martin Rouse

Kids are a drag. They drag down the intellectual level of every conversation they enter, and—worst of all—they drag down the quality of movies you can watch. Pixar Animation Studios… Read more »

Melville House Books

AWP rallies, and will be open to the public next week

Kirsten Reach