June 17, 2014

Google Play Books launched in Norway about two weeks ago. There’s just one problem: uh, no Norwegian titles are currently available in the Google Play store. That’s because the biggest… 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

OSHA is investigating the deaths of two Amazon warehouse workers

Alex Shephard

Late last week, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) had concluded an investigation into the death of Ronald Smith, a warehouse worker at an… Read more »

Building “literary architecture” in the classroom

Claire Kelley

In an opinion piece in the New York Times in 2013, Matteo Pericoli, an architect, teacher, illustrator and author of The City Out My Window: 63 Views on New York… Read more »

Deca seeks to let good journalists be good journalists

Bradley Babendir

In bold letters at the top of their Kickstarter page, journalist cooperative Deca states: “We write for magazines. Now we’d like to write for you.” Deca is a group of… Read more »

Ugandan author Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi wins the Commonwealth Short Story Prize

Nick Davies

The Commonwealth Short Story Prize was awarded last week to Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, a writer from Uganda currently living and teaching at Lancaster University in the UK. Established in 2012 alongside… Read more »

Melville House Books

You can’t buy a Norwegian book with Google Play, even if you’re in Norway

Kirsten Reach