April 01, 2015 » MobyLives! Archives

Click here to read Josh Cook’s first piece about preparing for readings It’s one thing to prepare for readings and quite another to give them. For the most part, I… 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

Highlights from the Penguin Random House year-end report

Kirsten Reach

Man, Penguin Random House is huge. Did you know it was huge? You might have missed that it controls over half of the publishing industry. Or if you read last… Read more »

The Pool, a new online platform for women, launches in UK

Zeljka Marosevic

A new online magazine aimed at women is being launched by BBC Radio 6Music presenter Lauren Laverne, and former editor of Cosmopolitan and Red magazines Sam Baker. The new website,… Read more »

Berkley Books will reissue Robert Durst book

Nick Davies

Thanks to the success of Andrew Jarecki’s HBO documentary series about Robert Durst, The Jinx, interest in Durst and his role in the deaths and disappearances of several women has… Read more »

Argentinian artist builds a “weapon of mass instruction”

Argentinian artist Raul Lemesoff and his traveling library appear in a video that is part of a 7UP #feelsgoodtobeyou campaign. The video shows Lemesoff in Buenos Aires creating something he… Read more »

Melville House Books

April 1, 2015

What makes a successful reading: an experienced-based addendum

Josh Cook