November 12, 2015

MobyLives has previously written about the challenges faced by publishers and booksellers located in—and friendly with—Hong Kong: everything from decade-long prison sentences, retaliation from distributors, and mainland censorship of any books (even seemingly innocuous… 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

British writer travels to Scotland to assault a teen reviewer with bottle of wine

Julia Fleischaker

Today in things-you-shouldn’t-have-to-tell-an-author: If you get a bad review, the best course of action is to take out a bottle of wine, open the bottle of wine, drink the bottle of wine.… Read more »

New “experimental” bookstore for Millennials to open in London

Ena Brdjanovic

U.K. tech entrepreneurs Rohan Silva and Sam Aldenton are opening a bookstore on Hanbury Street in London, reports The Bookseller’s Lisa Campbell. The founders of Second Home, a “utopian workspace” for startups such… Read more »

Andrew Luck: Colts quarterback, weird congratulator, team librarian

Taylor Sperry

What do professional football players talk about in their locker rooms? If they play for the Indianapolis Colts, it might very well be the Napoleonic wars or the Iliad (“the funny… Read more »

Darwin’s On the Origin of Species voted most influential academic book ever

Simon Reichley

Cease all anxious hand-wringing. The wait is over. The people have spoken. On the Origin of Species is the most important academic book of all time. Charles Darwin’s landmark study on… Read more »

Melville House Books

Four employees of a Hong Kong publisher known for criticizing Chinese regime are missing

Liam O'Brien