On the anniversary of Hans Fallada’s death
Interviews, never-before-seen photographs, rare essays by the author… Read more »
Kevin Murphy
Kevin Murphy is the digital media marketing manager of Melville House.
Author wants your best one-star Amazon reviews
By now, it’s safe to assume you’ve read all about sock puppet reviews on Amazon. Crime writer R.J. Elroy was censured last year after posting pseudonymous reviews of his book A Quiet… Read more »
Nabokov Museum vandalized by group unable to separate fact from fiction
The Nabokov Museum in St. Petersburg has been vandalized in recent weeks by a group calling itself the “St. Petersburg Cossacks.” The group, according to Russian news outlet RIA Novosti,… Read more »
Finnegans Wake: Huge in China
Imagine the consternation translator Dai Congrong felt when she came across the following passage in James Joyce’s notoriously baffling Finnegans Wake: “What clashes here of wills gen wont, oystrygods gaggin… Read more »
That’s why they call it a trend
Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook and recently minted (he bought it) publisher of The New Republic, made headlines this weekend when he introduced TNR’s redesign. Now sporting a revamped website… Read more »
MacMillan’s ebook lending program draws praise from ALA
The titles cover all sub-categories of crime fiction and include many award winners… Read more »
Feds see red, seize funds from book
David Axe is a freelance reporter and author of the graphic novel Army of God, which details the aggressive and violent exploits of Joseph Kony, the leader of Central Africa’s Lord’s Resistance… Read more »
Brazilian lit’s $35 million publicity campaign
What do Clarice Lispector, Paolo Coelho, and Machado de Assis have in common? Beyond being well-regarded authors, they are, among many more literary lights from Latin America’s largest country, about to… Read more »
The small, warped, and bookish world of Marc Giai-Miniet
Marc Giai-Miniet is a French artist who makes creepy and fascinating dioramas that tend to feature reproductions of human organs, crime scenes, submarines in basements, and, wait for it …… Read more »
Martin Luther’s big book of insults
You there! You look like you’re feeling pretty good. What, did you give a fancy presentation at work that had the bosses smiling and winking approvals? Or maybe you and… Read more »