Book reviews: Who do you trust?
Ellie Robins
Sam Jordison wrote in yesterday’s Guardian about a party Melville House threw in London to celebrate the Not the Booker Prize. We’re only sorry that we’re all the way across… 1 / Read more »
Sam Jordison wrote in yesterday’s Guardian about a party Melville House threw in London to celebrate the Not the Booker Prize. We’re only sorry that we’re all the way across… 1 / Read more »
We’ve been a fan of Longform.org for many months now, and decided to ask the editors there what they’ve been reading lately that gave them pause. Aaron Lammer and Max… Read more »
The Houston Chronicle reported last week that the Mexican drug cartel Zetas killed and beheaded a blogger in Nuevo Laredo, a city “all but” controlled by the violent gang. The blogger… Read more »
Two lit-bloggers, Caroline of Beauty is a Sleeping Cat and Lizzy of Lizzy’s Literary Life have concocted one of the biggest cross-blog celebrations we have ever seen. Planned for months,… Read more »
Let’s start by saying that this is exactly what is incredible about the realm of blogging. No, not the pairing of alcohol with books. That’s schtick at its worst. But… 1 / Read more »
At the time of writing, a Battle of Ideas is being fought at London’s totally dreamy Free Word Centre. The question: ‘Is it ever valid to judge literature with reference… 1 / Read more »
In a wide-ranging profile of Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez by Larry Rohter in the New York Times, the literary significance of Sánchez’s writing is explored more fully than many have appreciated. Sánchez,… Read more »
Thanks to everyone who participated in the “Blog Hop” book giveaway for Banana Yoshimoto. For a chance to win book bloggers had to answer three questions on their book blogs.… 4 / Read more »
You can usually tell a lot about a blog by its categories. MobyLives is a book publishing blog so our categories include banned books, ethics of publishing, and notes on… Read more »
Cuban dissident blogger — and Melville House author — Yoani Sanchez had her meeting with former President Jimmy Carter in Havana yesterday. (See our earlier report.) As a Miami Herald… Read more »