In publishing, the holiday season is a time to look back and celebrate the most successful books of the year. Unless, that is, you live in notoriously book-friendly Iceland, where many… Read more »

People always ask us for holiday recommendations from our list. Tough one! The beauty of working at an indie is that you don’t have to work on books you don’t… Read more »

Yoani Sánchez, blogger and author of Havana Real: One Woman Fights to Tell the Truth About Cuba Today, offered a reflection on life in Cuba during Christmas on her blog yesterday.… Read more »

  — The Turkey Season by Alice Munro When I was fourteen I got a job at the Turkey Barn for the Christmas season. I was still too young to get… Read more »

Mark Twain, famous man of letters, wit, white suit and cigar smoke, whose whiskered face will soon adorn commemorative coins, was also a loving father, and his daughter Susy often benefited… Read more »