The person missing from the Folio Prize announcement: Lord Gavron
One person was missing from yesterday’s Folio Prize announcement, and it wasn’t a snubbed author. Saturday, just before the shortlist announcement, the owner and chairman of the Folio Society passed away. Lord Gavron was 84 and… Read more »
The Folio Society determines that the Bible is the most valuable book to humanity
The Folio Society is an accomplished publisher. Their books are very pretty, and they would make fine additions to any fire-lit study or drawing room. I hear they have lovely… Read more »
The Folio Prize adds a new string to its bow
The Folio Society announced in 2013 that it would be launching a new literary prize, and one that would be open to all books written in English, whether or not… Read more »
The Sound and the Fury, hold the fury
In an essay in this week’s New Yorker titled “Easy Writers,” Arthur Krystal traces the history of guilty reading pleasures and finds the modernist novel responsible for drawing a hard… 1 / Read more »