That whale is out there
Ellie Robins
Did you know that there are whales alive today that were born before Moby-Dick was written? Being an acute cetaphobe I’ve had to conduct my research from halfway beneath my… Read more »
Did you know that there are whales alive today that were born before Moby-Dick was written? Being an acute cetaphobe I’ve had to conduct my research from halfway beneath my… Read more »
Talk about your tie-ins: fantastic indie bookstore Powell’s in Portland, Oregon has created a beer inspired by Moby-Dick to celebrate their 41st anniversary, with Rogue Ales and Spirits, which also… Read more »
If you read the “Illuminations” in the back of Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville, there is a recipe for roasting a certain kind of nut … but it’s a… Read more »
I am unsure of Moby-Dick’s place in our canon. I have my doubts about whether it is the Great American Novel, or even whether it is Herman Melville’s best work.… Read more »
It’s kind of amazing that this hasn’t been done before: a sci fi adaptation of Moby Dick is in the works, under the title Mobius. It’s described as a ‘psychological… Read more »
The Moby-Dick Big Read project, aimed at getting more people to read Herman Melville’s classic novel, launched earlier this week. The project is the brainchild of author Philip Hoare and artist… Read more »
This week Melville House celebrates the latest release in our series of Pepe Carvalho mysteries from Spanish author Manuel Vázquez Montalbán. In Off Side, the pressure is on Carvalho to find… Read more »
Even the editors who rejected his manuscripts didn’t go this far: You can now use Herman Melville’s magnum opus, Moby Dick, as toilet paper. Typing the canonized favourite onto bog… Read more »
With the release of The Duel x5 earlier this year, Melville House announced a new digital innovation, HybridBooks, which combines the concept of a digitally enhanced eBook with the printed… 2 / Read more »