There was the Internet bubble, the housing bubble, and now, maybe, the rare book bubble. Amelia Murray reports for The Telegraph that the value of rare, first edition books has… Read more »

The word “house” appears in The Great Gatsby 95 times, and the house where F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the first three chapters of this book is currently for sale. It’s a… Read more »

Last week, Asymptote published the translator’s note to Jacek Dehnel’s new Polish edition of The Great Gatsby. The note, itself translated by Asymptote Slovakia’s Julia Sherwood, focuses on the translation that until recently had been the… Read more »

F. Scott Fitzgerald is hardly uncharted territory for screen adaptations; 1925’s The Great Gatsby has alone been made into no fewer than 5 movies, most recently in 2013. Now, HBO… Read more »

If you’re currently sifting sand out of your loafers and thinking with mild guilt of that paperback you (accidentally) left behind in the guest room, you, my wicked book-abandoning friend, are not alone.… Read more »

2013 has already seen Baz Luhrmann’s controversial adaptation of The Great Gatsby; adaptations of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing and Dickens’ Great Expectations are forthcoming. At the Cannes Film Festival last week, actor/student/blogger/artist/musician/professor/writer/director James… Read more »

Book designers are used to working quietly behind the scenes. If authors are the star athletes in publishing, designers are more like the training staff—there to make sure the stars… Read more »

  Alex: Hello again, old sport. Dustin: Is that how we’re doing this, Alex? Because no amount of jokes can salve the wounds this movie inflicted on me. Chiefly on… Read more »

Moby-Dick, the BBC historical drama; Moby-Dick, the interactive sing-along theatrical production; Moby-Dick, the beer; Moby-Dick, the felted version? Chalk up one more adaption for Herman Melville’s novel: Moby-Dick, the card… Read more »

Books with Leonardo DiCaprio on the cover usually take me back to Scholastic book fairs at my elementary school where, in the wake of Titanic, every girl except me lined up to buy titles like Lovin’ Leo,… Read more »