Talking shop with an indie bookseller This is an occasional series that asks some of our favorite independent booksellers a handful of simple questions. The questions are the same, but the answers (predictably) vary. If you’re… Read more »
Melville House designers win four best cover awards! Congratulations to our in-house design guru Christopher King … Read more »
A year of reading the world Ann Morgan is a London-based writer who has set out to read books from across the globe. Inspired by the upcoming Summer Olympics, and by the desire to broaden her… Read more »
AUDIO: Andrey Kurkov discusses the penguins that inspired Death and the Penguin A little less than a month ago, Melville House author Andrey Kurkov visited the US for an short lecture tour and made a few bookstore appearances. At his reading at… Read more »
When murder and social media collide Determining the price of eBooks Indie rock memoir finds a home at Riverhead The Snuffleupagus of anatomy Smile Politely mourns the loss of domestic… Read more »
“The Ukraine as a Novel with Strong Plot and Weak Characters”: Andrey Kurkov on tour Today marks the release of Andrey Kurkov’s third novel with Melville House, The Case of the General’s Thumb, and we’re happy to say that we’ll be hosting Andrey for a… Read more »
Patton Oswalt on Derek Raymond, and other Melville International Crime news “Holy s***” When asked in a recent GQ interview if he could recommend a good book, actor and comedian Patton Oswalt got our attention with this wonderful recommendation: “I’m also… Read more »
Melville House at ten years old: no longer “babes in the woods” Ten years ago, Melville House founders and publishers Dennis Johnson and Valerie Merians were “Babes in the tangled wood of modern publishing,” writes WWWord.com in its recent profile of the… 1 / Read more »
Celebrate Penguin Awareness Day by adopting a penguin! As many of you already know, we’ve been dabbling in the penguin business since last October when we launched our Adopt-a-Penguin Promotion. The deal is that we would adopt an… Read more »
Melville House Staff Picks for the Holidays STAFF PICKS FOR THE HOLIDAYS It was one of the best years ever in the history of Melville House, with perhaps the widest variety of titles we’ve ever… Read more »
