Books
The world's best indie bookshops that are defying Amazon
Why not leave the house to buy things? — Inspired by the announced-then-retracted news that Amazon is planning to open 300 to 400 of their own bricks-and-mortar bookshops, Huck takes a look around the world to find some of the very best independent bookstores to have resisted the domination of online retail.
Written by: Adam White
The Forecast 2016: Books
Drawn and Quarterly — Peggy Burns, publisher at influential Montreal publishing house Drawn and Quarterly, looks ahead to a great year in printed matter.
Written by: Joshua Gabert-Doyon
David Bowie’s forgotten art book publishing company
Behold 21 Publishing — Huck looks back at Bowie's publishing house, the biography of a fake person he helped publish, and his efforts to beat the pretension out of modern art.
Written by: Joshua Gabert-Doyon
Best books of 2015
Jon Ronson, Miranda July, Harper Lee — Jon Ronson, Miranda July, Harper Lee, Kim Gordon, Nell Zink: A bunch of great-reads from the who's-who of contemporary literature.
Written by: HUCK HQ
For award-winning novelist Nell Zink, life began at fifty
A new chapter — A letter to Jonathan Franzen about bird hunting in the Western Balkans forced Nell Zink out of obscurity and into literary stardom with her debut novel The Wallcreeper.
Written by: Shelley Jones
"My first novel was shit, but it taught me how to write."
We Don’t Know What We’re Doing — It took Thomas Morris three years to write the book of his dreams. Then he scrapped it, sat down, and wrote the truth.
Written by: Thomas Morris
Wanderlusty novels to inspire adventures
Books for the open road — Blloon editors Tara Jane Seton and Sarah Moriarty pull together a literary world tour, taking in Nigeria, Japan, outer space and beyond.
Written by: HUCK HQ
5 left-field libraries where you should read freaky books
Probably not great for reading Jane Austen — The Liyuan Library just outside Beijing isn't your typical "get comfy and curl up with a nice cosy novel" spot. Nor should it be. Inspired by architect Li Xiaodong's work on the building, we take a look at five libraries that take a different angle on things.
Written by: Alex Robert Ross
Punk art collective Le Gun take over Paris’ Beat bookstore
Tales of the Void — Le Gun produce a series of hand illustrated wooden books inspired by the history of Paris’ iconic Shakespeare and Company.
Written by: Alex King
The Forecast 2015: Books
City Lights — San Francisco’s beloved book haunt City Lights is the home of alternative literature.
Written by: Alex King