Cozy Classics is pleased to announce its next two titles in the series: Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables and and Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace. Les Misérables will debut in early spring 2013, while War and Peace will be released in summer 2013. For more, check out the Books and Images sections of our website. Read more →
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Les Miserables Movie Musical
Here’s an extended first look at the movie musical version of Les Misérables coming out this Christmas. It is directed by Tom Hooper, who won an Academy Award for The King’s Speech, and stars Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway and Amanda Seyfried. The Cozy Classics version of Les Misérables comes out in early 2013, but is available for pre-sale… Read more →
The easy way to read Moby Dick
To commemorate the anniversary of Moby Dick‘s publication in the UK 161 years ago, the online edition of The Telegraph (a.k.a. The Daily Telegraph) offered three solutions for bluffing your way through Moby Dick: 1. Listen to an audio version. 2. Watch a film adaptation. 3. Read “the remarkable children’s board book from Cozy Classics”! Read more →
Happy Birthday Moby Dick!
Moby Dick is seemingly everywhere these days. And today, millions upon millions of people are going to think about Moby Dick as the 161st anniversary of the UK publication of Melville’s masterpiece is commemorated by a new Google doodle. Happy birthday, Moby Dick. We hope it’s a cozy one! Read more →
Doedemee – 100 Book Covers to Fight Illiteracy
Belgian graphic design studio beshart united 100 artists from 28 countries in a unique co-creation project, (re)designing the covers for “The 100 Greatest Novels of All Time” (The Observer, 2003). Their mission: raise awareness for the problem of illiteracy. The full online gallery, which includes the Moby Dick image above by UK artist Shelley Revill, can be found here. Here’s… Read more →
Cetology 101: Then and now
Herman Melville entitled Chapter 32 of Moby Dick “Cetology”, which is the branch of zoology dealing with whales and dolphins. In Chapter 32, Melville cited a number of passages from the “best and latest authorities” of the day on the subject of cetology, including Captain Scoresby (1820) and Surgeon Beale (1839). Melville also remarked that those who have written on… Read more →
PNBA Nightcapper – October 13, 2012
Holman, who lives in Vancouver, has been invited by the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association to attend their 2012 Fall Tradeshow at the beautiful Hotel Murano in Tacoma, Washington. Holman will be one of a number of featured authors invited to promote their books and mingle with booksellers at the Saturday Nightcapper from 8:30 pm to 10:00 pm on October 13,… Read more →
Jane Austen and… literary neuroscience (!)
Dammit, Jane! Not only do you send our hearts a-flutter with your tales of romance among the landed gentry, you apparently train our brain cells now, too! According to Futurity.org, neurobiological researchers at Stanford have conducted experiments with participants reading Jane Austen in an MRI machine. First, experiment participants were asked to skim a passage leisurely as they might do… Read more →
Moby Dick Big Read
The stars are aligning for Moby Dick — literally. The Guardian reports that notables such as David Cameron, Tilda Swinton, Stephen Fry and Simon Callow have jumped aboard an ambitious project to broadcast Herman Melville’s classic novel in its entirety – 135 chapters over 135 days. The readings are being broadcast daily online at Moby Dick Big Read (with each… Read more →
cozy postcards
Here are the backs for our new promo postcards. The fronts will feature the book covers. Read more →