The book community has a history of being involved with charitable endeavors, and I recently came across two more that are bright spots in an otherwise unhappy news cycle. Melville House launched the Arjouni Fund to Fight Pancreatic Cancer in honor of author author Jakob Arjouni, who died of the disease this past January. Arjouni is known for his series of mystery novels featuring Turkish-German P.I. Kemal
Kayankaya, as well as literary novels and plays. Melville is partnering with the Lustgarten Foundation, the world’s largest private
foundation dedicated to pancreatic cancer research, which will
administer the fund and see that 100% of the money raised in Jakob’s
name will go directly to research.
The other good bit of news is a joint effort coordinated by the indie bookstore DriveThruFiction. Several pubishers including Untreed Reads are contributing a work to be added to a
special ebook bundle, whose proceeds will go to Feeding America, a charity which ensures food pantries across America have much-needed supplies to help the hungry around the country. The special bundle features over $175 worth of titles, and is available
for only $20 with all proceeds going to Feeding America.
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