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Adorable pictures of people (and a dog) dressed up as books.
Cormac McCabre, Bone Didion and other monsters of modern literature.
A fantastic kinetic typography video of Stephen Fry discussing the joys of language, and the pedantic killjoys that take all the fun out of it.
Listen to Ramona Koval talk with Phillip Adams about her new book, By the Book: A Reader’s Guide to Life.
Louis Vuitton has opened a literary salon in Paris.
I love you so much I want you to eat my organs. Forks and knives are in the top drawer, Sue. Read more
So the Random House / Penguin merger is now official. Here’s what it means for writers, agents, publishers and readers.
How bookstores choose their books.
Are you studying Bernard Beckett? Lucky you: he’s prepared notes on character, theme and turning points.
We celebrated the release of Herman Koch’s The Dinner by shouting a few lucky readers to a dinner of their own.
Leanne (third from right) and her family.
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How to publish your book. (Warning: do not take as advice.)
Woody Allen sued for using a Faulkner quote in Midnight in Paris.
What the rumoured merger of Random House and Penguin might mean for readers.
5 artistic renderings of authors in their own words. (The one above is James Joyce as Ulysses.)
What book are you? Let’s hope it’s one you’ve read.
A nifty storage unit for a bike that also doubles as a bookshelf.
The launch of Ramona Koval’s By the Book: A Reader’s Guide to Life was held last night; W. H. Chong reflects.
The dos and don'ts of author events.
A library-themed Starbucks pops up in Tokyo.
When young people aren’t playing loud music and getting stupid haircuts, it turns out they’re in the library.
A different kind of literary salon, where your lit discussion comes with a pedicure.
Apple announces the iPad Mini, Forbes announces the reasons you shouldn’t buy one.
Moby Dick used in Pennsylvanian public bathrooms to encourage better bathroom hygiene.
The conclusion so far is clear: Amazon closed her account, wiped her Kindle and refuses to tell her why. End of discussion. A Norwegian reader versus Amazon.
Novelist Geraldine Brooks shares some of the weirder quirks of her ‘more dewy-eyed than Dewey decimal; more idiosyncratic than ISBN’ book-shelving technique.
