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News
Popular document-sharing site Scribd has designs on becoming a vast social network of bookclubs. Techcrunch dishes the dirt.
The bookosphere has been buzzing with the news that woman of many hats Susan Lehman will run the new Hachette imprint Twelve.
MediaMatters wonders whether the new Wall Street Journal book review section will be plagued by conflicts of interest.
The Digital Comic Museum is a new resource for all manner of graphic novels, many of which have recently fallen out of copyright.
Never fearAuthor Carlos Fuentes, who reportedly fell ill and had to cancel a lecture in Geneva, is now in good health, reports Yahoo.com.
Proof that my arts degree may one day be of some value: booksmarts, and indeed, book-related smarts, helped this Jeopardy contestant win ,000.
Want to win a signed copy of John Franzens new novel Freedom? Pop over to Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux and let them know that youd be happy to give up your soul for one. Or at least your contact details.
Interviews
As part of the Reading on Vocation feature at the Wheeler Centre, BookShow host Romona Koval chats with scientists about the books that made them who they are.
Gillian Polack and speculative fiction author Mary Victoria in conversation.
Locus interviews the very well-dressed Gail Carriger (see our review of her debut Soulless here)
Author Joyce Maynard discusses her new novel The Good Daughters.
Author Laura Lippman chats about her new book on the Late Late Show.
Reviews
The Edmonton Journal checks out the Pulitzer winning novel Tinkers, and admires its ability to fit quite a lot into a slim volume.
George Clare examines What is Left Over, After on the Overland blog.
The Book Smugglers review Bob Fingermans Pariah (and rather treat it like one!)
Musings
The Wall Street Journal considers the rediscovery of European war-time writers and the role they can play.
This stunning animation by Megan Stewart,'Novel,'examines our relationships with books.
Meanland, the combined blog of the literary journals Meanjin and Overland ponders the role of ebooks and the impact of the ebook reader.
Otto Penzler muses on the best American noir of the 20th century, and what makes it so.
Should we embrace Tolkiens problematic characterisation of women? One Tea Party member thinks so.
Just for fun: giggle-worthy romance titles
Author birthdays
Wonderful lexicographer and author Samuel Johnson was born on this day in 1709.
Quote of the day
On John Wyndhams approach to dystopian fiction: He writes about such horror and menace but in that lovely slightly sardonic English way.'Its all a frightful bother fighting off the end of the world. The publicity team at Headline Books Australia
Beautiful book cover of the day
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