Some book-related links:

• Arthur C. Clarke makes his wish list for his 90th birthday (The Guardian)
• Have you heard about this LongPen thing? Some people haven’t, apparently (The New York Times)
• Derek McCormack’s fashionable Christmas wish list (The National Post)
• The day the plane hit the booktore (WKRC in Cincinnati – so close!)
• Mystery author Maureen Jennings on her brush with death (Toronto Star)
• Christian bookseller in China arrested (USA Today)
• California library accepts food donations in lieu of overdue fines (North County Times)
• China’s oldest library stays open late (China View)
• Write books, lose weight (Everything Alabama)