Some book-related links:

• The Golden Compass not pulled from library reading contest after complaint (The Sudbury Star)
• Alice Walker’s papers go to Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia (The Associated Press)
• A lot of nerds “ and Quillbloggers (same thing, really) “ are happy today: Peter Jackson will produce the Hobbit movies (The Guardian)
• U of W bookstore takes over neighbouring army surplus store (The Winnipeg Sun)
• What to do when a former president visits your bookstore (Los Angeles Times)
• Menus as literature (The New York Times)
• The tall guy from Little Britain to write kids’ books “ they’ll probably be very funny but a little repetitive (BBC News)
• Edmund Wilson: king of the lit crits (The Guardian)
• Age guidelines on U.K. books (The Book Standard)