Some book-related links:

• Linwood Barclay novel gets the Richard and Judy nod (CBC.ca)
• Toronto lifts ban on eating in the library (CBC.ca)
• The attraction of online reading explained (Slate)
• The world’s most expensive books (Granta)
• Ghosting the celeb-authored book (The Guardian)
• Whither the political novel? (Bookforum)
• Michael Dirda wants to be James Bond (The Chronicle of Higher Education)