Some book-related links:

• Q&Q contributor Steven W. Beattie and author/bookseller Matt Sturrock have it out over Martin Amis’s new book (That Shakespeherian Rag)
• Christopher Shulgan stalks Don McKellar (Shulgan)
• Kiwi men offered free beer to read books (Stuff)
• China demands edits of Australian books (The Australian)
• Are blogs books’ last best hope? (The Huffington Post)
• Should James Kelman’s newest have been on the Booker longlist? (The Independent)
• Publisher wants to make good behaviour a contractual obligation for its children’s authors (The Guardian)