- Reading Rainbow host LeVar Burton tackles bibliophile-related dilemmas in Problems Only Book Lovers Understand video. (GalleyCat)
- James Franco’s world domination continues, is cast in audiobook version of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five. (A.V. Club)
- A literary tour of Montreal with Heather O’Neill. (The Guardian)
- Self-appointed critic of everything Morrissey is critical toward critics’ critical reviews of his novel. (The Guardian)
- Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy slated for TV adaptation. (The Bookseller)
- Before there were cat videos: unseen cat poem by T.S. Eliot to be included in new edition of the author’s writings. (LitReactor)
- And before there was Kim Kardashian: a 16th-century German accountant published the first book of selfies. (The Atlantic)
- NaNoWriMo-ers: maybe the world doesn’t need your novel. (Huffington Post)
- Amazon launches a contest for emerging poets. (Digital Book World)
- J.K. Rowling is working on a new book for kids. (RadioTimes)
- Bedtime for Stephen: John Irving reads Stephen Colbert a not-all-that-comforting bedtime story. (The Late Show)
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