- The vice-director of the Icelandic Publishing Association on the annual “Christmas book flood” in s country where one in ten residents will publish a book in their lifetime. (2Seas)
- A new study finds that books are, on average, 25 per cent longer than they were 15 years ago. (Entertainment Weekly)
- Kobo takes over ebook retailer Flipkart. (The Digital Reader)
- The experience of reading while underrepresented. (ZigZag)
- The Obama family lists their favourite books of the year. (The Guardian)
- How admitting you’re bored of writing can… actually help your writing? (iOS9)
- A never-before-seen diary entry with insight into Shakespeare’s [womanizing] character to be displayed at the British Library. (The Telegraph)
- A literary history of false narratives of anorexia and why they need to be combated. (Slate)
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