Some book-related links:

• Black Swan author not a fan of Blackberries, black president
• The Harry Potter theme park opening next year “ finally, ordinary children get a glimpse of the fictional educational institution they would be barred from attending due to highly discriminatory admissions policies
• The Kite Runner author flies a kite
• Patrick Swayze memoir coming soon (talk about Ghost-writing! Ba-da-boom!!)
• Damian Tarnopolsky on Nabokov’s first novel
• Does the Google logo mystery lead to H.G. Wells? (Or does it just lead to more publicity for Google?)