• Philip Roth a no-show, but reads on camera at the Man Booker International Prize ceremony
• Margaret Atwood is top fantasy guest for Canada Day burgers and beers
• Users can shake the new Penguin Classics iPhone app for random book recommendations
• Britain’s second-oldest literary award, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, is suspended
• Why are older readers and authors like Philip Roth losing interest in reading fiction?

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