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News and features

Is Apples app store changing bookselling?

Belinda Bauer has won the CWA Gold Dagger for her crime novel Blacklands.

Nelson Mandela's highly anticipated Conversations with Myself will be released this week.

In the UK, Profile Books is launching a lit fic imprint. The Imprint will be known as the Clerkenwell press.

Dont forget to check out our newest posts: competition round ups, new releases, book reviews, and more!

Interviews

Over at Goodreads, David Sedaris chats about his new book,'Squirrel meets Chipmunk.

Simone Elkeles, author of the fabulous Perfect Chemistry, is interviewed over at Aurora Reviews.

Auslit interviews Meredith Curnow and Lian Hearn (aka Gillian Rubenstein, and one of my favourite authors as a kid)

Reviews

Australian author Shirley Marr reviews Six, the new book by author and former editor Karen Tayleur.

The SpecFic Book Review reviews CassaStar by Alex J Cavenaugh

We review Black Mamba Boy by Nadifa Mohamed.

Musings

Author Caroline Overington, author of the chilling I Came to Say Goodbye, reflects on the criminal mind.

The fabulous Flavorwire is quite forthright in its judgement of author photos!

Just for fun

This looks like a great exhibit to pop along to.

Author birthdays

Happy birthday Conrad Michael Richter!

Quote of the Day

Just living is not enough one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. Hans Christian Anderson

Beautiful book cover of the day

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