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News and features
Tomas Alfredson, who directed Let the Right One In, has signed on to direct the film adaptation of Larklight.
The town of Malmesbury has put in a bid to become the UKs first philosophy town.
Stephen King has a new book forthcoming, and it looks fabulous.
Dont forget to check out our newest posts: competition round ups, new releases, book reviews, and more!
Interviews
Crikey.com interviews fabulous author of the fantastic China Mieville about his newest novel Kraken (see our review)
Aussie spec fic author Marianne de Pierres interviews YA author Lauren Kate.
Scarlet Pages interviews Australian romance author Stephanie Laurens, author of The Brazen Bride (see our review)
Reviews
Book Chick City gets into the Halloween mood by reviewing The Woman in Black by Susan Hill.
A Good Addiction reviews The Jumbee by Pamela Keyes.which we also review over here.
A Gypsy Writer reviews Like Mandarin by Kirsten Hubbard.
Musings
Is passion in books waning? The Guardian reports.
The printed book is not dead yet, insists Joe Moran in a recent Guardian article.
James Gurney gives us some tips on criticism.
Just for fun
Check out these cakes from the Australian Womens Weekly birthday cake cookbook. (I had a bunch of WW cakes as a kid, but none as good as these!)
Happy birthday Elfriede Jelinek!
Quote of the Day
A man will turn over half a library to make one book. -Samuel Johnson
Beautiful book cover of the day
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