RIASS stuff:
Review: Tins by Alex Shearer'Rating: 
what would you do if you found a severed finger in a tin can?
Review: The Empress of Ireland by Christopher Robbins'Rating: 
Deliciously mischievous.
Review: Silent to the Bone by EL Konigsburg'Rating: A wonderful YA.
Romance is in the Air giveaway: Ondine by Ebony McKenna'(open to all!)
Other bookish stuff:
Wendy Wax is apparently writing a novel about women having'Downton Abbey'viewing parties.
Infographic: Roberto Bolanos advice on writing short stories'
9 rules for success by British author Amelia E Barr, 1901'Industry and patience are almost genius; and successful people are often more distinguished for resolution and perseverance than for unusual gifts. They make determination and unity of purpose supply the place of ability.
On ebooks and the Australian book industry'People are reading as much as ever, just in different ways, says Shona Martin of Harper Collins. Above all, digital does not spell the end of the print book.
Read a book when you were young and cant remember the title? Give this thread a try.
Matt Haig explores the future of books with help of a time machine ordered from Amazon'2050 There is a major reassessment of the work of E L James. Her work is heralded as a great feminist critique of the social patriarchy and amoral capitalist values of her time.
What writers need to know'Excellent tips on taking control of your career and learning about writing as a business.
An interview with HGE editor Marisa Pintado and author Melissa Keil'What we really love to see is evidence of hard work in the writing; we can tell when writers are sending in their first draft, and when they've laboured over a story for months or even years, painstakingly threading through subplots, re-writing chapters and refining character trajectories.
Ten great hotels inspired by literature
Oh dear. A student had the gall to compare Shakespare with the Kardashians'Shakespeare is adept at showing us the human condition. His plays are a mirror into our souls and psycheShakespeare demands that we think and look at ourselves in a cold hard mirror. He gave us great heroes and villains that we can relate to, even if we dare not admit it. There is a little Macbeth in all of us. I heard a great question today that went like this: if you could have world peace or Bill Gates' money, what color would you Lamborghini be? Shakespeare would ask the same question.'Reality TV, or trashy TV on the other hand doesn't ask such questions. It doesn't look into the human condition, it makes up its own human condition; one of envy.
Michael Pietsch, soon to be CEO of Hachette, says that were in a publishing golden age'What Im seeing is that really wonderful books ' the books that people get genuinely excited about because they change their lives, they give them new ideas ' those books can travel faster, go further, sell more copies sooner than ever before. Its just energized the whole business in a thrilling way."
On Capotes'In Cold Blood and why truth doesnt always get in the way of a good story
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K Dick is being adapted for TV
Im both excited and nervious about the The Man in the High Castle adaptation. I hope they do a good job with that story.
Same here. My first thought was please dont ruin it! :)