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Today, Elsewhere

Her maximalist style puts her in the realms of David Foster Wallace or early David Mitchell, but unlike almost any other postmodern author, for whom concepts frequently trump character, Ozeki can pluck at the heartstrings like a shamisen, offering moments that bring hand to

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Read an absorbing account of the West Memphis Three story as portrayed by books and documentaries, including Damien Echols' memoir Life After Death.

‘The Art of Unborrowed Books’ is an evocative new art installation comprised of library books that have never been checked out.

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Friday Links

8 beautiful bookstores in residential spaces.

Rejection is an unpleasant experience. Take the edge off it by playing some rejection bingo.

10 big-time literary drunks.

Snoutfair, wonder-wench and other delightful words that should never have gone out of style.

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Text is looking for an Admin Coordinator

Are you super organised? Do you love working in a busy team and rolling up your sleeves to help others? Are you outgoing and friendly but calm in a crisis? If so, you might just be the perfect fit to join the Text team.

Today, Elsewhere

An interview in the Guardian with Ruth Ozeki, author of the brilliant A Tale for the Time Being, out now. Read some terrific reviews of A Tale for the Time Being in the Independent and the Washington Post.

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Today, Elsewhere

Listen to a special edition of the Guardian Books podcast from the Adelaide Festival, featuring publisher Michael Heyward on the Text Classics and Geordie Williamson on the demise of Australian lit.

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Friday Links

30 delicious-looking literary cakes.

Try to imagine a giraffe on roller skates slowly rolling toward the edge of a cliff. How to interpret your rejection letter.

The latest publishing gif tumblr: Intern in Publishing.

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The 2013 APA Book Design Awards shortlist

WH Chong’s beautiful cover for Murray Bail’s The Voyage has been shortlisted in the literary fiction category in this year’s APA Book Design Awards.

The winners in each category will be announced at an awards ceremony on 23 May during the Sydney Writers’ Festival.

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Behold, the Kindle of the sixteenth century.

A theory about why average novels are fodder for good movies while great books often fail on screen.

In praise of concision.

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Daniel Pink explains why we’re all on the sales pitch.

200 years of Pride and Prejudice: readers share their memories of Jane Austen.

Publishing and its discontents, 1948 edition.

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