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Buy a copy of Darrell Pitt’s The Firebird Mystery at any Readings shop or Read more
These tiny book dioramas are adorable.
The world’s most beautiful books, made by a ‘book architect’.
Very cool: famous authors dress up as their favourite characters from children’s literature.
‘Let books make your world bigger’: 5 reading rules for book lovers of all ages.
Listen to David Vann, author of A Mile Down, talk about seafaring adventures on ABC Conversations with Richard Fidler.
‘Write characters who are both “very small and very tenacious; at once very frail and very heroic.”’ Read more
‘McCourt’s writing is assured and sinuous’: Belle Place reviews Suzanne McCourt’s The Lost Child for Readings.
10 common blog-writing mistakes: an infographic.
Is a writer obliged to present the world in a positive way—Read more
If you liked The Big Bang Theory, then you’ll love The Rosie Project! The Huffington Post offers 10 book recommendations based on your favourite TV shows. (Tip: you’ll love The Rosie Project, whatever your feelings about The Big Bang Theory.
Eimear McBride’s A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing is the Monthly Book’s pick for this month. There’s a special purchase offer, plus Ramona Koval’s notes on the book and an interview with the author.
Listen to Marie Darrieussecq, author of All the Way and Tom Is Dead, on BBC Radio 4 (from 18:15).
‘I feared that taking medication to ease my anxiety and panic might destroy my urge or ability to create.’ On writing and mental illness.
‘Bird is a startling debut. A poetic mediation on grief, it will have you reeling from the very first line.’ Crystal Chan is interviewed by Hypable about her debut novel, Bird.
In praise of fantasy: why escaping reality is good for kids.
Rebecca Mead in the Guardian on her new book, The Road to Middlemarch, and what Middlemarch has offered her at different stages of her life.
Martin Amis, A. S. Byatt, Kathyrn Hughes and John Mullan also offer their thoughts on Read more
