- The LBC gets name-dropped by the Inside Google Book Search blog.
- After a too-long hiatus, Tingle Alley is back. Rejoice!
- The seamy underbelly of the celebrity cookbook industry.
Quick Links
The Other Bronte Girl
At long last, Anne Bronte's gravestone has been been corrected.
●
●
The Old-New Journalism
"The repetitions, the ellipses, the onomatopoeia: All the markers of Wolfe’s stylistic DNA were adaptive mutations to a competitive climate, search-engine optimization for the typewriter age." Here's an interview with Tom Wolfe about his new novel, Back to Blood, which is receiving mixed reviews.
●
●
The Other Arts
Six novelists discuss their second-favorite art forms (after writing, of course). Before you click, see if you can guess which one of these folks is most interested in opera: Kazuo Ishiguro, Lavinia Greenlaw, John Lanchester, Alan Werner, Sarah Hall and Colm Tóibín.
●
●
Tapping Away
Those of you who remember the days before the advent of the word processor likely have some fond memories of using (or seeing other people using) a typewriter. At The Guardian, the Books Blog collects typewriter stories from readers. You could also read our own Bill Morris on keeping a pen pal and using a typewriter.
●
●
Pride and Fiscal Prudence
According to the BBC, Jane Austen will replace Charles Darwin on the Bank of England's new £10 notes.
●
●