In an interesting turn of events, Amazon has opened its first brick-and-mortar store in Seattle: Amazon Books. Marketing information from the company’s website will help decide how to stock its shelves. Our own Michael Bourne announces that Amazon has purchased the English language.
Amazon in Stores
A Wrinkle in Time to Become a Film
Childhood readers and lovers of A Wrinkle in Time, rejoice! It may finally become a full-length movie, with a screenplay written by Jennifer Lee of Frozen fame.
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I “Love” This.
I'm glad someone started this blog of unnecessary quotations marks for me. (via @narrativemag).
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Literary Arts Literally
Why read a book when you can carve it? Taiwanese artist Long-Bin Chen made a sculpture garden entirely out of carved books for The College of Charleston. Also have a look at Guy Laramee’s slightly smaller but equally amazing book sculptures.
Two Davids and The Bone Clocks
Recommended listening: David Naimon interviews David Mitchell about "time, maps, cats," and The Bone Clocks (which we reviewed here) for Between the Covers.
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Interview with A.S. Byatt
Guardian posts an interesting video interview with A.S. Byatt about poetry, her novel The Children's Book, and our persistent interest in ourselves.
Nothing Made Up
Sit down with Jessa Crispin, literary blogger and author, at The Rumpus.