Literary quiz: Have you got the write stuff?: Which literary character’s first words to whom are: “How are you? You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive?” [Telegraph]
After 90 years, Pooh returns to Hundred Acre Wood in sequel: Christopher Robin and his bear of very little brain are set to make a literary comeback after the estate of AA Milne agreed to authorise the first-ever official sequel to the much-loved children’s books. [Guardian]
Gert Jonke, a novelist against the times: Language became music and reality was unfastened in the novels of the late Gert Jonke, but they also satirised the world he lived in. [Guardian]
America’s great secret: Why did Richard Yates never make the literary big time?: Richard Yates was one of the 20th century’s best writers, but he never made the literary big time. A film of his debut novel will change that. [Independent]
Top 10 Manga for 2008 [Publishers Weekly]
Stacey’s Bookstore closing down in S.F.: Like other independent book sellers, Stacey’s had been hurt over the past decade by the rise of national chains, like Barnes & Noble, and Web-based booksellers, such as Amazon.com. The store’s general manager, Tom Allen, said sales had dropped 50 percent since March 2001. [San Francisco Chronicle]
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