Just can’t stop linking

I could have sworn I read this article already, but a new piece in Legal Week wonders why UK lawyers aren’t writing novels in the same quantity as do US-based ones.

Dan Brown–the New Statesman’s Man of the Year? I mean, really? OK….

Nobody fights like writer’s organizations, and PEN, Britain’s most esteemed organization, is in a doozy, as they wonder what the future holds and which ideology will prevail.

The Independent’s Christina Patterson attends a writing workshop for four days and emerges slightly scathed–but well enough to report on the proceedings.

The New York Sun (yes, it can be accessed via BugMeNot) profiles Jonathan Lethem and his near-permanent ties to Brooklyn.  Also in the same paper was Otto Penzler’s rave review of Martin Cruz Smith’s WOLVES EAT DOGS. And newfound access means that if he says something controversial, I can actually report it the day of instead of weeks later!

The Minnesota Daily looks at a new comic collaboration by Warren Ellis (of Transmetropolitan and bizarre sense of humor fame)

Is Jonathan Rosen the next great Jewish American Author? Hard to know, but the Boston Globe’s review of his latest novel makes a compelling argument in favor.

Uh oh–Greg Gatenby, the former IFOA chief who’s desperately trying to sell his multi-volume book collection, can’t find a buyer after all. A deadline has come and gone, and as Rebecca Caldwell of the Globe & Mail reports, he’s still figuring out what to do next.

Over at the Bookseller, a number of authors give brief interviews about their latest children’s books: Charlie Higson talks about his Young Mister Bond series, Britain gets its own forensic series for teenagers, and Ros Asquith talks about her newest book, LOVE, FIFTEEN.

And finally, a medical explanation emerges for why Tintin never aged in the 50 years he starred in those famous comics. More of a mystery is why this was a publicly funded study in the first place…..