The Tuesday link dump

I’m not sure how I feel about this, frankly — a new version of Inspector Morse sans John Thaw, who has the misfortune of being dead? Well, no matter what I think, filming is now underway.

Uh oh, there are Harry Potter books on sale early! But thanks to the Canadian courts, a gag order is in place. Because you know, that’s what my country of origin does so well…

Sridhar Balan of the Financial Express points out something interesting: why is literature in translation so scorned in the UK (and US, too) when all the major conglomerates aren’t even based in English-speaking countries?

David Stuart Davies used to edit SHERLOCK magazine and does the CWA’s monthly newsletter. He’s a Holmes freak, but as he tells the Huddersfield Daily Examiner, he’s focusing his attention on a new sleuth.

Ali Karim has a double dose of review over at January Magazine: John Connolly’s THE BLACK ANGEL and Simon Kernick’s A GOOD DAY TO DIE.

Madonna’s kids books ghosted? By an in-house Kabbalah writer? I’m sorry, am I supposed to find this shocking or something?

And although I’m getting to this later than everyone, RIP Byron Preiss, a major figure in the comic and book publishing world.