YouTube used for good, not evil.
The literary equivalent of eating other people’s food (in case you were curious, I do both–via fade theory).
Kiran Desai at Critical Mass.
Holy cow, it’s a Shakespeare search engine (via The Millions).
New J.R.R. Tolkein, finished by his son.
Martin Amis interviewed at the Times.
How to choose a book based on the spine alone (just in case you’ve skipped the displays at the front of the store).