Diary Archive
The Fiction Desk diary contains all the odd observations and news that don’t fit anywhere else.
Age banding on children’s books
Philip Pullman's Guardian article objecting to age banding on children's books. >>
A decade in British books
Link to an Observer article about the last ten years in British publishing. >>
Clever linking for book bloggers
The outbound links we place in blogs have a strong capacity to provide useful extra content for our readers, and to shine a light on corners of the Internet that might otherwise get overlooked. So if you have a book blog, spend a moment thinking about your linking strategy. >>
New Nabokov, a Brontë game, and a biographer’s mistake…
News about Nabokov's latest novel, a computer game based on the Brontë sisters, and a biographer's mistake. >>
50 Best Cult Books in the Telegraph
A quick mention of the 50 Best Cult books list, from the Telegraph. >>
CB editions
A look at new small press, CB editions, which publishes a range of fiction and poetry. >>
New Amazon threat to publishers’ websites
Some of the problems publishers face when dealing with Amazon. >>
