Book Links: Everything you know about Dracula’s origin is wrong; au revoir, circumflex?

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Dracula not inspired by Vlad the Impaler, but a priest from England, says Bram Stoker descendant. (Shortlist)
#JeSuisCirconflexe: Outcry as French language authorities suggest changes to 2,400 words – including a lesser role for the circumflex. (The Guardian)
J.K. Rowling says your signed Harry Potter book is probably fake. (Bustle)
Bloomsbury pulls book about decline of Church of England. (The Washington Post)
Diary of an Ordinary Woman author Margaret Forster dies at 77. (BBC)
BlackBerry devices perfect for writing novels, says BlackBerry. (BlackBerry Business Blog)
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt donates $15,000 to Water for South Sudan. (GalleyCat)
Final installment of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace adaptation given extra running time by BBC. (The Telegraph)
The small London bookstore behind some of the best libraries. (The New York Times)

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