- Bob Dylan may deliver his Nobel lecture during a concert in Sweden. (Entertainment Weekly)
- Chinese firm launches public transit book-sharing campaign inspired by Emma Watson; social media users incensed. (BBC)
- David Lagercrantz signs on to write another title in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series. (GalleyCat)
- Are Harry Potter fans starting to feel franchise fatigue? (Buzzfeed)
- New York Times selects Kate Beaton’s King Baby as one of the season’s best picture books. (The New York Times)
- Inaugural U.K. literary prize receives meager submissions‚ judging chair calls publishers “pathetic.” (The Guardian)
- German government to transform L.A. home of novelist Thomas Mann into a cultural centre. (The New York Times)
- Is it time to stop using the term “graphic novel”? (NPR)
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