Lidia Yuknavitch wrestles with perceptions of the cover art of her new book, The Chronology of Water. (The Rumpus)

Malcolm Jones speaks to The Strand editor Andrew F. Gulli about those re-discovered Dashiell Hammett stories. (The Daily Beast)

An unauthorized TV movie about JK Rowling’s “rags-to-riches” story is set to start filming in Canada. (Monsters and Critics)

Mark Monahan chronicles ten “moments of brilliance” in the works of Roald Dahl. (Telegraph)

Gabriel Brownstein compares and contrasts the public reception of Franzen’s Freedom and Goodman’s The Cookbook Collector. (Guardian Books Blog)

Carolyn Kellogg examines the changes in the Man Asian Literary Prize’s eligibility requirements. (Jacket Copy)

Borders to close 200 stores in the wake of its bankruptcy. (GalleyCat)

Charlie White takes the new Kindle app that shows real page numbers for a test drive. (Mashable)

R.I.P. Justinas Marcinkevičius, Lithuanian poet. (Baltic Review)

R.I.P. François Nourissier, French writer and literary figure. (France Soir)

“On this day in 1864 A.B. (”Banjo”) Paterson, the Australian bush poet who wrote “Waltzing Matilda,” was born in New South Wales. The story of the creation of Australia’s unofficial national anthem is an engaging one, a convergence of history, politics, biography, etymology and irony that begins with the 1894 Sheep-Shearers’ Strike and unravels in all directions.” (Today in Literature)

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