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A way with words: Lexical wizard Henry Hitchings on the crazy history of our language (Independent)
It's rather nerve-racking, interviewing an acknowledged master of the English language. I tell Henry Hitchings that I feel as though I'll have to take extra care with my choice of words. "Don't," he says briskly, as he ushers me into his book-lined 13th-floor Bermondsey flat. Fortunately, his attitude to language is anything but stuffy, snobbish or prescriptive.
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New in paperback (Seattle Times)
A list of newly released paperbacks.
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Young takes on old in Costa Book Award shortlist (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Youth takes on experience in the shortlist for this year's Costa Book Awards, announced on Tuesday, with a debut writer pitted against a veteran author in her 90s in the best biography category.
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Young takes on old in Costa Book Award shortlist (Reuters via Yahoo!7 News)
LONDON, (Reuters) - Youth takes on experience in the shortlist for this year's Costa Book Awards, announced Tuesday, with a debut writer pitted against a veteran author in her 90s in the best biography category.
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Men dominate Costa shortlist (BBC News)
Male writers dominate this year's shortlist for the novel prize at this year's Costa Book of the Awards.
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Letter to mother earns Times man place on premier book prize shortlist (Times Online)
A Times writer has been shortlisted for a leading literary prize for a book that started out as a letter to his mother.
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Sex, sore feet, and a 90-year-old up for the Costa (Independent)
A 90-year-old, whose work is described as a biographical account of "sex, love and sore feet", as well as impending death, has been shortlisted for the Costa book awards.
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Experience against youth on Costa shortlist (Independent)
A nonagenarian whose work is described as a biographical account of "sex, love and sore feet", as well as impending death, has been shortlisted for the Costa book awards.
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Top Scoops (Scoop.co.nz)
Looking over the seven page questionnaire that the Obama organization has for prospective appointees, several thoughts occurred:
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Rethinking Churchill (Ludwig von Mises Institute)
When, in a very few years, the pundits start to pontificate on the great question: "Who was the Man of the Century?" there is little doubt that they will reach virtually instant consensus. Inevitably, the answer will be: Winston Churchill.
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