Friday's Catch on Thursday

Tea Obreht did not win the National Book Award, which is just wrong, but Stephen Greenblatt did.

Did Jane Austen die of arsenic poisoning? There is some evidence to suggest that she did.

Hilary Mantel will publish two follow-ups to her Booker Prize-winning novel Wolf Hall, making a trilogy out of what had originally been planned as a two book series.

I was pleased to notice that none of these book collectors were displaying an e-reader.:)