- I love this idea: a commuter library on the London Underground.
- The headline acts for the 2013 Asia House Festival of Asian Literature (7-22 May) have just been announced. They are all prize-winning novelists: Mohsin Hamid, Elif Shafak, Nadeem Aslam and Tan Twan Eng. A full programme will be released next month.
- Don't miss Jewish Book Week, in London, on 23 February-3 March. It then goes on tour to Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow.
- According to the latest data compiled by the Public Lending Right, crime thrillers are the most borrowed books from British libraries.
- The latest volume of the Review of Australian Fiction has just been published. The review is published every two weeks and features two short stories by Australia's top authors. (You can subscribe or buy individual issues in ebook format only.)
- Fabuloos Dreams, a dedicated publisher of personalised books for children, has just launched in the UK.
- Burmese pro-democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi says Vikram Seth's A Suitable Boy gave her solace during her time under house arrest.











