Links to this month's top stories
Our feature links to interesting blogs or articles posted online, which will help keep you up to date with what's going on in the book world:
A message to FutureBook from Author Day | The Bookseller
How do we stop UK publishing being so posh and white? | Books | The Guardian
'Our main responsibility is to our authors' | The Bookseller
Kwani Literary Festival in Nairobi Showcases African Authors
BookBrunch - Support from a procrastination of writers
Hachette CEO Michael Pietsch on the Future of Publishing - WSJ
The big question: are books getting longer? | Books | The Guardian
Authors need to 'engage' in the publishing process | The Bookseller
The Secret History of One Hundred Years of Solitude | Vanity Fair
Knausgaard Writes Like a Woman ‹ Literary Hub
Literary Review's Bad Sex in Fiction Award | Literary Review
Does Anne Frank Copyright Extension Rewrite History? - Publishing Perspectives
The Indie Authors' Guide to Self-Publishing Art Books
Hi, I'm Lizzy, I'll be your nerd today: The detail of publishing | Publishing for Humans
A manifesto for new formats | The Bookseller
Forget Binge-Watching, Try Encouraging Binge-Reading
Guardian first book award 2015 goes to poet Andrew McMillan | Books | The Guardian
Loved the Novel About a Girl on a Train? You May Have Read the Wrong Book - WSJ
BookBrunch - China and the second child
A manifesto for the open book | The Bookseller
5 Ways to Use Instagram as an Author | Jane Friedman
BBC Launches Campaign Promoting Reading - Publishing Perspectives
Microsoft gets into sci-fi publishing with research-inspired short stories | PCWorld
Bad sex in fiction award 2015: Morrissey goes head to head with Erica Jong | Books | The Guardian
Web Poets' Society: New Breed Succeeds in Taking Verse Viral - The New York Times
The Ultimate Guide To Getting Published In A Literary Magazine
Data Encryption, Cryptography are Keys to the Future of the Book - Publishing Perspectives
PW Talks with Global Kids Connect Speaker Ginger Clark
Bastei Lübbe Targets Millennials With New Mobile Platform - Publishing Perspectives
With First Female President, PEN International Looks to the Future - Publishing Perspectives
What Do Writers Owe Readers? ‹ Literary Hub
BookBrunch - Publishing 2020: the next five years
BookBrunch - Taking stock: literature in translation
BookBrunch - Reproducing the inner voice
JK Rowling: I'm writing a children's book under my own name - Telegraph
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