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SHAUN SMITH'S SUNDAY SUNDRIES
Submitted by ssmith on September 30, 2012 - 7:43am
A WEEKLY ROUNDUP OF INTERNET CURIOSITIES FROM THE BOOK WORLD
Elves
It seems odd that a man with 12 million books in print feels he has to justify his oeuvre. Nonetheless, famed Fantasy novelist Terry Brooks explains why he writes about elves.
Jam
A remarkable traffic jam of books took place in Oz last June. If you need an English explanation, scroll down past all the photos of the installation and past the Spanish explanation.
Kids
Can you name the authors based on photos of them as kids?
Design
Yet more bookshelf porn. I like the up-ended car.
Hossenfeffer
A rare collection of Beatrix Potters' personal possessions is going up for auction, including her personal, hand-written cookbook. I wonder if she had a recipe for hossenfeffer.
Geography
The geographically challenged Super Precious online art gallery presents a show of graphic illustration supposedly inspired by works by "20th century American authors". Who wants to inform them that George Orwell was British and Doris Lessing is Zimbabwean-British?
