Guest post from author GB Williams on how she researched for her latest book Locked Up.

As part of the blog tour for Caramel Hearts, Elizabeth Murray has very generously answered some questions on writing and editing.

This week's round-up of news and blog posts (new and older-but-enduring) that will be of interest to readers.
 

Crowdfunded reading Literary launches: how crowdfunding is fuelling the literary avant garde. Reviews: What the press thinks of Eggshells by Caitriona Lally; And in case you missed it, my review of Jay Spencer Green’s Breakfast at Cannibal Joe’s. Audio books: 7 important facts that you should know about buying audio books online

Calais migrant camp gets makeshift library – and it needs more books; Reading: Bringing Irish short stories by women into the spotlight; Bookish confessions: Fifty bookish confessions

Shelf-catering: tourists offered chance to run a bookshop on holiday; Did you know this about the bookshops of Bath?; The Bookshop Blogger’s Annual review #2: everyone needs a hobby (Happy Anniversary Erica!); What are your reading pet peeves?; Five great questions I was asked as a reference librarian; Ten things you might not have known about the English language

Ten must-read novels you've never heard of; The best young adult books of 2015; 11 books with endings that change everything; When your book club asks too much of you

This week's round-up of news and blog posts (new and older-but-enduring) that will be of interest to readers.
 

This week's round-up of news and blog posts (new and older-but-enduring) that will be of interest to readers.

Chain, Chest, Curse: Combating Book Theft In Medieval Times; The Top TenBooks Disowned By Their Authors; Behind Many Classics There Lurks A Brilliant Editor