- It should surprise no one that fairy tales are thousands of years old. Alison Flood reports on an evolutionary study of folklore. (The Guardian)
- Book thieves on trial! (Melville House)
- I don’t know why researchers try to reduce literature to charts; it doesn’t really add to our understanding. Still, the charts are pretty. (GalleyCat)
- Ben Riley-Smith shares a report that government funding cuts have resulted in the equivalent of keeping “14 million fewer books in libraries.” (The Telegraph)
- Kate MacCahill reflects on growing up book-rich in a book-poor world. (The Millions)
