Most of the bookish news from Russia is awful, but here’s a nice story about Catherine the Great‘s library. (Wonders & Marvels)
Stanley Donwood made a bet with his publisher (for five pounds) to write a 150,000 novel in a month. He writes about four weeks cranking out pulp. (LitHub)
Adam Kirsch and Anna Holmes ponder on the question of whether it’s possible to read a book incorrectly. (New York Times)
Bryan Kozlowski deciphers some of the mysterious names in Charles Dickens‘s novels. (LitHub)
Sarah Begley looks at banned books lists, past and present, to see what used to bother people and what bothers people today. (TIME)
