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This week on the bookish internet

  • I know not everyone enjoys reading savage book reviews. But I do. So I’m glad that this round-up of the best book burns of the year exists. (LitHub)
  • Nikki Griffiths shares yet more evidence that the picks for the Nobel Prize for Literature is arbitrary. (Moby Lives)
  • If it hadn’t been for Edward Garnett, we might not have known the works of Joseph Conrad. (LitHub)
  • S. Mitra Kalita talks about the books that got her through this very difficult, frustrating year. (CNN)
  • I daresay that the fact that a male author declares that women are the best writers today means that the argument will be taken more seriously than if a female author had said it. (The Guardian)
  • Annie Spence takes us behind the scenes of work as a part-time public librarian to show how much they do—and how perilous their position is in an era of callous austerity. (LitHub)