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And if Wills reads as persuasive, it is to himself, if not quite to this reader. Taking his stand before the time of St. Ireænus seems somewhat risky to me, if not downright reckless. I did, however, reflect that there

Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyuva serves on the Executive board of Uganda Women Writers' Association (Femrite) and also works at EASSI, an Eastern African sub-regional organisation that advances the status of women.

In the Brooklyn Daily Eagle Brad Lockwood has a Q and A: Keith Gessen, author of the much-reviewed All the Sad Young Literary Men.

In The Times Giles Coren considers the implications of J.K.Rowling's 800-word Harry Potter novel, in J.K. Rowling: how small can you go ?

in Al-Ahram Weekly Rania Khallaf reports on a conference on Egyptian writer Youssef Idris.

starts tomorrow, and the theme this year is: '1968: Laughter and Forgetting'.

There's a (brief) report on the Under the Tongue: A Festival of African Literature in the Brown Alumni Magazine, where Lawrence Goodman looks at Defining a Continent.

In The Guardian Angelique Chrisafis reports that Bonjour Francoise: France in thrall to Sagan, as the French are apparently all exited about Francoise Sagan again.

The Telegraph devotes several pieces to the promising-sounding Faber Finds-undertaking, where they think they've found a way to bring worthy titles back into print.