Lots of stories have caught my eye this morning…..

100 years of Mills & Boon in The Observer in the UK;

From The Guardian, online shoppers prefer books – oh thank God for that!;

Martin Amis earns £3,000 per hour for teaching creative writing at the University of Manchester according to The Guardian – nice work if you can get it;

Striking/starving Hollywood screenwriters are desperately sending off book proposals to publishers as they look for their next meal according to the LA Times – why don’t they apply to the University of Manchester?

The Scotsman has an interview with AL Kennedy, author of Costa Award-winning Day – I bet her stand-up routine is pretty good.