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Back at the beginning of the year, I wrote a post about the lawsuit J.K. Rowling has brought against the writers of a Harry Potter Lexicon (Fun Friday–J.K. Rowling, Are You Kidding Me?). Well, the case is now in court. The British newspaper The Guardian has an update on it.

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Have you ever ended a relationship because your tastes in literature differed, your partner hated your favorite author, or he didn’t read at all? Check out this essay from the New York Times.

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Are you like me and love your Roget’s Thesaurus? Ever wonder who Roget was? Here’s a review of the biography of Mark Roget, The Man Who Made Lists.

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What’s the difference between a creatively written memoir and fiction? The New Yorker magazine explored this question recently in “Just the Facts, Ma’am: Fake memoirs, factual fictions, and the history of history.”

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Okay, so this one isn’t really about books or an author. With the upcoming release of a long-awaited and somewhat questionable fourth Indiana Jones movie May 22, National Public Radio correspondent Christopher Joyce recently explored the question, Indiana Jones: Saving History or Stealing It?

The piece is part of a series NPR is running called “In Character” in which they’ve taken critical and historical looks at some of our favorite fictional characters from TV, movies, and books:
Hannibal Lecter: A Psycho with an Unlikely Soft Spot
Jack Bauer: Quiet, Ruthless Defender of America
Fictional Characters That Inspire: TV’s Jack Bauer
Catwoman: Feminine Power, on the Prowl
Blanche DuBois: Chasing Magic, Fleeing the Dark
Was Captain Ahab Ahead of His Time?
Pretty, Plastic Barbie: Forever What We Make Her
Unapologetically Harriet, the Misfit Spy
Hester Prynne: Sinner, Victim, Object, Winner
Elmer Gantry, a Flawed Preacher for the Ages
Darth Vader: The Tragic Man Behind the Mask
Cookie Monster: A Sweet, Sensual Id, Unfiltered
Valentino’s Sheik: An ‘Other’ Made to Swoon Over
‘Salesman’ Willy Loman: A Towering Little Man
Was Jim of ‘Huckleberry Finn’ a Hero?
Shrewd, Selfish Scarlett: A Complicated Heroine
Pollyanna: Spirit of Optimism Born Out of War
Our Characters, Ourselves: ‘In Character’ From NPR

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NPR has also been running a series entitled “You Must Read This,” in which modern authors speak about one particular novel they’ve read that has had a profound influence on their lives.

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Gail Gaymer Martin’s Writing the Christian Romance has been made the subject of a very ribald article which tries to harpoon the Christian romance genre. Be sure to read the comments that have been left. You might recognize a few names of published Christian romance authors!

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Have a wonderful weekend!