A lot has been happening in the literary world this week, so here’s a Top 10 Hot Spot list of all the latest news & views.
# 10
Most overlooked books of 2012 – a literary mixtape
# 9
Jamie Oliver and JK Rowling battle it out for Christmas top spot
# 8
Overwhelming response to Foyle’s revamp plans
# 7
The Casual Vacancy as BBC show
# 6
Self-publishing case studies
# 5
Angela Carter named best writer of a century
# 4
What writers can learn from Literary Death Match
# 3
Mo Yan delivers Nobel Prize Speech (with some controversial notes on censorship)
# 2
NaNoWriMo churned out 3 billion words this year
# 1
Book-scanning robot coming to a library near you?
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