Every day Poets & Writers Magazine scans the headlines—from publishing reports to academic announcements to literary dispatches—for all the news that creative writers need to know. Here are today's stories:
Ten of the thirteen authors long-listed for this year's Man Booker Prize are featured at the Edinburgh International Book Festival [2], which continues through August 30 in Scotland. (New York Times [3])
Former British prime minister Tony Blair announced plans to donate all royalties from his forthcoming memoir to an organization helping injured troops. (Guardian [4])
A German singer set the poetry of Charles Bukowski to music and will perform her arrangements this weekend at Joe's Pub [5] in New York City. (Capital [6])
On the occasion of Jonathan Franzen's stint on the cover of Time, the Millions [7] takes a look back at the magazine's "long history as literary arbiter and evangelist."
Sony could be launching two new e-reader models soon, according to Gadget Venue [8].
Scarlett Johansson is reportedly in the running for the role of Lisbeth Salander in the forthcoming adaptation of Stieg Larsson's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. (New York Daily News [9])
The University of Texas Co-op—the most profitable independent college bookstore in the United States, according to Publishing Perspectives [10]—has purchased an Espresso Book Machine and launched an independent press.
Check out these photos of the under-construction Rocky Mountain Land Library [11], which will be housed in a 150-year-old ranch in Colorado. (Jacket Copy [12])