The weekly web ramble (8/8)

Links from the web jungle

WEB OF INTEREST –>

Remembering L.A. Meyer

– The United States’ most beautiful libraries

– Psychologists find a surprising thing happens to kids who read Harry Potter

– A letter from Anne McCaffrey to artist John Schoenherr

<– AUTHOR TALK

Tim Federle shares ten things nobody tells you about being a debut novelist

Cameron Stewart, Brendan Fletcher and Babs Tarr talk the new Batgirl reboot

Becky Cloonan, Brenden Fletcher and Mark Doyle on the upcoming Gotham Academy

Jim C. Hines on using Asian cultures as props

WEB READS –>

The Midnight Queen

– Read an excerpt of The Midnight Queen by Sylvia Izzo Hunter

Spirits Key

– Check out an excerpt from Spirit’s Key by Edith Cohn

Trial by Fire

– Read an excerpt from Trail by Fire by Josephine Angelini

The Magicians Fire

– Check out an excerpt from The Magician’s Fire (Young Houdini #1) by Simon Nicholson