The weekly web ramble (5/9)

Links from the web jungle

WEB OF INTEREST –>

Smart Bitches, Trashy Books calls out the awful media coverage of the Harlequin acquisition

– The 2014 Edgar Award winners

<– AUTHOR TALK

Anne Ursu‘s keynote speech from The Loft Literary Center on why kids need books

Lindsey Leavitt on grief and hope and the little book in-between

– E. Lockhart‘s sleight of hand

Charlaine Harris introduces her new series

John Green on his Hollywood experience

WEB READS –>

The Lost

– Read an excerpt from The Lost by Sarah Beth Durst

After The End

– Check out the first twelve chapters of After the End by Amy Plum

Thiefs Magic

– Read the first thirty pages of Thief’s Magic by Trudi Canavan

The Oversight

– Check out an excerpt from The Oversight by Charlie Fletcher