Briefly ...

- Following on from Monday's post, I'm delighted to hear from Millrace Books that they plan to bring out another Jane Duncan novel, My Friend Monica, in the Spring.

- Oxslip kindly told me about a free poetry app from the Poetry Foundation - follow that link to her site for more information - and as Burns Night approaches, fans of his poetry may like to know that there is a Burns app, too!

- The South Bank Sky Arts Awards will be decided in London this week, and from the list of nominees (follow that link and scroll down) I noticed Edmund de Waal's The Hare With Amber Eyes in the literature category. I've now read it and I can certainly see why it is getting all these plaudits.

- Aspiring writers of fiction may be interested in the five day creative writing course Finding the Plot which takes place at Oxford's Corpus Christi College in April and is part of The Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival.

- Click here and scroll down to 'Memorable motto' and read about writer Jeremy Dyson's 'Shelf of Joy'. What a lovely idea!