Thursday linkage…

I don’t usually do this, and I don’t know if I should. A bit of linkage. First, via David Yeates, The West Australian reports on Shaun Tan winning a major French prize, the possibility of his book The Arrival being turned into a motion picture (which I’m not sure about), and the Mexican government purchasing 30,000 copies of the book to distribute to schools and libraries. Second, the New York Times talks about Starbucks hitting a bump in the corporate road. Turns out automating the coffee experience isn’t working, and they need to get back to core values. Having spent time in a Starbucks in the past year I can only agree. Thirdly, Justien mentions a review of the anthology First Kiss (Then Tell), which contains a story of hers that she read at Books of Wonder (the best kids bookstore in the world) last November when we were there for a signing. Her story rocks, is very disgusting, and very funny. You should go check that book out, and she should write more short stories (hint, hint).  More soon…