Check out this David Thomson interview. Thomson is one of the most erudite and readable people out there on the subject of films. He wrote the 'New Biographical dictionary of films; a book I plan to read.

Guardian has a story on online fiction. The best thing is the links at the end of the article. There is another Guardian story called Envy extracted from the current issue of Granta that is quite well written. I feel some things are best left unsaid and feel a little ambivalent about this story.

Jessa of Blooksluts, from where we love to steal links, has finally written about her addiction.

There was an opinion poll on Best female novelists in Bretain sometime back that BBC reported. Four of Jane Austen's books make it to the top 10. BBC also says that Gurindher Chadha (the director of 'Bhaji on the beach' and 'Bend it like Beckham') is busy making a musical loosely based on a Jane Austen novel. The Jane Austen adaptation that I absolutely adored was Sense and Sensibility. The script was written by Emma Thompson and the movie was directed by Ang Lee. (There was great story on The New Yorker on Ang Lee a few weeks back that included hilarious anecdotes about the making of Sense and Sensibility).

I read Alexandra Fuller's memoir of her African childhood, 'Don't let's go to the dogs tonight'. Check out the book if you get a chance. There is a Random House interview with the author is here. Guardian also has extensive reviews and excerpts from the book.

Guardian, incidentally, is coming to America. Michael Wolff has the scoop.

I also finished reading Evenlyn Waugh's Decline and Fall which was great, dante Club which was good and ....yes J K Rowling's new Harry Potter book which I finished over a weekend (No jokes allowed!).