You write, so what do your loved ones get you at Christmas? Book tokens of course. It's not their fault. They're programmed that way, to take the shortest route from A to Z. Here are five titles that any writer will enjoy.

I finally joined Pinterest over the weekend - I have to be honest, I did it for the same reason I do a lot of things these days: because I want to be knowledgeable about what’s going on, and I want to be able to talk intelligently with my authors about things that are important to them. I didn’t go into it thinking it would be for me.

Patricia J DeLois visits with James Whyle: Bookshed founder and winner of the 2011 PEN/Studzinski Prize.  His debut novel, The Book of War, is due from Jacana Media in the first week of April.  Rian Malan has called it, "A very good book. Possibly great."