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And poetry lovers - have you heard the exciting news? Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem ''Poetical Essay on the Existing State of Things'' [http://timescolumns.typepad.com/stothard/2015/11/shelleys-poetical-essay-goes-back-to-oxford.html has been bought] by Oxford's Bodleian Library.They're going to digitise it so this early and long-lost work will be available to the public for the first time ever. Hurray! This is exciting, right?
What else? Best-selling American children's author RL Stine says that he [http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/rl-stine-on-fear-street-young-adult-fiction-and-why-he-doesnt-like-writing-about-zombies-a6729351.html doesn't like zombies]! What the what? Sacrilege, says Jill, Bookbag's resident zombie-lover. But here is a story we can approve of:publisher Short Edition has made more than 600 short stories [http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/short-story-vending-machines-to-be-installed-in-grenoble-france-a6728926.html available to commuters] via vending machines throughout the French city of Grenobles. How cool is that?!
Aspiring authors should also look at the Bookseller's inaugural [http://www.thebookseller.com/news/publishers-open-submissions-author-day-316015 Author Day]. It takes place on 30 November. You can also find out more on the hashtag #authorday.
