Scripps Howard News Service
“This month, Scholastic Books rolls out a new Nancy Drew series featuring a fresh version of everyone’s favorite girl detective _ with quite a few notable changes.”
What changes? Well, they are now written in first person, rather than third. Nancy is a little older now, out of high school. Best of all, the first four volumes have an introductory price of 99 cents!
Via [places for writers].

Independent.co.uk — Education
“The novels of Philip Pullman, which have been condemned as blasphemous by some critics, should form part of pupils’ religious education, the Archbishop of Canterbury said in a speech made public yesterday.
Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy, which was partly inspired by Milton’s Paradise Lost, should be used by teachers to address the “inadequacy” of some religious education courses, Dr Rowan Williams told a meeting of religious leaders and academics hosted by Tony Blair at Downing Street on Monday.”