Friday Finds

Miley Cyrus covering Summertime Sadness is kind of wonderful, particularly the bridge, and is totally my soundtrack for this weekend.

- Tamara Lichtenstein's photography is pretty divine and a nice way to kick off your weekend.

- 20 literary quotes about short stories.

- These literary teas are slaying me right now. I need them allllll.

- These dating tips from 19th century novels are kind of the best.

- Marvel teams with Netflix to deliver four series leading up to The Defenders (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

- In places I need to go news: Japanese owl cafés!

- These tiny hats for cats are glorious. Speaking of cats, check out The Hunger Games as acted by some.

- Annnnd, to take you out for the weekend, check out these pics of hot guy mug shots.

Friday Finds

It's been a Shins kind of week. Simple Song's a bit of a favourite of mine and totally my soundtrack for the weekend.

- These book shirts are kind of perfect, and totally an ideal gift for any book lover in your life this holiday season!

- These books that can save the publishing industry are pretty great too.

- The new Ms. Marvel is a Muslim lass from New Jersey(!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

- Have some awesome googly-eyed books too.

- The Bechdel Test is being used in Sweden in an official capacity! I honestly love this test (and Kelly Sue DeConnick's sexy lamp one) as a means of highlighting the pretty atrocious gender representation in film.

- And, some weekend reading for you! 20 literary tumblrs that are currently slaying.

Friday Finds

- It feels like talk of self-publishing's been everywhere this week, so I've compiled some of the better conversations here for you. In particular, I'd recommend reading Estelle Tang's post on self-publishing and blogging here. Writer Unboxed also has a good one here on the new era of self-publishing.

- There's a brilliant post over at The Review Review on What Editors Want. Seriously. Check it out.

- I mostly want to go everywhere in this list of stops in the literary landscapes. So, so wonderful.

- Speaking of places I want to go, the Studio Ghibli museum leaves me chinhandsing all over the place. I love it so much and am (hopefully!) going there next year.

- Flavorwire has compiled a list of 10 Great Movies Based on Poems! It all looks pretty magical. I've only seen two of the one's featured, but would already like to add Howl to the list, even if it's only kind of based on the poem.

- A friend recently introduced me to the joy that is shakespearewithgifs.tumblr.com. SERIOUSLY THOUGH. PROSE BEFORE HOES. It deserves capslock.

- These new Nancy Drew covers! That I really wished were legit. Lookit her! She's fabulous.

- The Least Wanted has a photostream of sixties mugshots and jeez, I love them all. There is something so brilliant about them - each sullen and rotund and narrow and heavy and just so full of character.

- 10 of the best Futurama inventions! I love this show.

As a total aside, I'll be in Townsville this weekend for the Groovin' the Moo festival and am kind of delirious with excitement. Tegan & Sara! The Kooks! Hungry Kids of Hungary! They're all pretty great. 

Friday Finds

- So, in awesome ladies being recognised for writing awesome things news, the Stella Prize winner was announced and the shortlist for the Women's Prize for Fiction (formerly the Orange Prize) was also announced. Huzzah!

- Granta has also created a list of exciting new, young novelists. I want to read them alllll.  

- Seizure has just released their crime issue, and I'm really feeling the cover a lot. Photographer Matthew Venables talks about it over here.

-106 Notorious Celebrity Mugshots! Mick Jagger is kind of babin' in his? Or is that weird to say? (Al Pacino is too). Also, there's something really off about people with great, big grins on their faces in their mugshots. It's like. Time and a place, peoples.

- I'm a bit in love with this tumblr, Movies in Color, which matches stills from classic films with their colour palette. Really neat stuff.

- I'm also feeling the Japanese mail-order fashion brand Nico and... The website is testing my limited Japanese comprehension though.

- This food blog! Spoon Fork Bacon! Noms.

- Also, is everyone touring Australia at the moment? Between Martha Wainwright, Tegan and Sara, Matt Corby, Amanda Palmer, Ballpark Music, The Kooks, I can really feel my bank account taking a hit (although I am combining a bunch of these acts by going to Townsville's Groovin the Moo festival which, seriously, I am so excited for. Anyone else heading out for it?)

- As a total aside, I'll be heading to Supanova at the Gold Coast this weekend and working the Queensland Writers Centre stall in Artist's Alley.  If you're there, you should come say hi!

Friday Finds

- The annotated wisdom of Louis CK! Love him.

- frankie has an awesome non-fiction book guide over on their website.

- 10 redesigned book covers that are better than the iconic versions. Yes to both One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest covers!

- 7 sentences that sound crazy but are actually grammatically correct (Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo).

- Guys Read Gals! Four for you, Glen Coco. You go, Glen Coco.

- To take you out for the weekend, check out this tumblr the burning house. A selection of really beautiful photographs from people all over the world of things they'd save if their houses were on fire. It's pretty great. 

As an aside too, I've relaunched The Oscars Project - that hilarious thing that I'm doing where I'm trying to watch every Oscars film ever and like, blog about it? You can follow it over on tumblr here. Which is cray.