Blogwatch: in brief

Girl is venturing out to meet her public, with a book signing at the Islington branch of Borders next Thursday (19th) at 6pm. Great to see she's keeping the blog going, despite all the turmoil and upheaval of the last couple of months.

On a bookish theme, my favourite post of the past few days is undoubtedly Pete's considered, well-written and thought-provoking piece about the bookselling industry in general and Waterstones in particular.

Simon is looking for potential contributors for a new feature he'll be running on Sweeping The Nation next month: "What will happen is every day throughout November we'll be featuring a different contributor writing about a single track that may have been overlooked from the top pantheon of pop craft but should be lauded all the same. So, picking a song that isn't 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and telling our readers in just enough detail why it's so great, and we'll chuck in an mp3 to back your words up". If you fancy it, drop him an email (addresses available by following the link above).