We interrupt this blog to bring you a news flash

A big thanks to all those librarians and library users – aka readers – who voted Yashim onto the long list for the CWA's Dagger in the Library award.

As it happens, I'm addressing the Austin Library Association today, in Texas.

Where would we be without our libraries, and the people who run them?

http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2011/library.html

(and while I'm here, a great review for An Evil Eye in the Washington Post - http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/book-review-evil-eye-a-thrilling-vision-of-an-ottoman-hero/2011/03/01/AFcOohGD_story.html )