Links Galore

Let’s get the week started with lots of good links:

CS Lewis to get a place in Poets’ Corner at Westminster Abbey.
Excellent interview with Meg Rosoff. I love this advice in particular: “You’re not trying to write a best-seller, you’re trying to write a book that resonates, that really breaks glass.”
Readings and public speaking get me nervous, but I like this piece of advice: “It’s not about you. It’s about them. Think about what your audience wants, and what you have in common with them.”
How many of NPR’s 100 best-ever YA/children’s novels have you read? (I’m only about halfway.)
“Please help me, Dear God, to be a good writer and to get something else accepted,” and other prayers by Flannery O’Connor.
Seriously, does anyone not want to slap Amy March?
Standing up for the teenage girl.
Reason #293 to go back to London–book benches.
I don’t know that Neville is the most important person in Harry Potter, but I freaking love this character.
Behind the scenes of some beloved children’s books.
So agreed on this list of things I wished I’d known about publishing.
Last night I saw Catching Fire. It. Was. Amazing. EW rounds up some of the big book-to-movie changes (overall good choices).