by the name of John Hartley is an oak sapling on Peckham Rye, planted this weekend in honour of William Blake, who claimed to have seen an oak "filled with angels, bright angelic wings bespangling every bough like stars" when he visited the place at the age of nine.
from Sarah Crown: The Guardian: Blake's vision tree returns to Peckham Rye
then ambivalency.net: Replanting the Angel Oak
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It's boomtime for the Booker. This year's shortlist, announced on 6 September, is already the most popular ever. The six books have sold, collectively, 37,500 copies since the announcement, an increase of 127% year-on-year, and up 105% on the previous record-holding year, 2009. And there's still another three weeks to go until the winner's announced.
from Sarah Crown: The Guardian: The Booker shortlist's sales are nothing to glory in
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