• R. I. P. The legend that is Ray Bradbury died yesterday, aged 91.  “There are worse crimes than burning books.  One of them is not reading them.” Obituaries can be found here, here, and here.

• If you loved Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One (like our Tiemen did), you’ll be thrilled to know that the Easter Egg Hunt is now officially on! Our Jouke is hunting for the Delorean now, and was perfectly happy to pass on the link, so long as you share the car with him if you find it first.

• One of the multitudes that mourned the passing of Oprah’s Book Club? Dry your tears, because she’s reincarnated it!  The first 2.0 pick is Wild by Cheryl Strayed.

• Please enjoy this very funny and very informative TEDx talk on book design by Chip Kidd. Whose covers you have seen more than you realize.  A word of caution: if you are still planning to read 1Q84, you may want to mute your sound around the 16-minute mark!

• Already crafted Hermione’s beaded bag, created Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans, thought about the philosophy behind Harry Potter and still want more?  Wait till Christmas, and you can ask Santa for your very own interactive Book of Spells.

• Quiz! Time for Em to beat me again: the Guardian has an on-trend quiz on coronations in literature.  I scored 5/10.

• Interview! Or rather, short Q&A! with Amitav Ghosh on River of Smoke.  Via the Guardian, of course.  The NY Times also has a book-themed one, but with Carl Hiaasen (most recently of Chomp).

Tags: chip kidd, chip kidd is awesome, easter egg hunts IRL, harry potter, interview, oprah's book club, quiz, r.i.p, Science Fiction/Fantasy, TEDx

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