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August 26, 2008

Linky Things

Links Is Imran Ahmad the funniest writer around?  If his latest blog post about the Edinburgh Festival is anything to go by then he is certainly a challenger?  He does owe me a lunch though so I point you in the direction of his blog begrudgingly.

Brad Listi, author of the contemporary American cult classic Attention. Deficit. Disorder. (which just happens to be published by The Friday Project) is covering the Democratic National Convention for his blog.  If you do pop over there please note how much better his UK cover is compared to the US one.

A blog I am becoming increasingly addicted to is Fresh Creation which is a mix of design, ideas and music.  There is something amazing every week.

The Haruki Murakami site I helped to look after, The Dolphin Hotel, has moved to Facebook.  I think you can find it here, assuming you are on Facebook, of course.

Click away people.

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Hurrah! I've joined - thanks for the tip-off.

:))

Axxx

Posted by: Anne Brooke | August 27, 2008 at 07:26 AM

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