Orson Scott Card is interviewed by the Roanoke Times.

Jon Courtenay Grimwood reviews books by T.M. Jenkins, Joe Abercrombie, Lilith Saintcrow and Kelley Armstrong for The Guardian.

Adrienne Martini loves Johhn Varley's Gaean Trilogy at Bookslut.

Smartpopbooks interviews anthologist Karen Haber.

There's a podcast interview of Vernor Vinge from MyGrassyKnoll. 

 The vote is in, and (according to Book Magazine in the UK) J.K. Rowling is The Greatest Living British Writer. (Terry Pratchett is #2, Phillip Pullman #6 and Iain M. Banks #14, for some other folks of interest in our world.)