A wonderful way of nurturing new talent and and putting state-of-the-art technology to the service of literature.

So says DJ Taylor, whom I bumped into in the Book Hive yesterday,and bombarded with information about the Singles Club. An endorsement! We're very pleased.

Speaking of new talent, meanwhile, we've got a story from Samuel Wright on the way on Friday. You probably don't know who he is yet - but you will very soon. And you'll hopefully like the story a lot…