A few more links.

• A Diana Wynne Jones-inspired shawl pattern. (via CC)
• Largehearted Boy is, as usual, aggregating all of this year's Best Books lists.
• Spotiseek is, like, Pandora for Spotify. Loving it.
• I need to remember to show this to Josh.
• Lauren McLaughlin, Scott Westerfeld, David Levithan and Robin Wasserman are hosting a group chat at Figment tomorrow night.
• Two shortlisted poets have pulled out of the TS Eliot prize, as they're uncomfortable with the sponsor, which is an investment management firm.
• The 2011 Bad Sex Award has gone to David Guterson, for the shower scene in Ed King, his re-write of Oedipus Rex.
• Veronica Roth's Divergent has won both Best YA SF/F of 2011 and Favorite Book of 2011 in this year's Goodreads Awards. In less pleasant news, Gwyneth Paltrow's My Father's Daughter won Best Cookbook.