Since Alice Munro skipped the trip to Stockholm, there is instead a Nobel video, and we can all watch it!

David Ulin on Nelson Mandela, the writer.

Here is some unabashed coziness porn: a slideshow of reading nooks. HuffPo ran it on #SanctuarySunday (which exists, it would seem) but on a Monday morning fraught with wintry mix, I daresay we need it even more.

And apparently on the same page, the Guardian brings us a list of comfort reads.