Kudos to David Maybury , Sinéad Keogh and all at the Irish Blog Awards for a fascinating evening of all things blog to bookish and back again. The panel of bloggers, writers, publishers – generally, people that know a thing or two about books – engaged with a lively audience of all of the above (plus some infiltrating hacks), with plenty of debate over the merits of writing blogs whether as writing practice or to get noticed,  as well as some interesting debate about the future of books in an electronic age. Speaking of which, has anyone switched their reading medium yet from old-school page turners to new-fangled e-bookery? Do such formats spell The End for our beloved books?