The Guardian has a books blog, which might turn out to be good. Or not. The movie Stranger than Fiction looks quite bookish, and I think I want to go see it. And I quite enjoyed the Guardian's podcast on creative writing programs. No definitive answers, which is best really, but the exchange of some good ideas.
I'm now rereading The Diviners, one of "those" books. I will return to it again and again, and find something new every time. I am finding present-day Morag resonates with me if a way she never did when I read this book before. Pioneers, oh pioneers.