Oxford University Press has announced the publication of the book collecting the 2012 bicentenary essays, it will (probably) appear in August and will have 400 pages!

Meanwhile, Bonhams is selling a collection of approximately 8,000 letters addressed to Lady Frances, Countess Waldegrave and Chichester Fortescue, later Lord Carlingford; among many other correspondents, Edward Lear is also mentioned.

Also, Julian Yanover has created a webpage devoted to Lear, which also contains a nice interactive Timeline.