I thought I'd share my plans for the forum.
1. A subtopic for every author & book on this site. It will be setup completely heirarchical so don't worry about things being crowded. I will also import all the current book comments you can see on the main site so the forum will instantly have many more posts. The existing Shakespeare and Orwell forums will be folded into this setup.
2. A forum area for writing. Since so many of you write its only appropriate. The Personal Poetry forum will be moved here.
3. A fancy system for posting your poetry and allowing others to rate/comment on it.