Well, we’re through the first (agreed-upon) week of the apocalypse. The ‘Rona has gripped the world in its filthy fist and given humanity a shake. Get your shit together, you fucking idiots, it says. That’s right, Humanity is a drunk who has hit rock bottom and is currently vomiting the entirety of a Hooters wing night into a gutter outside a rural strip club in Texas. We can’t go on like this. Some hard choices have to be made. We need to get our lives together. Let’s take the weekend to reflect on our shame and gather back here in a few days. See you Monday, if there still is one.
- BookExpo and other cancellations from Quill;
- Toronto Comic Arts fest cancelled;
- Hay is cancelled;
- Books to keep your kids learning during the outbreak;
- The arts in a time of outbreak;
- Students helping students, in case you were only seeing idiot 20-somethings in Florida;
- KAPOW! Free comic book day postponed;
- Bookselling at the end of the world;
- Bookstores were already on the ropes before this, try ordering something from your local;
- Bunch of writers an festivals going online to deliver the goods;
- What should we even be teaching in this new reality?;
- Friday fun: LAST lines of novels reimagined for our new pandemic lives;
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