Well, right now our calendar is a bunch of scratches on the livingroom wall that I made with a dried tibia bone I found in the corner and sharpened by rubbing on the rough floor. It’s over there, right next to the manacles hanging from the damp stone and the piss hole by the bars. But if my calculations of are correct, we have reached another Friday, and have therefore survived another week of apocalypse. Only about 52 more to go, I would hazard to guess.
- The corporate entity known as James Patterson is helping indies out;
- Bertrams closing;
- This “Which Fictional Character Are You?” quiz is a nice distraction, and seems a little more functional than the usual clickbait… Plus, I got Dr. Ian Malcolm….that’s right, ladies;
- Great new LGBTQ middle grade books;
- First Book is trying to ship out 1million books to low income families;
- Ireland gets new poetry podcast;
- A spoonful of podcast helps the pandemic go down;
- On the value of reading detective fiction during high stress situations (like having a pregnant wife);
- Barbara Taylor Bradford forced to change Irish nickname?;
- A B&N store manager saves people during a tornado;
- Noted TERF and children’s author JK Rowling releases Harry Portal;
- Shakespeare’s plague diary;
- We shall rise again, says Bookseller’s Association head in UK;
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