I imagine I don’t have to tell the sort of folk who read this site to not listen to the Ochre Buffoon (whose inability to effectively tackle even the most minor aspect of this crisis will go down in infamy), but please don’t go trying untested drugs to treat symptoms of a disease we have just been introduced to and haven’t been able to collect a proper data set on. I hate to see anyone sick, but it’s hard to find sympathy for this MAGA/gun idiot in Texas who called the virus a socialist conspiracy hoax and is now dead of it. Don’t let it be you next (or worse, someone you love that you gave it to).

- Are you getting read to flog a book? Look into this NAC program;
- Print sales drop 13.5% in March for some strange reason;
- Billy Dee Williams signs book deal;
- A-List authors offer favourite books for reading during the crisis;
- Agatha Christie officially best selling fiction writer of all time (if we discount this “God” fellow);
- You emerging? Like a chick from an egg, but as a writer?
- Both my youngest son and I have lockdown birthdays coming…
- Carmen Machado is rewatching the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy (we did this during our FIRST state of emergency back in January, and now are a little sad we don’t have it for this one.)
- Levar Burton takes story time podcast live on Twitter;
- Focus on books by authors with disabilities;
- Glad Day’s emergency fund for LGBTQ+ writers has topped $150K;