- Andrew Marvell was not only a poet named “Marvell”, but also a Dutch spy…. Coooooool….;
- Survey of indie stores shows extent of pandemic damage;
- Authors ban together to help indy bookstores;
- B&N is big enough to be coping;
- Bookish lockdown fun listing in the Guardian;
- Bookninja pal Sheila Heti writes about Bookninja fav Tove Jansson;
- Today in irony: Lonely Planet shutting down offices;
- A Bookninja favourite poet, Carol Ann Duffy, is picking “poems to get us through” for the Guardian;
- 32 new writers make CBC short story prize longlist… I love seeing this: all names I don’t recognize. Nothing worse than seeing these lists come up with a bunch of successful/established writers on them squeezing out the newbs. Joe Blow, Raymond Carver, Jane Doe, Billy Jean, Shirley Jackson, Sally Sue, and Italo Calvino. Borf. These contests shouldn’t be for established types;
- Arts orgs raise funds to support artists during this time of crisis;
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