It’s the Wednesday news dump. If you’re counting down to the weekend when you’re allowed to drink again, you’re halfway there. You’re also a chump. I’m drinking basically every night right now and I feel it’s not only essential, but earned. So enjoy your Earl Grey and your hump dump, chump.

- Timely: wine pairings for your books;
- What is “no one will ever be able to fill his shoes when it comes to over-annunciated and exaggerated accents?” for 1000;
- The Oxford is getting all it’s ‘Rona words prepped;
- Are you reading The Witcher books and short stories because you just want to spend a moment remembering Henry Cavil with his shirt off instead of dealing with life? Who can blame you? But here’s how to read them in order;
- Arab Fiction Prize awarded;
- In the age of contagion, when dumptster-diving free books, are you picking up more than a read?;
- MSU Libraries offering to ship students books they need for free;
- BookExpo/BookCon/etc all cancelled (basically just assume if you need it to live, it’s gone);
- Best scholarly books? For use as doorstops? No! Reading, apparently;
- Comic book artists banding together to help comic shops;
- Are you following this Internet Archive/Emergency library saga?;
- Worst jobs in literature?;