You know, the weather out here on this island in the North Atlantic may be problematic (it’s, like 6 degrees outside right now and there are still patches of dirty snow in my backyard), but I am thankful that I live in a country that took this shit seriously enough. And, as much as it pains me to say it, Trudeau is doing a great job. Even better is that our province, Newfoundland, has finally enacted one of the best back-pocket reasons for living here: the ability to shut down the borders to tourists, allowing us time to ride out the zombie apocalypse living on fish, berries, and root vegetables. God guard thee, Newfoundland. We have had very few new cases the last few weeks and only have a handful of active cases. Not letting people in (can you believe tourists were already showing up with their mainland breath and sneezes?) will hopefully keep things this way. So all this to say, while I will still wear a mask for our once weekly shopping trip to buy teen chow and etc., I will not fear for the safety of my vulnerable family members while doing it. Thanks, Canada and NL.
- Daniel Radcliffe and Stephen Fry are teaching David Beckham to read (or something);
- Dr. Anthony Fauci: protagonist of trashy porn book from 1991?;
- 150 yrs of Canadian history retold as we need to hear it;
- LitHub points to this 19thC character trope generator;
- Oprah (American royalty via billionaire status) sent books to erstwhile royal baby Archie for his birthday (despite being raised Scots-Irish, I am of the opinion that the only good Royals are ones who have had the good sense to flee the Royals);
- Frankfurt promises to rise anew from the ashes of the world;
- But should book fairs be in person?;
- Band with catchy tunes but dumbest name ever is fighting book bans;
- Part two of BookNet’s story on the impact of Covid-19;
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