You avoided a red card and kicked that puck right into the basket at the end zone for a three-pointer touchdown, and now all that remains is to strike out the putter in midfield who seems to have … uh … SPORTSBALL METAPHOR! You made it to Friday. And everyone knows we take a break from the end of the world on Friday. So pour yourself a glass of wine or tea, depending on your preference (you know it’s wine), and relax with some various stories from around the world of books.
- Poor Griffin nominees don’t get a party this year (my call is Islam ftw);
- Print sales clinging to life;
- Thistle among nominees for Indigenous Voice award;
- When I think of cyberspace books, long-necked, socially-awkward, BBS-running beardos come to mind, but things have changed since I was wee, and for the better;
- You in the UK? Waterstones is clearing house;
- Hey, Pete: AI generated dictionary for your next novel;
- Those Randos at Penguin are still pushing the hashtag campaign;
- One of these things is not like the others: Bookninja pal Roddy Doyle and three other writers highlighted for watching in the NYT;
- Writers in LA asking council for help;
- Bryan Washington wins Dylan Thomas Prize;
- African authors fight for their books to stay in Africa;
- Could digital drama kill our cousins in the theatre?;
- Julie Andrews picks Canadian author for story time… It’s amazing what suddenly becomes news when America notices Canada…;
- Are you remembering to check Beattieblog for short story month?;
- Scotland is making sure families have books to go with their whisky;
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