- RIP: Larry Kramer, playwright and activist, dead at 84;
- Did you know there’s a Quaratine Review? 1 of 1 old folk over here did not until a couple days ago;
- Frankfurt is getting all macho about running a live show;
- The Writers Trust wants you to doodle your favourite CanLit;
- John Steinbeck’s dog ate his homework… If I was him, I’d have had Lenny strangle some puppies instead;
- My 12-year-old is doing a book report on Moby Dick… you can imagine the fun we’ve had talking about that. “You need to capitalize your ‘dicks’, man! They’re important!” … “Dad! Please stop.”
- Italy sees huge drop in book sales;
- HARD. HITTING. JOURNALISM: Turn your closet into a reading nook;
- Best translated book awards going online;
- CBC must have noticed Short Story Month is ending because we now have a recs article on what to read all month (might I humbly add Elissabeth de Mariaffi‘s How to Get Along With Women, nominated for the Giller Prize in 2012);
- Did you know there’s a Hunger Games prequel? Did you care?;
- Time to return some of those 1M overdue books, Toronto;
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