You did it! And it’s nice out. And if you don’t look at anything except the page in front of you, the world isn’t so bad! Welcome to Friday. It’s one of the five days of spring in NL when we get weather above 20 degrees, so I am going to be sitting on the deck in five minute intervals (ginger), sipping a radler and pretending June isn’t about to happen. Go ahead, look up June weather in NL. It’ll make you feel better about where ever it is you live. At least I don’t have it as bad as George. If you’re allowed out of the house where you live, get out. Do some thinking about how we will solve the next big crisis facing Western Culture… TRTL: The ‘Rona Tan-Line (wherein the lower half of your face becomes a few shades lighter than the top half from mask-wearing). Enjoy!

- AAP Laureates announced, including Bookninja favourite Mary Ruefle;
- Do you have, like, 6 books and a whimsical need for twee decorations?;
- Summer homeschool solved: Opera Camp! Enjoy, kiddos;
- Ever wonder how libraries clean books?;
- Lolita is 65 now, which puts Dolores at about 77 by my watch (CW here: basically everything);
- €10,000 Michel Déon Prize for Non-Fiction shortlist;
- Jonathan Karp named CEO at S&S;
- Douglas Coupland under quarantine;
- We did Asian Canadian books earlier, now it’s Asian American;
- More on well-placed books in video interviews;
- What can Northrop Frye teach us about making a new future?;