What a complete, unrelenting shitshow the world is. And has been. I think this weekend we don’t drink for fun, we drink for medicinal purposes. Speaking as the most privileged person in almost any room (a white, straight, middle class, cis man) I can only imagine what people are going through, but I stand in solidarity with all that’s happening. Waiting for protests to be organized here to attend as a background sign holder. Hope the new week coming brings better news and more change.
- NYC unveils library reopening plan;
- Billionaire fight! Elon Musk calls to break up Amazon, sticking a weirdo middle finger up at Jeff Bezos (FTR, Musk is the sort of weirdo I’d like to meet in person, because I collect weirdos and I wonder how weird he actually is…);
- Library Journal issues statement on Library of the Year award going to venue that let anti-trans group to speak;
- Publisher and distiller team up for Fadder’s Day package;
- The Coleseses are starting to close down (my first non-shovel/dishwater-related job was at Coles… I remember being starstruck by being surrounded by writers I admired. Now I actively try to avoid the company of writers… Growth);
- Xu Zhiyong to behonoured by PEN Int’l;
- Fascinating: what happens when you go blind while writing a graphic novel?;
- Poetry Ireland gets a new director;
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