Welp, you made it again. Celebrate with some news from around the industry and maybe treat yourself to something nice after work today. It’s a rare sunny June weekend here, so I will be outside trying to not die of solar radiation. If you live, like I do, in a place with a small BIPOC population and very few protesting opportunities, consider getting yourself some books by black and indigenous authors and consider buying them from black- and indigenous-owned bookstores. Vote with your wallet if you can’t vote with your body and voice.
- Anti-racism titles fill bestseller lists;
- Sadly, returns lead to overall drop in sales;
- Harry Potter fan site urges readers to stop buying JK Rowling’s books… Expect PR damage control campaign to soon follow;
- PRHC donates $60G to Black community groups;
- Black spec-fic writers to read: including Bookninja friend Nalo Hopkinson and new obsession NK Jesimin;
- ACP creates Diverse Communities Database for freelancers;
- Ever wanted to read what WH Auden thinks of Virginia Woolf?;
- Ugly agent fight continues (You know, if I were an author there, I’d be wandering off to window shop new reps);
- Michael Rosen is back on his feet post-Covid, Tweeting away;
- I’ve been handcrafting miniature scenery for years now, and wee insert scenes for bookshelves are quite popular, but if you can’t don’t want to get out the Xacto and glue gun, you can buy these prefab kits;
- The handwritten ms. of Oliver Twist;
- Ink pot for sale or rent, words to let 50 cents;
- HARD. HITTING. JOURNALISM: Summery slip covers for your ereader;
- Neato set of videos on ancient libraries where culture is preserved;
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