Here in Newfoundland, on the edge of the world, where colonialism EXTERMINATED an entire people (the original inhabitants of this island known as the Beothuk), we have JUST LAST WEEK changed the name of our June holiday from “Discovery Day” to… well… “June Holiday” (for now? I think it should be renamed for the people displaced and murdered in the name of British colonialism). Overdue, but finally done. Of course, both the right wing and the IQ-Under-90 set are losing their collective minds over this, but that only makes the June Holiday mean more to me. Long live June.
- Why booksellers have thrived during lockdown… Wait, booksellers are thriving during lockdown? Huh. I was reading that all wrong, I suppose;
- Remember back a last decade (two?) when every book was named “The ______’s Wife?”… well, now it’s husbands;
- Ninja fav Lawrence Hill dishes on dadding;
- Indigenous Voice Awards handed out, including Jesse Thistle;
- Palling around: Irish pub styles (‘ninja fav Roddy Doyle review in NYT);
- Remember when Western Culture produced celebrities who could even NAME 100 books, much less have to winnow a list down to “their favourites?” I say we need a new generation of David Bowies to fix this mess up right quick;
- IBM once created a typewriter for dancers to code their moves;
- Print unit sales rise in mid-June… Stop this crazy roller coaster, I want to get off!;
- RIP: Felicity Bryan, literary agent, dead at 74;
- The bus from Into the Wild got towed;
- Is Harry Potter fandom unhealthy? I would rephrase that without the “Harry Potter” part… Luna Lovegood says no… Stans can be a force for good as well, as we saw this weekend, but surely it can’t be all good to be part of the hive? Esp with tainted franchises like Star Wars…?;
- Tracking down Kafka;
- John Bolton’s book publication upheld by courts in the US… now to fire the courts…;
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