- Confession time: I have been a cafe/bar writer for about 25 years. Not one of those showy-neckbeard-MFA-dudes who are just DYING for you to ask about what they’re doing, but the guy in the back corner who pays $3 coffee- ($9 pint-)rent three times over the course of a morning (evening) and won’t look anyone in the eye for fear they might interrupt the flow. Something about the white noise and visual chaos oddly helped me, a dude with ADHD, concentrate. Sadly, I haven’t been into a cafe or bar since early March and have had to learn the hard way how to write at home by ignoring my children instead of strangers…. But I digress: Is cafe writing dead?;
- Canadian spec fic recommendations here;
- Libraries in the US are seeking a huge bailout;
- Italy’s book sales are bouncing back;
- Trump Jr. should of knowed better afore he published;
- Reading aloud is good for your health (I used to read aloud to my first girlfriend back when we moved in at at 19. My voice was less deep and rumbly then, but she still just fell asleep about 15 minutes into a chapter and then basically I was trapped with her head on my knee for two hours… NOT good for circulation);
- Do you find negative reviews of celebrity vanity poetry cathartic? Well, have I got an article for you!;
- James Patterson names main character in new book after lady who helped take out his prostate… I suppose that does deserve something?;
- Shaughnessy Cohen Prize shortlist announced (rare free Globe article);
- On the power of the archive;
- If Lord of the Rings can jump back a thousand years for a prequel show, why can’t The Witcher?;
