Ms. Ninja finished her next novel last night, so we stayed up late and had an extra drink and now Morning-George is cursing Evening-George for his poor decision-making. I hope the rest of you are having a fine Friday. Don’t read the news today. Just float the knowledge that you have two days ahead of you when it’s okay to be the slothful, self-indulgent old git you already are.
- If you ever find yourself in a Russian prison and want to have points of common interest with your cellmate Vlad the Assailer, try reading The Master and Margarita (actually a favourite read of mine anyway);
- Edinburgh festival is setting up for online book signings…. Margaret Atwood is probably stroking her Frankenhand device, going, “Who’s laughing now, assholes?”;
- Across the pond, the Brooklyn Book Fest is doing the same;
- CBC highlights 24 authors to watch, including several friends and former students of ours! Go Megan, Michelle, Sou, and Eva!;
- TIFF is launching adaptations of Inconvenient Indian and Son of a Trickster;
- Bookseller calls out Amazon on Capitol Hill? Didn’t see it coming;
- SFF authors: not just a pack of toxic man-babies like a loud section of their fanbase;
- Imitations of Immateriality: Wordsworth’s former home to fill up with very zen monks;
- Alright, alright, alright…. Matthew McConaughy is writing a book;
- Bless this old fella who is an inspiration: Italy’s oldest student at 96;
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