Hey, welcome back once again to the tiny little campfire of hope in the darkness of a long week. Warm yourself by the fire of your freedom, but just remember to clean up your trash on Monday morning before work.

- Trickles of good news and reviews coming out of Frankfurt;
- An alt CanLit reading list… What would your titles be?;
- Curtis Sittenfeld namechecks fiction guru Alice Munro as inspiration;
- State of the book production industry;
- Note these Irish bookshops for when we’re all allowed to travel again;
- Barnes & Noble hacked;
- Forest of Reading winners will be chosen by the children;
- Silver Birch finalists as well;
- Stephen King’s TV renaissance;
- Canadian Audible originals is source of much hoohah in media;
- Love him or hate him, James Wood is one smart cat;
- The house that inspired Manderley;
- Goldsmith’s Prize shortlist in the UK;
- Is Bill Bryson retiring or Stephen Kinging?;
- Friday nonsense fun: Build a home library and Buzzfeed will tell you your Autumnal Style;