- New mentorship program for BIPOC writers reminder: apply!;
- How would you explain American politics to young people? My speech would start like this: “See, Timmy and Sally, this is what we call a ‘torch’, and this is what we call a ‘match’. We light the match and set it to the torch, and then we get what’s known as a ‘pitchfork’ and we start looking around for rich people…” but I suppose we could try this first;
- Paris legend Shakespeare and Co is on the edge;
- Actually., all Indies are on the edge and need a second wave of support;
- NYC’s only travelling bookshop (there used be a bricoleur-type guy who came around to my hangout in the early 90s (The Green Room on Bloor Street in Toronto before it got gentrified) with a wooden suitcase full of curated books, French cigarettes, and other oddities… I think he was a trained clown too… Memories… I miss those days);
- Today in Stupid Parents Of The United States of America!;
- On the architectural evolution of the library;
- A new retro pulp horror magazine?! Sign me up;
- New international children’s book award just launched;
- Always a good idea to keep an eye on what the Scandinavians are doing;
- RIP: Julia O’Faolain, author, dead at 88;
- Author goes after apology from paper after it ran interview with someone who disagreed with, and warped, her original texts;
