Don’t forget to turn your clocks ahead this weekend, ninjas. We’re closing in on spring, when everything will be renewed and we’ll no longer have to breathe the stuffy air of a home sealed against the weather and pandemic… yes, we’ll be able to open windows while locked in. Glorious.
- Hometown favourite Annabel Lyon makes Women’s Prize longlist (as does first transwoman);
- Booknet numbers analysis from Steven Beattie;
- Joshua Whitehead wins Canada Reads Prose! (Actually, I’ve heard great things about this book — will add to list after Gutter Child and Klara nd the Sun);
- “Lady librarians”… on horseback — why isn’t there a show about this?;
- On the inequality of school book fairs;
- UK book world going all-in on online events;
- Teen writers deserve better;
- BBC looks at the gothic classics that are currently best channelling our fears about living in the present day;
- Abuse of authors writing about racism skyrockets post BLM;
- African Publishing Innovation fund;
- Pep talk for “creatives” (what a barfer of a term): you’re doing it, just keep doing it;
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