- Ninja favs Dionne Brand and Canisia Lubrin bring home awards;
- Modern Quebec classics get new life in Germany;
- Gary Barwin has an article in the Star that I can’t read bc of paywall, but you might be able to;
- Hulu to adapt Atwood’s MaddAddam books;
- RIP: Nawal El Saadawi, Egyptian author, dead at 89;
- A pal of mine started Soft Skull in 2001… it’s come a long way;
- Imagine being an academic publishing a book on sea shanties right now;
- In praise of boring books;
- Thomas Bernhard was a real dick, says brother;
- The Scandis really know how to design a library;
- Can novelists predict the future? Certainly not when it comes to their bank accounts…;
- Walter Scott Historical Fiction prize shortlist is mostly Aussies;
- Guess how much a comic book costs these days? SIX BUCKS;
- On crossing paths with your critics: say nothing;
- Throwback for millennial types: The Art of Goosebumps;
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