- Vancouver Writers Fest gets new ED;
- Marissa Stapley’s latest optioned for TV by Lost producer;
- Amazon finally actually being sued for price fixing;
- The “Bonkbuster” (I need a shower just typing that word) is on the rise again–foreshadowing a new sexual revolution? (So glad to be old enough to be uninvited to any upcoming revolutions);
- New US grant program for indie bookstores;
- The Atlantic looks at the power of humiliation in Cleary’s books;
- Game of Thrones on Broadway;
- Pillars of the Earth, which I once read and remember nothing about, getting prequels;
- Famous opening lines re-written for the pandemic;
- How reading rewires your brain;
- What’s the difference between mysteries and thrillers? Pacing;
- Carmine Starninoi on the “counterfactual anthology“;
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