Friday get down round up

News flash: you’re still alive. Go make something of it.

• Danuta Gleed award shortlist includes big names;
• CBC story prize shortlist filled with names I blessedly don’t know;
• Young Aussies to watch out for;
• International Booker list — ftr, “good, straightforward, old-fashioned novels” is code;
• Give Louise Erdrich all the prizes;
• What’s another word for Roget?;
• PEN releases “Freedom to Write Index”;
• Does your reading need the self-improvement treatment, you bored, bored person?;
• Philip Roth’s biographer accused of sexual abuse;
• Norton halts shipments of said biography;
• The hidden artistry of logic, Sherlock Holmes-styles;
• Do you miss small talk? You’re not alone (I mean, I’m not there with you, but others are);
• On being an author who predicted the pandemic (Saleema Nawaz, we’re looking at you, too);