It’s Friday and I’m swamped with other work (which is why no posts yesterday), but I’m trying to not leave you in the lurch for your goofing off on the last day of the week. See, unlike your bosses, I know you’re screwing around there at your desk with a spreadsheet open in the background, ready to be foregrounded at a moment’s notice if someone walks by. I’m just thankful you’re choosing to read bookish things instead of playing Minesweeper. Listen, it’s 2021 — we have to take the little victories.
- League of Canadian Poets announces award winners;
- ‘Ninja pal and former student Michelle Good is an “emerging writer” at 65… and just got three major award nominations in one day;
- SFU launches award for Indigenous publishing students;
- British book industry types vs. transphobia in the industry;
- London announces three week schedule for fair;
- Not sure why everyone hates Meghan Markle so much, but even the author she’s accused by haters of plagiarizing says she didn’t;
- Lucille Clifton’s house is “hers” again;
- A wee primer for understanding my hometown of Belfast;
- On getting around censorship — via library built in Minecraft (video games… is there anything they CAN’T do? I mean, besides giving me back the thousands of hours I’ve spent on them?);
- What is Kamala reading?;
- Poet Hoa Nguyen recommends consulting the cards;
- On those behind the blue pencils;
- Why are so many crime novels set in the Pacific Northwest? (Pacific Southwest for Canadians);
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