Bookninja

I post this for the, like, six of you who weren’t sitting around seat-dancing waiting for the list to be announced whenever the hell it was. Also, because I need practice posting daily again. And because the entire fucking country loses its collective mind over this award every year. Enjoy. (Glad to see Megan Coles there. The book is scorching.)

Atlantic Noir at the Reference Library on Oct 30? Whodunnit right before Halloween? (Turns out it was crab boat captain, with the anchor, in the aft hold.) Three great writers and strong personalities. Should be a good panel.

An article about a new “independent” publisher from Hazlitt. Which is to say, “dependent.” Which is to say “actually-PRHC”.

Question: why will I never look this good? Answer: I am not Margaret Atwood. Or a broomless witch with a new book that is like catnip for anyone who ever went to high school.

• Peggy’s fashion shoot splashes across the world to coincide with the release of something. Not sure what. Anyone know? Does she have a new book out? (PS: this stuff hurts to look at if you’re a mid-list author who can’t even get her publicist to book you an ad in the Quill)
• Her new book is The Testaments
• It is apparently getting reviewed and profiled on every flat surface in creation
• She “waited” 30 years to write it. Why? (A: cha-ching)
• A few years ago I remember her pulling her book from GG and Giller contention, if not the Booker, ostensibly to let others have a crack at it. Not this time.
• Just saying: Amazon’s embargo fiasco would have been a good chance for someone who is a product of the indy / literary scene (publishers and bookstore both) to say, “Hey, Amazon, perhaps you should not be a pack of douches.” This seems …. a little short of that.
• She’s been a divisive person lately, especially on “the social medias” within the diverse left-wing communities that have typically helped venerate her, but I can get behind this list of women who will change the world, especially given Esi’s inclusion