- The Paris Review co-founder Peter Matthiessen dies of cancer at 86
- The first Iceland Writers Retreat runs from April 9 to 13
- Flanker Press co-founder Jerry Cranford presents a cheque to Autism Society of Newfoundland and Labrador
- The CIA used Boris Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago to break down the Soviet Union
- Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops writer Jen Campbell blogs about what children say in bookshops