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Toronto’s Word on the Street to go virtual
The really interesting question is how do you do create that sense of being at Word on the Street?

Five debut authors share the stories behind their work
Q&Q spotlights a few of the exciting new voices you may have missed.
Four trend-setting authors show off their favourite #BookLooks inspired by Canadian literature
Authors take on the social-media challenge to support Canadian literature.
Vancouver Writers Fest looks to create intimacy at a smaller fall festival
Expect a combination of live conversations, presentations, and panels on various delivery platforms, as well as pre-recorded events with authors on stage.
Majority of Canada’s cultural programming for Frankfurt to be postponed to 2021
Nearly one-quarter of the events were able to happen before the global shutdowns, including a Stan Douglas exhibition.
RMB publisher Don Gorman creates new Google map tracking Black-owned bookstores
Of the 61 stores listed, only two are in Canada.
Indigo-owned Coles store in Prince Albert shuts down after 38+ years in business
A sign posted on the storefront says that the location will be closed effective immediately.

Eric Walters’s new pandemic novel took 41 days to write, edit, and publish
Don’t Stand So Close to Me tackles the world as it is right now: remote learning, physical distancing, quarantining, and the closing of all non-essential services.
Premiere issue of The Quarantine Review tackles life with COVID, social inequity, and haircuts
The Quarantine Review is a digital literary journal to be published by Dundurn. The premiere issue will launch June 6.