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BookExpo, UnBound, and BookCon cancelled for 2020
The events had been postponed from May to July in the hopes that the COVID-19 pandemic would be contained.
Q&A: author Marjorie Simmins on the importance of memoir and how COVID-19 is affecting writers’ income
“This spring, summer, and autumn should have been my harvest season. The entire year, really.”
Anansi editor Michelle MacAleese on collaborating while working solo, and the generosity of Twitter copy editors
No common playbook for Canadian publishers as publication dates abruptly shift
Publishers face steep challenges as they reconsider how and when to release titles across their spring and summer seasons.
Canadian publishers announce postponed publication dates
A running list of all of the Canadian publications postponed during the Coronavirus pandemic.
Book distributors work to deliver stock to customers during COVID-19
Canada’s book distributors are applying creativity and flexibility to keep the supply chain moving during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Glad Day Bookshop’s Emergency Survival Fund has topped $150,000 for LGBTQ2S+ community
Glad Day co-owner Michael Erickson spoke to Q&Q about the financial shortfalls facing the LGBTQ2S community, including queer writers in crisis.
Sheree Fitch brings Mabel Murple’s Popping Purple Wordspinning to the podcast world
The children’s author wanted to create an audio-only space where silly stories and nonsense poems could offer a 10-minute distraction from the chaos.
National Arts Centre expands #CanadaPerforms live program with Margaret Atwood; seeks applications for author series
Professional authors whose 2020 spring-summer book tours and launch events have been cancelled can apply until April 20.
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