In Review: The Week of August 21st

On the Blog

~ We went on a traffic-free road trip with book covers starring automobiles in Cover Collage.~ If post-Shenzheners you’re looking for your next read, look no further than at our list of recommendations.~ We chatted with Sally Cooper, author of  Smells Like Heaven (ARP Books), about writing rituals, Severus Snape, and more in Writer’s Block. ~ Alas, summer is winding down so why not enjoy Out of Place (Quattro Books)?

Around the Web

~ Even YA Twitter has had enough with the systemic exclusion of marginalized characters.~ Beyoncé is releasing a 600-page coffee table book about the making of Lemonade. (If you’re trying to save money, don’t even bother clicking the link.) ~ We were whisked away to Shenzhen this month with our book club pick, so it’s only fitting that we found this list of 15 English words borrowed from Chinese. 

What Else We’re Reading

We’re digging in to Scarborough (Arsenal Pulp Press), Any Other Way: How Toronto Got Queer (Coach House Books), and In the Black: My Life (ECW Press) all shortlisted for the 2017 Toronto Book Awards!