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In Review: The Week of March 9th
Between terror-reading about Coronavirus, we soothed our fears with reading books and chatting with authors. Scroll on to see what we got up to this week.
~ The 2020 Lambda Literary Awards finalists were announced with a handful of ALU favourites on the list, including books from Arsenal Pulp Press, ARP Books, Book*hug Press, Inanna Publications, Metonymy Press.~ Publishers Weekly shares ways to give indie bookstores much-needed support amidst Coronavirus scares.
For #InternationalWomensDay we celebrated bodies of all shapes and sizes with reflections from the contributors in BIG: Stories about Life in Plus-Sized Bodies (Caitlin Press):”Layla Cameron: For non-fat readers, I hope that they feel compelled to use their societal privilege to act as allies for fat folks, and to do some of the labour that fat people undertake in order to exist comfortably in the world. For example, do you ask your doctor why they are weighing you at an appointment? Do you have fat-friendly seating in your home, or do you consider the accessibility of restaurant seating when dining with your fat friends? (Do you have fat friends?). I hope that fat readers identify with our stories and feel seen, heard, and empowered to take up space!”