Books! Delivered to you! What other bookstores are doing this? Any in the interior, coast, or the north? We know that @pfbvan MassyBooks The Paper Hound Bookshop and others are doing it in Vancouver, too.

Shoutout to the market operators Granville Island who are staying open as an essential service during this crisis and who have dedicated 9:00am-10:00am to shopping for seniors only. It’s nice and quiet down here and full of healthy, abundant food to bring home. Free parking too!

If you’re looking for something to do with your young kids— teach them how to spell my last name. It will take hours upon hours

Spending your weekend indoors? Why not join us and read BC and Yukon Book Prizes finalist Little Blue Encyclopedia (For Vivian) by We're not here anymore -- SFU Library librarian and author Hazel Jane Plante as part of the online #SFUBookclub. Let us know your first impressions of the book 😊 #amreading

revisiting my radio stomping grounds, fleetingly and remotely cbc.ca/radio/thesunda…

Check out this great podcast episode from our friend @hkpmcgregor of Secret Feminist Agenda (featuring Kai Cheng, MSW, MSc, QMed, Extremist for Love) They talk about creative ways to sustain communities in midst of crisis... which seems quite important right now: secretfeministagenda.com/2020/03/20/epi…

Every moment from here on, going all in fighting #COVID19 will save lives ... our own lives and those of the ones we love. It's just that simple. If you are sick or are returning from out of country, you must self-isolate. canada.ca/en/public-heal…

Puts it in some perspective

#BREAKING Three more deaths recorded in #BC because of #COVID19. Case total up 27 to 1517 with 942 listed as recovered. That works out to 62% of people who have ALREADY tested positive. Of the 134 patients hospitalized, 58 in critical care. #bcpoli CityNews 1130 Vancouver (Inactive)

Here Vancouver Writers Fest we are doing extra HOORAHs because the CBC Short Story Prize winner, Brenda Damen, is the mom of our very own Operations Manager, Chelsee Damen. This was the first time Brenda ever submitted her writing for a contest, which is pretty inspiring!

As head of the ER department at St. Paul’s Hospital, and author of 11 novels, including a prescient title called, Pandemic, Daniel Kalla knows a thing or two about public health emergencies. Next up, join us with his new book as he tackles the issue of Vancouver’s overdose crisis

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but there is a “hide self view” feature on Zoom: support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/artic…

the #PublishingPaidMe hashtag IS NOT about telling publishers/your agents "X got this advance so make sure I get that." It's about asking publishers "WHY DO BLACK AUTHORS NOT GET THESE ADVANCES?"

I’m excited and very honoured to be starting as the Alice Munro Chair in Creativity at Western.

We’re very happy to be partnering with Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA) to present DAVID MITCHELL with his incredible new novel, “Utopia Avenue”. Your ticket includes a copy of the book and access to our event featuring @LisachristCBC in conversation with this extraordinary storyteller!

So The Walrus is auctioning off an #internship?!? Seriously? Here pay us for the opportunity the money goes to a good cause ?? givergy.ca/WalrusGala2022…