- Jim Deva, activist and co-owner of Vancouver’s Little Sister’s Book and Art Emporium, dead after accident in his home
- David Martin’s “Tar Swan” wins CBC Poetry Prize
- British Lord, former adviser to Margaret Thatcher, finds new Hilary Mantel story “in unquestionably bad taste”
- From BuzzFeed, a list of 33 books to read in celebration of Banned Books Week
- Book Riot on why people shouldn’t celebrate Banned Books Week
- Joyland, a hub for international short fiction, crowdfunds its redesign
- Nine books by Gabriel García Márquez to be digitized
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