- Kitty Lewis, general manager of poetry publisher Brick Books, awarded honorary lifetime membership from the League of Canadian Poets
- Use of “synthetic” or “blended” phonics in U.K. schools results in higher literacy rates among students, according to a study cited in the Guardian
- Revered Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano, responding to protests surrounding the World Cup, says “the explosion of indignation in Brazil is justified”
- Short fiction in the sci-fi genre may be “enjoying something of a golden age” online, speculates Nick Davies on MobyLives
- Broken Pencil magazine on how to get an arts grant in Canada
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