The worldwide impact of the corona virus has made us all take stock. Our hearts go out to our friends and colleagues in the industry who have had to take the unprecedented step of cancelling their Festivals after a year or more of preparation and anticipation.
On the website for the Bay Area Book Festival is a Rebecca Solnit quote that reads: “An emergency is a separation from the familiar, a sudden emergence into a new atmosphere, one that often demands we ourselves rise to the occasion.”
The virtual book fairs and online entertainment on offer right now, author-recommended lockdown reads, publishing trends and marketing challenges mid-pandemic, and what makes a memorable book cover.
