What three CanLit leaders read in 2020
With independent bookstores at some stage of lockdown for much of 2020, readers missed out on the delight of discovery that comes from browsing their local shelves.
Q&Q wanted to replicate that experience in our weekly What We’re Reading series, in which we told you about some of the best books to cross our nightstands (the series ran in our newsletter, which you can subscribe to for free).
We were fortunate to have three great readers from outside the
Q&Q team chime in with recommendations of their own: the Writers’ Trust of Canada’s Charlie Foran, the Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s Rose Vespa, and Taylor Prize founder Noreen Taylor. These books gave them a much-needed moment of literary escape amid the strains of 2020.
Posted : 2020-12-13 15:47
Updated : 2020-12-14 22:42
The top five bestselling books of 2020 from online bookshop Interpark include from left: The Having, John Lee s Habits to Build Wealth, The Property of Money, Almond and The Cakewalk Series and Stock Market Investing. Courtesy of Interpark
By Kwon Mee-yoo
As people spend more time at home amid the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, they are turning to books, which brought some changes to this year s book sales trends.
The unprecedented situation impacted how readers choose what book to read. Three major Korean booksellers interpreted the interest readers took in education and investment as a response to difficult times as they try to navigate a path towards an uncertain future caused by the pandemic.