Not going to happen. Philip Pullman's great, but that doesn't matter, he didn't sell a bazillion copies, he's not doing a reading at The Skydome in Toronto. I really wish that more people, especially kids, were reading today. It's a sorry old thing that they're not. By the way, I'm Canadian.
Disposable income is a major issue as well, particularly when dealing with teenagers and shorter.
Kids who want to read are showing up at libraries more than bookstores. Kids and young adults do read. When I look around me I see over twelve hundred books on overstuffed bookshelves in our one-bedroom apartment, and more in boxes. All rights reserved.