Whistling past the container port

The supply chain apocalypse may mean a lean holiday book season

But first, about last night…

A strange thing happened. I walked into a roomful of strangers and made small talk for a couple of hours.

I’d been invited by Sutherland House’s uber-publicist Sarah Miniaci to an informal kickoff for this year’s Toronto International Festival of Authors at the Westin Harbour Castle. It seemed a novel thing to do, meet in per…