While print media is often considered to be a dying industry, online bookseller Booktopia is beating the odds by reporting year-on-year growth. How did the 15-year-old Australian-run company get this far – especially when everyone thought books would soon be a forgotten medium?

A world perplexed by the question of how to handle a pandemic is trying to create an environment for change. While most scramble to form a framework around Generation Alpha, Canvas8 spoke to expert Dan Woodman about how best to think about such cohorts while the world is in flux.

While COVID-19 has been disruptive to nearly everyone around the world, children are in a particularly difficult position to come to terms with it. As parents struggle to explain the state of the world to their kids, a range of coloring books has been launched to educate and spark discussions.

From games of tag and playing catch to playground chats, a wide range of playtime activities have become impossible in life under lockdown, with potentially detrimental effects for children’s mental wellbeing. As parents try to keep kids content, they want brands to step in to fill the playtime gap.