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The Debriefer: Shouting Fire in a Crowded Theater
Threatening the president… online newspapers… and giraffe attacks… all part of the rich tapestry that is today’s Debriefer. To what extent should you be allowed to shout fire in a crowded theater? The phrase refers …
Read more »A Date With Nemesis
It’s time for another chat with John Quirk – the writer from the Isle of Man (a small island 32 miles long & 14 miles wide in the Irish sea) who is taking his …
Read more »The Debriefer: Inside The Subduction Zone
Don’t like that snippy book review you got? No problem! Sue the bastards (in France) for criminal libel! Or maybe you’ve just been sued for libel in the infamous British courts? Easy! Simply move to …
Read more »Advice for the Lovelorn
To split, or not to split…that is the question on this edition of The Writer Exciter. Should an adverb get in the way of true grammatical perfection? There are so many reasons to stay together… …
Read more »The Writer Exciter: Affairs of the Colon
Do you know your colon from your semicolon? It’s not just a matter of comma vs full stop, you know. Eve Harvey delves into the inner workings of all things colonic… and Peter Cox …
Read more »The Debriefer: Billionaire Fireman Cowboy with a Heart of Gold
What do women really want? Harlequin publishers actually appear to know – and it usually involves a terribly scarred man with a compelling physical presence, blazing with an internal fire women long to be scorched …
Read more »Introducing The Writer Exciter
Say hello to Eve Harvey in her new incarnation – the Writer Exciter. Every week, we aim to add impact to your syntax, and glamour to your grammar! Featuring the Writing Rules (you bend ‘em, …
Read more »The First Modern Poem
What would you consider to be the first modern poem? There can never be a definitive answer, but in today’s extended Litopia Daily, we’re going to hear John Simopoulos, Dean of Degrees at St Catherine’s …
Read more »The Debriefer: Shock Treatment
Watch your buttons… Macmillan have a change of heart over their e-book royalties… and why reluctant child readers should study graphic serial killer books that are full of bad language… shock the little darlings into …
Read more »The Debriefer – Rupert’s Our Hero!
Rupert Murdoch, John Edwards, and a dash of John Grisham… all grist to the Debriefer’s mill this week. Presented by Donna Ballman and Peter Cox.
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Book Launch: Zero Moment by MG Harris
It’s launch time! Scholastic Children’s Books are publishing the latest book in the bestselling children’s series The Joshua Files: Zero Moment by novelist – and Litopian – MG Harris… and we’re all invited to the …
Read more »The Debriefer: Amazon Attacks Big Mac
From the hush-hush world of the publishing insider… with the scandals and scuttlebutt – the rumours and rumbles – the leaks and lowdowns… it’s time fror your Monday-morning dose of The Debriefer’s insight, analysis and …
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Litopia After Dark
Yes, We’re Talking About Twilight & Harry Potter Again
Could our literary culture be shaping our genetic inheritance? A startling idea; but in this week’s show, special guest Dr. Susan O’Doherty discusses surprising new evidence suggesting that that the accelerating pace of cultural change …
Read more »When Titanic Floats and Ice Sinks
It’s a welcome return tonight for New York publisher Philip Turner, whose lustrous credits include works by Barack Obama, Senator George Mitchell, the bestseller IBM and the Holocaust – and the massively controversial book by …
Read more »I Was A Teenage Plagarist
Another fast-paced, witty & thought-provoking show tonight – with panellists Martyn Daniels, Eve Harvey, Donna Ballman and Dave Bartram, how could it be otherwise?
Donna is outraged by a brazen-faced teenage plagiarist from Germany; …
Writing Drunk and Banging For Nickels
After bartenders, writers are more likely to die from cirrhosis of the liver than any other profession. Drugs of all kind have been intimately, and often destructively, involved in the writing process: the list of …
Read more »Word Wars for Fun and Profit
You’d think it was hard enough just being a writer, wouldn’t you? However, an increasing number of writers are voluntarily choosing to make their lives even tougher – by choosing to vanquish their own, personal, …
Read more »Will The iPad Save Publishing?
In what is arguably the most significant week in publishing this decade – maybe even this century – we’re giving Apple’s newly launched iPad a rigorous examination – and coming to a surprising verdict – …
Read more »Celebrity Iguana Rehab
Is online book piracy a good or bad thing for authors? Whichever it is – can we really do anything about it? And what it’s got to do with Cory Doctorow’s sperm count (quite a …
Read more »Back To Work
Right! Rip the decorations down, shape up and let’s get serious. Party time’s over (but it was a good one, wasn’t it?). It’s a new year and arguably a new decade – we’re all business …
Read more »The Party To End All Parties!
No matter how many Christmas parties you may go to over the festive season, one thing is certain – you’ll never encounter anything quite as spectacular as Litopia After Dark’s annual bash. Featuring Donna Ballman, …
Read more »18 Holes
The highly popular “Dr. Sue” (Dr. Susan O’Doherty, the writer’s therapist) is our special guest for the year’s penultimate LITOPIA AFTER DARK – next week’s show is our Xmas Party, so expect lots of fun, …
Read more »The Contextual Wrap
With panellists from Norway, England, Florida and India, tonight’s show is the most geographically-diverse we’ve ever had – and as we approach our one hundredth episode, we can modestly congratulate ourselves on being the world’s …
Read more »The 36-Hour Day
You’ll have to forgive Peter his little gaffes tonight: last night was the evening of the Golden Twits Awards in which Litopia triumphed… he’s been up a long time! Fortunately, tonight’s redoubtable and stout-hearted panel …
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