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Siberian Education
Meet Nicolai Lilin – the last of a small and tight-knit community of what he terms ‘honest criminals’. Deported to a remote part of Russia by Stalin, the ‘Urkas’ are an insular fraternity: distrustful of …
Back To Betamax
This week’s Debriefer takes a beady-eyed, legal-eyed look at the emerging world of e-book formats and the related contractual issues they raise… what’s a poor author to do? Plus the usual transatlantic banter between Donna …
Your MUSE Is Here!
MUSE, a new quarterly literary e-zine from the pioneering Litopia Writers’ Colony, is launched today! Click here to download your own copy now!
With big-name contributions from the likes of Lee Child, Bernard Cornwell, RJ Ellory, …
Joe Does It Again
Our favorite iconoclastic author Joe Konrath is having fun shaking up the publishing business again (listen to him on Litopia After Dark here) with his recent Amazon deal… Joe’s got all the bases covered now, …
Heed Your MUSE!
Something very special will shortly be happening to those listeners who subscribe to our shows using iTunes or other podcatcher software (such as the Zune). The first issue of Litopia new ezine, MUSE, will appear, …
800.001
According to recently uncovered documents, one in five librarians has engaged in sexual trysts among the stacks, and 51% of them are willing to pose nude for money. That’s the headline news from this week’s …
In a Beautiful Pea Green Boat
Time for catch up 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 …
A Matter of Life & Death
“The must-read of the year,” says acclaimed crime writer Val McDermid, “probably of the decade.” High praise indeed for Sue Armstrong’s A Matter of Life and Death. Today we’re talking to Sue about her new …
The Debriefer: A Degree in Vampirism
Where can you get a degree in Vampire Literature? Why is big publishing acting to put little bookstores out of business? Why has a respected publisher suddenly started to threaten its most ardent readers? And …
The Writer Exciter: Affected But Unsolicited
Eve Harvey is back on her weekly mission to add impact to your syntax… to cut your buzz… and to tantalize you with this week’s cliffhanger!
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The Debriefer: The Fake John Grisham
Stan Lee… Simon Singh… and the fake John Grisham… all brought to you naked and unadorned in this week’s Debriefer, as we once more report from that strange place in spacetime where …
Six Months in Sudan
In 2007, James Maskalyk, newly recruited by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), set out for the contested border town of Abyei, Sudan. An emergency physician drawn to the ravaged parts of the world, Maskalyk spent six …
The Writer Exciter: Dangling Prepositions & Archetypes
From Carl Jung to Darth Vader via Winston Churchill – today’s show covers vast cultural territory in our quest to amuse and inform you about dangling prepositions, archetypes, empathy and Easter Eggs… how appropriate! Plus …
Introducing Radio Litopia
Last night’s abandoned Litopia After Dark (only the second time in our two year history) demonstrates the saying: “I.T. happens”. However, yesterday’s loss is today’s gain as we take this opportunity to produce a specially-extended …
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