In the UK, the number of new books published last year increased by 4 per cent – nearly 121,000 – as reported by BookBrunch. Does this mean the recession might be good for writing and writers?
Some authors are going to extraordinary lengths to publicize their books – we ask how far should you go to peddle those words? And do you have an ego problem? One guest tonight thinks it a real issue in the writer-editor relationship – and she should know, because she’s a publisher! Plus – The Lost Sex Scenes of Jane Austen, the surprising link between Gilligan’s Island and Jean Paul Sartre… and a big finish over the phenomenon that is Wetlands.
All the above, on normal trade terms of sale or return, on tonight’s edition of LITOPIA AFTER DARK!
Our esteemed panel tonight comprises Lynn Price, the editorial director for Behler Publications, an award-winning independent publisher.
Eve Harvey needs no introduction – as the woman behind Eve’s Salmagundi Club you hear her five days a week on LITOPIA DAILY but, in addition, she’s also a writer and bookseller.
Also on LITOPIA DAILY five days a week is Donna Ballman, who presents The Write Report. Apart from being a writer, Donna is also a leading lawyer, and hails from Fort Lauderdale in Florida.
And from England’s West country comes writer Dave Bartram, who is joined in the Litopia studio tonight by a special guest -television director Andrew Gillman.
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