This week’s LITOPIA AFTER DARK recklessly plunges into the wild and wacky world of the WOTY (listen to the show to find out!) during which we learn more than we ever thought we’d want to know about micro-groms, man-flu, smirting and whaletails –to name but a few.
We also look at the latest developments in the lawsuit brought by JK Rowling and Warner bros against the author of publisher of the unofficial Harry Potter encyclopaedia… ask what future is there for publishing trade magazines… ponder alternatives to the Mozart Effect… and ask What Your Bookshelf really Says about you.
The main discussion tonight is about “If I Knew Then What I Know Now – The First, Best Writing Advice I Ever Had”.
Our panellists tonight are Donna Ballman, Dave Bartram, Beverly Gray and Carolyn Soutar. As always, the show is recorded in front of a live audience via UStream, where there’s an opportunity to make comments during the programme.
Links mentioned in the show:
- The Whaletails Are Eating The Muffin Tops
The strange life and death of the WOTY – Ruth Wajnryb in the Sydney Morning Herald.
- J.K. Rowling says rival Harry Potter book would exploit her
By Christine Kearney / Reuters
- The Uncertain Future of Trade Magazines
More Reactions to Reed Biz Info Sales Plans By Ron Hogan in Galleycat
- Alternatives to the ‘Mozart Effect’
Thoughts of a female Asian-American…
- What Does Your Bookshelf Say About You, Wannabe?
Ezra Klein in The American Prospect
- “If I knew Then What I Know Now…”
Books mentioned by the panel are:
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