It’s Jane Austen Week here on LITOPIA DAILY! One of the finest and most widely-read writers in the English language, her rise to iconic fame is traced in a newly published book – Jane’s Fame: …
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Jane Austen Week
Defend Your Property!
Jeremy Morton
Today we kick off our all-week discussion with Jeremy Morton, partner at international law firm Fasken Martineau, and expert in IP law, about the impact of the internet on writers’ intellectual property. What can …
Put The Writer In the Box
Taking a welcome break from the Scribd story that we first broke on LITOPIA AFTER DARK nearly ten days ago, we’re again talking to highly-acclaimed British author Geoff Dyer (the Daily Telegraph calls him “the …
Down With Facebook!
On last Friday’s LITOPIA AFTER DARK we dissected Twitter – as a writer do you really need it? Today, Peter and Peggy Brusseau turn their attention to Facebook – Peter is agnostic, but Peggy appears …
How McDonalds Could Save The World
EcoLogic
It’s Friday, and Brian Clegg’s returns for the last time to discuss his new book Ecologic: The Truth and Lies of Green Economics with Peter and Peggy Brusseau… today’s topics – how McDonalds can save …
Cottage Gardens & Wombat Poo
A wombat producing your next manuscript
On World Book Day, we learn some lessons from a cottage garden – that’s the theme of today’s conversation between Peter, Peggy Brusseau and Brian Clegg, author of the newly-published …
Carbon Schmarbon
Carbon offsetting… carbon neutral… carbon trading… carbon schmarbon… what do all these carbon terms mean? They’re today’s hottest buzz phrases, but what’s the reality behind the carbon hype? Peter and Peggy Brusseau explore these key …
Trust Me, I’m An Expert
Trust Me, I'm An Expert
Experts… don’t ya just love em? The media has an expert for every topic… yet people get more and more confused. Never more so than in the hot-button area of climate …
The Shape of Libraries To Come
On the day that the British Culture Secretary stated that he is “not minded at this stage to investigate further or intervene” in the wholesale closure of British libraries, we want to know – what …
Sadomasochism for Accountants
Rosy Barnes is a first-time author whose debut book is just published: intriguingly titled Sadomasochism for Accountants it deals with, um, sadomasochism and… er… accountants. As ever, Peter wants to know the full story – …
Revelare Pecunia!
We’re getting down-and-dirty today as Peter and James Attlee, author of Isolarion, the widely-praised book about the Cowley Road, Oxford, talk about how it is for authors once their book is published… and promotion beckons…
In …
Every Plural Would Frown As An Aggregate Noun
Cowley Road Carnival
Titles… the confidence to write… and the hazards of writing about your neighbors are among the subjects covered today by Peter in his conversation with James Attlee, author of Isolarion, the widely-praised book …
Hot Chicks with Douchebags
Today Peter and Peggy Brusseau start with the semi-colon; continue via Tom Paine and Richard Dawkins; and conclude with the implications for publishing and writers of an attenuated attention span.
In today’s Write Report, Donna reports …
Shilling for The Kindle
Today Peter and Peggy Brusseau continue yesterday’s discussion of inspiration: it’s the shadow today, as they pin down the blocks that stop writers from becoming inspired. (Production note – the audio on Peter’s feature is …
The Blow-Up Man
Today Peter and writer Paul Malmont discuss Jack London – the first American rock star – and also, the key writing differences between screenplays and manuscripts.
In today’s Write Report, Donna reports on a British lawyer …
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