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 …
Posts Tagged ‘authors’
The Question All Authors Dread
Jugs of Joy
Today brings the last part of Peter’s discussion with James Attlee, author of Isolarion, and as is often the case, the best is saved till last.
In today’s Write Report, Donna reports that publishers …
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 …
Her Purpose? Drive-Thru’ Life!
The economic meltdown doesn’t seem to have slaked the torrent of weird books being published, if the current Diagram prize for the oddest book title is any measure. Bookies are already running shrewd eyes …
HarperZombie
HarperCollins sheds up to 120 human jobs in New York; who knows what will happen in London? HC’s six month operating income dropped nearly 75 percent, to $26 million from over $100 million previously. Tonight …
Sic Transit Gloria Richard et Judy
Today Peter and Peggy Brusseau discuss plagiarism, the negative effects of television on writers’ creativity, and the surprising superiority of printed dictionaries over their online versions.
In today’s Write Report, Donna reports on Richard and Judy …
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 …
Harper Without Collins
Today Peter and Peggy Brusseau discuss essays and blogs – what’s the difference? Why new media quickly becomes old – why the publishing business frequently gets it wrong in its online ventures – and where …
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 …
Wanna Buy A Hot Book?
Today Peter and Peggy Brusseau meet for an early-morning coffee and discuss… inspiration.
In today’s Write Report, Donna reports on the most stolen book from British libraries… what’s your guess? You’re probably wrong! The black market …
Books That Ming
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 …
Jack London In Paradise
Today Peter’s guest is American writer Paul Malmont (left) whose second book JACK LONDON IN PARADISE has just been published. Peter wants to know – how do you choose your subjects?
In today’s Write Report, Donna …
May be Hazardous to Your Health
The fifty-seventh variety of LITOPIA AFTER DARK – the net’s first and foremost writers’ salon – is choc-a-bloc with fragrant surprises… and a few stinkers, too.
We mourn John Updike – the chronicler of middle-class …
The One Thing That Writers Cannot Do Without
Today Peter and director Andrew Gillman get into The One Thing That Writers Cannot Do Without….
In today’s Write Report, Donna reports that Birmingham City Council can’t handle apostrophes – so they’ve abolished them. Lynne Truss …
They Call Him “Two-Whistles”
Today Peter and director Andrew Gillman consider the extraordinary variety of nick-nacks, talismans and other accoutrements that writers and directors carry around with them. What’s in your pockets, then?
In today’s Write Report, Donna reports that …
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