We’ve packed it all into this final end-of-year episode… forgetting the dull sublunary cares of the fraught publishing business, we instead seek succor in the ready wit, finely-honed humor and elegantly aligned elipticisms of our …
Posts Tagged ‘Howse’
All The World’s Books In The Palm of Your Hand
Everyone agrees that last week’s show was one of our best ever… but we might just shatter that consensus tonight. Our sujets du jour include:
Is Google’s Great Book Bank Robbery the beginning of the end …
The Return of Richard (and Judy)
On the show this week, Richard Madeley and Judy Finnegan – the British husband and wife equivalent of Oprah – are back on UK television screens… but did any of you notice?
An essay by Theodore …
The Litopia 4th July Holiday Quiz
Where do your most brilliant ideas come from? What’s the most extreme thing you’ve done when researching your book? What’s the worst book you’ve ever bought? Litopia After Dark this week begins to wind down …
Going, Going, Gone!
On Litopia After Dark this week:- Celebrity auctions are big business, why do people buy this stuff? Robert McCrum gives a run down on the changes during his 10 years at The Observer. Is it …
Author 2.0
Tonight on LITOPIA AFTER DARK we’re delighted to have as our special guest an acclaimed author who could be considered a signpost to the future. In the words of publishing maven Martyn Daniels (who was …
A Big, Sexy Package
Your book is written, re-written, checked and double checked and you’re ready to find it a home. But in this ultra-competitive publishing climate how do you ensure your novel escapes from the slush pile? …
Virtual Dinner Party
Dinner parties! Soul food for the chattering classes (if you’re a writer that means you). Don’t you just love them? If you’re a man, the answer is likely to be “No!”. …
The Sex and Death Show
The life of a writer is idyllic; long walks in the countryside, sipping latte in street cafes and pondering the greater meaning of life on the banks of a babbling brook. So everyone thinks! In …
The End Of Civilisation As We Know It
People are getting dumber, the world is sinking into entropy and signs of decline and fall are all around. So why are we bothering with Litopia After Dark this week? Well, …
Happy Talk
This week, Litopia After Dark boldly goes where no podcast has gone before (note the effortless Roddenberry reference!) as we consider Arthur C. Clarke’s legacy and ponder the literary merit of SF: geek fodder or …
The Future of the Book
LITOPIA AFTER DARK this week takes a fascinating direction as we discuss one of the biggest and most important questions facing writers and publishers today – how will books be sold in the future? …
Mummy Took My Fingers!
In this week’s packed show we will be discussing Literary Prizes. How do the panel feel about the system of Prizes? AL Kennedy has just been awarded the Costa Prize and yet the book is …
Shrooms
In this second programme of 2008 we are again live on Ustream and the chat room is open for comments during the recording of the Podcast.
This week the panel discuss the rather depressing news that …
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Boys Night Out
Sunday, May 25th, 2008
On Litopia After Dark this week:- Our Special Guest is Jean Hannah Edelstein, writer blogger and literary commentator. Is it time for the first female Poet Laureate? William McGonagall – genius or idiot? Nerds are …