The year’s penultimate WRITE REPORT with Donna Ballman is here… with news of the outcome of the “Twilight” plagiarism lawsuit (the judge had some tough words)… Amazon has been accused of underpaying its workers… and …
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Stop Thief!
How can you stop people stealing your great ideas? That’s the sujet-du-jour for today’s Eve’s Salmagundi Club.
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My FaceBook is Your Fortune
You know that lawsuit – the one filed against Oprah Winfrey, claiming a trillion dollars for alleged plagiarism? It’s been thrown out of court – probably even before Oprah even knew she was being sued! …
Oh! Oprah!
Oprah Gail Winfrey… the richest African American of the 20th century… the most philanthropic African American of all time… and the world’s first black billionaire. And now – the first woman to be hit with …
Vampires Get Sued, Too
Stephenie Meyer has joined that elite group of authors: along with JK Rowling and Dan Brown, her hit books are now ready targets for lawsuits. In Donna’s Write Report today, we consider the strengths and …
F For Fake
Is it ever acceptable to fake it? That’s the sujet du jour in today’s Eve’s Salmagundi Club. Whether it’s fake tans or authors who fake it (yes, there is a connection…) we have stern words …
Mass-Produced Mega-Authors
Sadly, it’s our last morning with Claire Harman author of the newly published biography Jane’s Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World. Today we consider to what extent the author can or should insert themselves …
Jane’s Resurrection
By 1850, Jane Austen had been dead for thirty years, her writing had largely fallen out of favor and the mid-19th century greats (Wilkie Collins, Dickens, the Brontës) had grabbed the mass market and the …
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.
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Austerlitz
“The most amazing single book that I know.” The words of John Simopoulos, Dean of Degrees at St Catherine’s College, Oxford, talking about today’s featured book – W. G. Sebald‘s Austerlitz – rare praise indeed …
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