Booksellers on the breadline
Shopfloor booksellers are the backbone of the book trade, but, as Danuta Kean found out, low pay means many are forced to live below the breadline.
Archive for April, 2004
Creative writing courses
A Week in Books (The Independent)
The dreaming spires; a source of inspiration for novelists since the first student crossed a campus. And, as a new academic year begins, among the freshers will be a select few dreaming that student life will lead to literary stardom. These are MA creative writing students who have already beaten stiff competition for the privilege of paying £6,000 plus a year to learn how to be bone fide authors.
Self help publishing
The Observer
Can’t sleep? Can’t get a job? Can’t get a boyfriend? Don’t worry. There’s a book out there for you. Polly Vernon investigates the astonishing growth of the ‘Mind Body Spirit’ genre and asks whether ‘self help’ is really any help at all.
