I have just interviewed author Scarlett Thomas for the wonderful Mslexia, a magazine for women writers that should be read by anyone who writes. You can subscribe by clicking on this link. The interview concentrates on Scarlett’s latest novel, The End of Mr Y, and ranges into linguistics, Derrida, Nietzsche,
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The Independent on Sunday 28th October 2007 When Cecil Day-Lewis lay dying in the home of Kingsley Amis, his two young children, Tama-sin and Daniel, would slink off together to practice a trick their host had shown them: to recite the entire alphabet through a single burp. It is the
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The Deal: The Official Magazine of The London Book Fair, Autumn 2007 After too many readings in drafty bookshops with audiences more interested in how to get published than his novel, Patrick Neate decided to do something radical: he launched Book Slam, a “night club for grown ups” with DJs
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A few people have asked me to recommend a few books for Christmas, so here are the books I shall be buying for friends and family this year – if you are one of that group, look away now! But before giving my recommendations (which are in no particular order),
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London Evening Standard 9th October 2007 Compiled by Danuta Kean and David Sexton THE TOP FIVE Amanda Ross, 44, CACTUS TV, MD, AND PRODUCER OF RICHARD & JUDY The woman who chooses the titles that make it into Richard & Judy’s Book Club, pictured right – which accounted for 26
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judging by the current trend for ever more graphic tales of sexual abuse, just months after seeing her mother incarcerated Dana will be expected to perform an emotional striptease and deliver up every graphic detail of her abuse for public consumption.
The Deal: The Official Magazine of the London Book Fair When it comes to publishing, Dominic Proctor is scathing. ‘Branding is almost non-existent in publishing,’ he states point blank. An industry that brought to public attention Steven King, John Grisham and the mother of all brands J K Rowling might
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I’m wondering whether to mention this to my personal trainer…..
Now here is a press release from HarperCollins I am very pleased to pass on: INDUSTRY FIRST: Orange World to advertise Nigel Slater’s Eating for England mobile portal In a unique collaboration between Orange World and the 5th Estate mobile portal, Nigel Slater fans will now be able to interact
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Financial Times/Business Life 1st October 2007 When a British schoolteacher asked pupils if any of them owned pirated DVDs, one proud 13-year-old’s hand shot up. “I’ve got 250, Miss,” he boasted. It was proof the course she was teaching was needed. The pioneering scheme, created by the British film industry,
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