Orion Website A writer whose work has been thrilling readers for the best part of the past fifty years might be expected to take it easy. Not James Lee Burke, who not only remains prolific – he has two books out this year and is working on his next for
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Orion Website Sitting through an interminable formal luncheon, novelist Jeff Lindsay found his mind drifting. It’s a situation with which we can all identify. But instead of wondering whether he had left the iron on or what he was having for supper that night, Jeff’s thoughts went somewhere very dark
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I am a big fan of Led Zep, have been since the age of 12 when I decided I no longer wanted to read mags aimed at fluffy girls and ordered NME and Sounds (remember Sounds?) from my newsagent instead. Sadly it was way to late to see them live, but…. I would sneak both mags into my bedroom and read them with the pleasure of a guilty secret.
Writers Talk: Public Lending Write Pamphlet Anyone who believes being an author is a pathway to riches is in for a rude awakening. Though the image of the starving writer scribbling away in their garret is dated, the average writer has seen their income drop from a measly £7,000 a
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You could almost hear the collective cry of despair from Grubb Street this morning when news broke that Richard & Judy is to be dropped by Channel 4. The Book Club, in one off specials, is to continue, but the show is going. For the past four years the show
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