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Authors - News

Last updated 24.07.08

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Authors question plan for child literacy

A powerful lobby of leading authors and educationists accuse the Government today of setting children up for failure. In a letter to the...

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Creative writing courses from Faber

Faber has confirmed that it is planning to roll out a series of creative writing courses, to...

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Amazon highlights rising stars

Amazon.co.uk has launched a new promotion for upcoming writers, with the aim of improving...

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Authors - In Depth

Last updated 11.07.08

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Some like it hot

It’s five to four on what feels like the hottest day of the year so far. Having braved the heat of the Tube and located the restaurant where I am to meet Anjum Anand, my phone rings. I expect the worst, aware that a colleague was recently...

A very Zavvi guy

When you walk into Zavvi’s offices in Hammersmith, the first two photographs you see are not of rock stars but authors. Rather than Jay-Z or David Bowie, Russell Brand and George Foreman at signing events adorn the reception...

Reeve: ‘a proper writer at last’

Carnegie winner Philip Reeve has lent his support  to introducing age guidance to children’s books, describing the current author revolt over the move as “a storm in a teacup”.“The market research evidence that...


Authors - Blogs

Last updated 25.06.08

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Alex Milway

What’s the point of blogging?

Where blogging is concerned, British authors can learn a thing or two from their US counterparts.

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Tim Relf

'Networking' is the hardest word

Authors can find networking more difficult than their savvy publishers.

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SUSAN HILL

Nowhere to hide

Publishers don't bother to boast about sales figures any longer because they know they can be...

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