Let it be said that the current publishing model, as a whole, doesn’t work perfectly. Great writers don’t make it,… Read more Traditional versus Self-Publishing
JK Rowling, Pottermore and the Future
As far as moments in publishing go, the launch of Pottermore is massive. But what makes it momentous is that,… Read more JK Rowling, Pottermore and the Future
The Many Problems with Kony 2012
I distrust social media for a number of reasons, and while it can be used for good, it is also… Read more The Many Problems with Kony 2012
Review of The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M Danforth
The Miseducation of Cameron Post Emily Danforth In September 2010, 7 gay students committed suicide after being relentlessly bullied, sparking… Read more Review of The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M Danforth
Paulo Coelho and Book Piracy
This week the Guardian covered Coelho’s impassioned plea to his fans to pirate his books. He argues, and rather well,… Read more Paulo Coelho and Book Piracy
Review of Exhibit A by Sarah Lotz
This isn’t a new title, having been published by Penguin in 2009 and brought for me by friend Mark during… Read more Review of Exhibit A by Sarah Lotz
The Unfair Crucifixion of Salman Rushdie
Satanic Verses deals with the scope of life and death, Bollywood films, utterly destructive love and romance (the mother pushing her children out of a building and following them), sin and lust and climbing Everest. It is a work broad in its material and eloquent in its execution and about so much more than just a few misguided verses. To mark this book as unfit and unacceptable just because a few people are offended is an insult to those of us who don’t share the same belief systems.
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
The Language of Flowers was billed to me as the Eat, Pray, Love of 2011. As someone who considers ‘women’s… Read more The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Why the Anti-SOPA Movement Matters
I have said before that I am a supporter of Anonymous and all their crazy folks, and today is a good day for a… Read more Why the Anti-SOPA Movement Matters
Review of The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
I realise that this review is several months too late to capitalise on the buzz this book generated with the… Read more Review of The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
