Ever been plagiarised? Ever plagiarised anyone? Ever wanted to use a line or two from our literary heritage and found you couldn’t afford the copy-permission price? The latter just happened to me which is why I have just copied this ancient article (by me!) onto the ol’ blog. Read all »
Circaidy Gregory Press is proud to announce the launch of the book of Tom O’Brien’s play, to be celebrated by performances in London (23rd March) and Hastings (2nd April) by the London Irish Theatre. For more information, please see theatre director John Dunne’s press release… Read all »
If you don’t put good books in your library, or if you lock the doors when people want to use it, less people will use your library. If you think this is obvious and doesn’t need saying, please read the following by Alan Gibbons to find out why you should start saying it very loudly… Read all »
Everybody seems to know about ‘vanity publishing’ these days. From the acknowledged heights of the literary establishment to the most obscure corners of the Internet, you regularly come across people pouring scorn on those who pay to have their work published. Read all »
This is one tremendous adventure story from Ali Sparkes, author of the famous Shapeshifter series published by OUP. Her regular followers won’t need to be told that ‘Miganium’ is a book to get hold of – they have been eagerly awaiting this title for some time – but in case you haven’t come across Ali’s stories, this is how it goes… Read all »
Think of all the support services there are for people who have fallen victim to fundamentalists, cults and abusive, closed communities of various types. Did it ever dawn on anyone that ex-nuns and ex-priests from what we think of as a ‘normal’ religion could need something similar?
Hitting The ‘Send’ Button
‘Low Tide, Lunan Bay’ is Rosalie Warren’s second novel and I’ve been waiting for it eagerly. Her work to date shows a canny ability to draw the reader into intimate sympathy with imperfect people. Warren enters the battle that is their lives and illuminates the ‘big issues’ we are all facing out in the world right now, sometimes as surprisingly subtle influencing factors, sometimes as full-on, opposing armies. Read all »
Dear Editor,
Are you a vanity publisher?
Yours,
A Hopeful Author
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Have you noticed how people judge internet-based writing in a totally different way to works that come to them in a more traditional form? Or have you wondered about the startled reactions flash fiction receives from non-internet using readers? Read all »
When I was young I was aware that children were sold over the counter or even in the market place. I witnessed such a sale myself and I know of four relatives who were sold as children, isn’t that shocking! – Yong Pease Read all »
