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- The Authors XI, by The Authors Cricket Club June 16, 2013It could all have gone terribly wrong. […]
- Between the Covers 16/06/2013 June 15, 2013Those who are still reeling from the news that Baileys is to take over sponsorship of the Women's Prize for Fiction should be grateful that they are not writers living in Italy. Its literary titans must suffer the indignity of being submitted for the Strega Prize – a prestigious award doled out annually since 1947 and sponsored by the sweet, slightly vi […]
- Tony Blair: Poster boy or cartoon villain? June 15, 2013Given that Blair's response to 9/11 led in a straight line to Britain's taking part in the invasion of Iraq 18 months later, and given that the Iraq war was the main reason Blair did not continue as Prime Minister for longer, solidarity with America – or, rather, solidarity with President Bush and meaning it – was a political error. Certainly, it i […]
- The Lady's for turning... into a revenge novel June 15, 2013It is a popular trope in English novels that revenge is a dish best served cold. So believes Paul Blezard, who is to publish a fictionalised account of his time as literary editor of The Lady magazine, nearly four years after he was fired. As the incoming editor responsible for his sacking, Rachel Johnson had better watch out. "I don't really do bi […]
- The Authors XI, by The Authors Cricket Club June 16, 2013
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An Editor’s Role in the Book Writing Process
Writers write and editors edit. Editors who attempt to muscle-in on the writer’s function need shooting – or deleting – at birth. But the temptation to suggest a word here, or a phrase there, is always present and hard not … Continue reading