Why indie bookshops and indie authors need to work together
January 22, 2025
Amazon is one of those habits that’s hard to kick. I want to break my online habit and buy all my books from people who care about publishing.
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Social Media: Meet your new Facebook Fake Friend
January 3, 2025
Social networks were supposed to bring people together. Meta’s plan to insert AI-generated “users” into the mix risks eroding the last scraps of authenticity.
The five books I’d give for Christmas
December 2, 2024
I look back on the literary year and select the very best books to gift your loved ones this festive season.
On becoming a Birmingham serial offender
August 20, 2024
On reading and writing and how Birmingham might be the settings for the first in a new series of novels exploring how friendship is the new family.
Writer David Nicholl’s silent soundtrack trick
July 19, 2024
Discover how David Nicholls cleverly uses song references in his latest novel, avoiding copyright issues while enriching storytelling. Learn this innovative technique for writers and readers alike.
A day at the spa – why would anyone do this to themselves?
July 8, 2024
Everything was slightly off-white—the walls, the furniture, the receptionist. She was the kind of pale that only comes from spending way too much time indoors, reading Goop and denying the existence of carbohydrates.