Writing On Rails
The tsunami of advice and self-help books courses, seminars and retreats is one of the few boom areas in the publishing business at the moment – each time an editor is made redundant, they either...
View ArticleThe Truth About “The Jewel Of Medina”
“The Jewel Of Medina” has the reputation of being one of the most controversial books of recent years… on par with “The Satanic Verses” and the Danish cartoons of Mohammed for its ability to cause...
View ArticleTall Stories From An Ugly War
An author who will be familiar to listeners of Radio Litopia’s Between The Lines show has got himself into trouble. We interviewed Nicolai Lilin a year ago, and found his first book, Siberian...
View ArticleHang On A Minute That’s My Work You Are Talking About
It was the clash of the old and new on The Naked Book, with Richard Mollet, chief executive of the Publishers Association, having a proper playground scrap with two “new media” folk over copyright....
View ArticleWelcome to Hotel Chernobyl
Pollution Tourism is the next big thing for adventurous travelers, says tonight’s guest Andrew Blackwell. His book Visit Sunny Chernobyl is an account of his vacations in some of the world’s most...
View ArticleThe Broadcast Takeover
Television is an increasingly important area for writers and the publishing industry generally. As the book market becomes ever more competitive, the writer’s platform has to grow in as many ways as...
View ArticleThere’s A Hole In My Sock Puppet
Sock puppets of the world look on. This week The Naked Book interviewed puppet hunter extraordinaire the thriller writer Jeremy Duns. Duns exposed crime-writer R J Ellory last week, and he has been...
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