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Joelle Taylor wins TS Eliot poetry prize for ‘blazing’ C+nto & Othered Poems | TS Eliot prize for poetry | The Guardian

Thu, 13/01/2022 - 6:39pm — Chris Holifield

10 January 2022

Joelle Taylor wins TS Eliot poetry prize for ‘blazing’ C+nto & Othered Poems | TS Eliot prize for poetry | The Guardian website

Joelle Taylor has won the TS Eliot poetry prize for her look at butch lesbian counterculture in the 1990s, C+nto & Othered Poems, praised by judges as "a blazing book of rage and light".

10 January 2022 - What's new

January 2022

‘If there is anything I believe to be foundational to the business of writing then it is this: writing is work. To frame it in this way is to acknowledge that good writing doesn't come out, fully formed, at two in the morning; and nor does it require anything extraordinary in the way of genius or education, although of course it's possible to have an aptitude for it, and reading helps.

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Psychotherapy and fiction

Thu, 13/01/2022 - 2:00pm — Chris Holifield

10 January 2022

Psychotherapy and fiction website

The pressures on all our mental health have never seemed greater, and every parent or carer, whether biological or adoptive, bears the additional burden of worrying about their children's wellbeing. Are they healthy? Are they safe? Are they happy? Although the challenges change with each stage of a child's development, they never go away. Read more

Richard Charkin: A 2022 Publishing Resolution

Thu, 13/01/2022 - 1:58pm — Chris Holifield

10 January 2022

Richard Charkin: A 2022 Publishing Resolution website

I‘m writing this on January 1. It's exactly 50 years since I turned up at the side entrance of George G.Harrap & Co., at 182-184 High Holborn, London, WC2, on January 1, 1972, having been interviewed and accepted for the job of a "Young Scientific Assistant Editor." January 1 wouldn't become a bank holiday in England until 1974. Read more

The Obscure French Thriller That May Hold the Secrets to Jack Reacher’s World ‹ CrimeReads

Thu, 13/01/2022 - 1:55pm — Chris Holifield

10 January 2022

The Obscure French Thriller That May Hold the Secrets to Jack Reacher’s World ‹ CrimeReads website

Most children enjoy stories about kids getting away from their parents, even the ones who are perfectly happy at home. The young Jim Grant was never very happy at home. Read more

Revenues up £1.3m at Roald Dahl Story Company before Netflix deal earned £370m | The Bookseller

Thu, 13/01/2022 - 12:56pm — Chris Holifield

10 January 2022

Revenues up £1.3m at Roald Dahl Story Company before Netflix deal earned £370m | The Bookseller website

The latest set of accounts published at Companies House also show pretax profits increased to £14.4m, from £13.2m the year before. TRDSC's former directors Luke Kelly and Claire Wright said the performance "exceeded expectations" with revenue 13.2% ahead of budget. Read more

YA is leading the way | The Bookseller

Thu, 13/01/2022 - 12:53pm — Chris Holifield

10 January 2022

YA is leading the way | The Bookseller website

I've kind of given up telling non-publishing people that I write for young adults. They nod knowingly and then say something dismissive like "isn't that just vampire romances?"

This leaves me with two options. Option one: bite them on the neck. Or option two: explain very politely that young adult fiction is without doubt the most exciting, innovative space in publishing today. Read more

For want of a motive for the book thief, let’s run through some possibilities | Stephanie Merritt | The Guardian

Thu, 13/01/2022 - 12:50pm — Chris Holifield

10 January 2022

For want of a motive for the book thief, let’s run through some possibilities | Stephanie Merritt | The Guardian website

The theft of books occupies a complex place in our moral judgment, depending on motive. In Markus Zusak's 2005 novel The Book Thief, the actions of the title character are heroic - she steals books to save them from destruction. Read more

Zadie Smith on Reading While You Write ‹ Literary Hub

Thu, 13/01/2022 - 12:47pm — Chris Holifield

10 January 2022

Zadie Smith on Reading While You Write ‹ Literary Hub website

Some writers won't read a word of any novel while they're writing their own. Not one word. They don't even want to see the cover of a novel. As they write, the world of fiction dies: no one has ever written, no one is writing, no one will ever write again. Read more

Joanne Harris on how her career as a teacher shaped her career as a writer ‹ CrimeReads

Thu, 13/01/2022 - 12:45pm — Chris Holifield

10 January 2022

Joanne Harris on how her career as a teacher shaped her career as a writer ‹ CrimeReads website

I come from a family of teachers. Both my parents taught at Barnsley Girls' High School, which meant from an early age I was immersed in stories of school life: the scandals, the fights, the rivalries of any small community. Read more

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Joelle Taylor wins TS Eliot poetry prize for ‘blazing’ C+nto & Othered Poems | TS Eliot prize for poetry | The Guardian

10 January 2022 - What's new

Psychotherapy and fiction

Richard Charkin: A 2022 Publishing Resolution

The Obscure French Thriller That May Hold the Secrets to Jack Reacher’s World ‹ CrimeReads

Revenues up £1.3m at Roald Dahl Story Company before Netflix deal earned £370m | The Bookseller

YA is leading the way | The Bookseller

For want of a motive for the book thief, let’s run through some possibilities | Stephanie Merritt | The Guardian

Zadie Smith on Reading While You Write ‹ Literary Hub

Joanne Harris on how her career as a teacher shaped her career as a writer ‹ CrimeReads

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