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Champions for the blind

Tue, 13/08/2024 - 12:52pm — Chris Holifield

12 August 2024

A visit to the RNIB office brought home to author AA Chaudhuri the dedication of the charity's staff and the importance of the work they do

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‘It's difficult, perhaps impossible, to write a character well in the past who is not a projection back of modern sensibilities. My defence would be that the 16th century was the time when rational, sceptical inquiry was beginning. This was the age of the humanists: we're leaving medieval thought patterns behind.

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Public libraries in 'crisis' as councils cut services - BBC News

Tue, 10/09/2024 - 1:02pm — Chris Holifield

9 September 2024

Public libraries in 'crisis' as councils cut services - BBC News website

More than 180 council-run libraries have either closed or been handed over to volunteer groups in the UK since 2016, BBC analysis has found.

The New Trend In Book Covers Is Old-Timey Animals | Defector

Tue, 10/09/2024 - 12:59pm — Chris Holifield

9 September 2024

The New Trend In Book Covers Is Old-Timey Animals | Defector website

The New Trend In Book Covers Is Old-Timey Animals

'Demon Copperhead' author Barbara Kingsolver to receive National Book Award for lifetime achievement | AP News

Tue, 10/09/2024 - 12:54pm — Chris Holifield

9 September 2024

'Demon Copperhead' author Barbara Kingsolver to receive National Book Award for lifetime achievement | AP News website

NEW YORK (AP) - Barbara Kingsolver, this year's recipient of a National Book Award medal for literary achievement, remembers well the years she couldn't imagine receiving such honors.

Author Profiles Are No Replacement for Book Criticism But I Love Them Anyway ‹ Literary Hub

Tue, 10/09/2024 - 12:51pm — Chris Holifield

9 September 2024

Author Profiles Are No Replacement for Book Criticism But I Love Them Anyway ‹ Literary Hub website

Can fairytales and fantasy compete with Fortnite? How to get kids reading at any age | Children and teenagers | The Guardian

Tue, 10/09/2024 - 12:43pm — Chris Holifield

9 September 2024

Can fairytales and fantasy compete with Fortnite? How to get kids reading at any age | Children and teenagers | The Guardian website

Books, comics, films, video games ... does it matter how children discover stories? Keeping an open mind is just one way to help get them hooked

The rise of the WhatsApp novelists | The Week UK

Tue, 10/09/2024 - 12:32pm — Chris Holifield

9 September 2024

The rise of the WhatsApp novelists | The Week UK website

Why authors in Zimbabwe are channelling Dickens by serialising their novels through the messaging app

I learned the language of computer programming in my 50s – here’s what I discovered | Technology | The Guardian

Tue, 10/09/2024 - 12:26pm — Chris Holifield

9 September 2024

I learned the language of computer programming in my 50s – here’s what I discovered | Technology | The Guardian website

I learned the language of computer programming in my 50s - here's what I discovered

The Bookseller - News - International AI treaty: ALCS calls on government to go further and protect 'mass violation' of creatives' rights

Tue, 10/09/2024 - 12:15pm — Chris Holifield

9 September 2024

The Bookseller - News - International AI treaty: ALCS calls on government to go further and protect 'mass violation' of creatives' rights website

A day after the UK signed the first international treaty addressing the risks of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) has called on the UK government to go further and protect "creators" from a "mass violation of their rights".

Q&A: novelist Sally Page

Tue, 10/09/2024 - 12:11pm — Chris Holifield

9 September 2024

Q&A: novelist Sally Page website

Sally Page's third novel, The Secrets of Flowers, tells the story of a trainee florist who begins to research the flowers on the Titanic

Confessions from the other side of the crime scene tape

Tue, 10/09/2024 - 12:08pm — Chris Holifield

9 September 2024

Confessions from the other side of the crime scene tape website

Forensic anthropologist turned author Clea Koff on how her work has inspired her debut novel, Silent Evidence

The Bookseller - Comment - Emotional resilience for authors

Tue, 10/09/2024 - 12:05pm — Chris Holifield

9 September 2024

The Bookseller - Comment - Emotional resilience for authors website

After 14 novels into my career as an author, here are my tips for surviving the rollercoaster ride.

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