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The art of the subtitle: properly explained

Recently, while visiting my 90-year-old mum, I found myself browsing her extensive collection of recipe books. Childhood memories wafted back as I leafed through 1970s cookbooks explaining how to bake brown bread (she was one of those hippy mums -... Read More

How broad is your library?

For some years I have been working on a memoir themed around the books that have shaped my world view. The concept is to discuss how the books we’ve read since childhood shape our world-view, and may have influenced our... Read More

Win a Chance to Grill a Ghost

What’s your all-time favourite rhyme? Mine, I think, is Cole Porter’s moment of blazing genius in ‘You’re the Top’, when he rhymes ‘Fred Astaire’ with ‘camembert’. Tell us the rhyme that tickles your fancy and you could win this week’s... Read More

Do characters have to be likeable in storytelling?

Most of us would rightly try and avoid the company of dangerous, violent individuals, whether intimately or from a great distance. If you’ve ever had the misfortune of being around people who wish you harm, you’ll know that it results... Read More