writers

The Danish writer who commissioned cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, igniting violent protests across the Muslim world, says he can't find a publisher for his latest work, a translation of the Qur'an.

Go figure.

Bill Bryson is definitely one of the most entertaining and informative writers on the planet. With his uncanny ability to make even the driest of subject highly readable, Bryson has built a huge and loyal following.

A FIERCE debate between two Boyd family biographers has broken out over the death in 1972 of the novelist Martin Boyd, who spent his last days in the Hospital of the Blue Nuns in Rome.

One claims to get the suicide angle from the writer’s family. The other, after years of research, was seemingly never told. Big stink.

Wherever you find the pen-and-ink set, drink is an emblem of vivacity and wit, at times regarded with semireligious reverence. Why do scribblers make drinking their second art? For one thing, it primes them for their task.

Do the residences of writers give us any insight to their work? Could geography have informed the literature of our favorite poets and novelists? P.D. Smith ponders these questions and illustrates his musings with some lovely black and white photos of the homes in question.

It's time to throw off the shackles of traditional publishing contracts and face a brand new digital future with a brand new set of priorities. Let's copy or, should I say, learn from our brothers and sisters in Hollywood: don't let the industry take our digital rights away! Give us our digital dues! In the shift from print to digital, writers are in danger of losing out big time.

Writers, novelists, academics and artists answer the question: “What book changed your perspective on life and why?” Includes Cartoonist Harry Bliss, Writer Steve Almond and Fantasy novelist R.A. Salvatore. Be sure to click on the part 2 link at the bottom!

Arthur C Clarke's birthday wish to actually meet an alien was completely soul shattering for me. I really really thought he had an alien as a master. The poem "Passing Pleasures" offers a poetic release of dissappointment. I think I will write a book on how writer's become their work and their work, the writers. Sad.

“A federal appeals court on Thursday set aside a settlement between freelance writers and a group of publishers, including New York Times Co and Thomson Corp, in a copyright case involving work posted online or in databases.” I hope they keep fighting this one.

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