Opinion: Time to rethink contractsFriday, 7th August 2009
Between the extremes of what is offered by the publishing and record industries, it must surely be possible to arrive at an equitable contract? Trevor Dolby thinks it's...
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Libraries column: A bridge to readersWednesday, 5th August 2009
Reading Partners shows a way to reach readers from all ages and communities, writes Sandeep Mahal Building a grass roots readership for writers through libraries is now a...
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Rough Atlantic weather ahead?Friday, 31st July 2009
When Anthony Cheetham ended several months of speculation by bowing out of Quercus on 12 February this year, finding himself deprived of power and temperamentally unsuited...
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Children's column: The vetting controversy - who said whatMonday, 27th July 2009
Against my better judgement, in the interests of coverage for BookBrunch, I put my toe back into the Vetting Children's Authors debate. I said my two bits worth in a...
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Harrogate: shouldn't I be having fun?Friday, 24th July 2009
For his second bulletin from Britain's biggest crime festival, Peter James pastes on his (slightly tired) Happy Loser smile Official Day One of the Theakstons Old Peculier...
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Libraries column - Young people take charge of readingWednesday, 22nd July 2009
'When you get used to going to the library it's just like going round to your mate's house' - Alex Pendlebury, 15, from Woolston High School, volunteer member of...
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Children's column: Remembering Naomi LewisTuesday, 21st July 2009
Two memorials have been planned for Naomi Lewis, children's writer and critic, who died on 5 July at the age of 97. The official celebration of Naomi's life and work,...
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Children's column: The Branford Boase and beyondMonday, 13th July 2009
The Branford Boase Award for a first children's book (and its editor), announced last Thursday (9 July), and set up in memory of Henrietta Branford and her editor Wendy...
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