Explore a psychological aspect of your main character through a small action. Do they pick up a drink and put it back down without taking a sip? Do they go to get something from the cupboard and...
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Our Thoughts on the Penguin/Random House Merger The last few years have been scary for the literary world. In Australia, we’ve seen the likes of Angus & Robertson and Borders close up, two of...
More Changes to the Publishing World – HarperCollins CEO Resigns
"Victoria Barnsley, one of the most powerful figures in British publishing, has unexpectedly announced that she is leaving the company at the end of this week" - Jon Stock, The Guardian. This...
Many throughout the publishing industry were shocked to find that today, the merging of two major players became official. Penguin and Random House united under one roof today, now dominating the...
It’s taken a while, but our verdicts are finally in on Lurman’s Gatsby. With its pumping Jay-Z-meets-The Charleston soundtrack and its visual feast of dazzling costuming, sky scraper fly overs...
"In Lionel Shriver’s novel Big Brother, a woman puts her marriage on the line to help a drastically obese sibling lose weight.” An unexpected topic for Shriver's new novel 'Big...