This week in publishing, Publishing Perspectives reports on a great initiative by Poland to ensure artists get paid pensions and other ben...

Last night I attended a prestigious lecture. The Book Council of New Zealand invited Lani Wendt Young, the current Pacific Laureate to de...

This week started with a hiss and a roar when the New York Times Best Seller list came out.   A book no one had heard of had hit nu...

We are half way through Winter and the local news is about flooding and snow storms and we are going into Election Season. It’s enoug...

Thou shalt read the writing rules... well they are just guidelines because every writer is different.  However there are some rul...

Just before I wrote this I was watching a YouTube clip about a teen who was on Britain’s Got Talent with an amazing voice. Simon Cowell...

Last week my theme was contingency planning... and knowing where the chocolate is. This week planning is still a hot topic. Jane ...

This week I attended the NZ Children’s Book Awards. As in recent years Indie publishers were 25% of the finalists and winners. Some of ...