I’m Back… Yes, this blog is one day late. It will not be a trend for the year. (Way to go, Maureen, starting 2021 with an apology… OTOH is...

( to stop you reaching for the bottle…) This week the Cilip Carnegie and Cilip Kate Greenaway medals were announced. These awards ...

This week as the news of Barnes and Nobles purchase dribbled out, there was a taking stock over whether their saving was a good thing. On...

Around the writing blogosphere this week the talk was all about the Writers Guild suing the big talent agencies over shonky deals with wr...

Down Under it is Summer and everyone is hunting shade or staring at unusual weather phenomena. This week in the publishing blogosphere m...

This week the arrest of a literary agency accountant for embezzlement had many authors checking their records. For 17 years the agen...

What more can Amazon come up with to change the publishing landscape?  (I hear you whimpering.) The Kindle, Subscription reading, Cre...

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...