BP, rebranded
Greenpeace recently held a competition to design a more appropriate logo for BP, a company responsible for massive environmental destruction. I like the winning entry – here’s the…
More rumours…
Following on from my last post, I was amazed to hear that bookshop behemoth Barnes & Noble is now up for sale.…
Rumours of the death of bookshops
I got depressed about bookshops recently. A great little London literary magazine, Smoke, has just published its last issue. The editor/founder Matt…
Cinders
Just wanted to share the exciting news that one of my regular readers, Michelle Davidson Argyle (aka Lady Glamis) has just published…
Monday morning inspiration
“We are here to provide for those who are weaker and hungrier, more battered and more crippled than ourselves. That is our…
Paired with Andrea Levy
OK, so Amazon’s algorithms don’t always work too well. But I was pleased to see On the Holloway Road being offered with Andrea Levy’s Small Island for £9.93…
Monday morning inspiration
“The author of genius does keep til his last breath the spontaneity, the ready sensitiveness, of a child, the “innocence of eye”…
New Yorker 20 under 40
Ah, another list. Another list that makes me feel inadequate, not only because I’m not on it but because I haven’t even…
Monday morning inspiration
Remember you love writing. It wouldn’t be worth it if you didn’t. If the love fades, do what you need to and…