Random Reading

Save the Aussie book industry!

Further to my previous words on this subject, here’s a link to a petition favouring retaining the status quo regarding the local book industry.

Are librarians an endangered species?

Let’s campaign to ensure librarians aren’t casualties of over-stretched school or council budgets.

Celebrity authors

Being famous would certainly make it easier to get your manuscript read by publishers but I doubt it would sway audiences in any significant way.

The edge has moved (but it’s still sharp)

Back when ‘Game as Ned’ was being pitched to various publishers, there was feedback that a particular scene in the story, a vicious and violent assault, might be considered “too edgy”.