Are writers a sustainable political constituency capable of effecting, collectively, massive change? Wait, why are you laughing? It’s true that writers aren’t nearly as powerful a political force as large,… Read more »

There was a depressing article in the New York Times over the weekend about the rate at which novelists are expected to churn out books these days: two a year… 1 / Read more »

Words was oh such a twitch-tickling problem to the BFG. He knew exactly what words he was wanting to say, but somehow or other they was always getting squiff-squiddled around.… Read more »

In John Self’s latest missive in the Guardian, he discusses the idea of “an easy read,” which is defined as a book that is “not too hard going.” But what… 2 / Read more »