Tim Harford, author of The Undercover Economist, will be appearing on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme on Monday March 2nd.
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Journalist and social commentator James Harkin, author of the new book Cyburbia: The Dangerous Idea That's Changing How We Live and Who We Are has responded, via his website www.jamesharkin.co.uk, to recent suggestions by Baroness Susan Greenfield that too much online activity risks 'infantalising' the mind, leaving us all prone to "short attention spans, sensationalism, [an] inability to empathise and a shaky sense of identity".
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The Piatkus Book of the Month for March is the stunning debut novel, Breathing in Colour by Clare Jay, an emotional and utterly gripping story about Mia and the fractured relationship she has with her mother.
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There's a piece on the Times website today (also published in the T2 section of the print edition) by James Harkin, author of Cyburbia, on the mass-communication phenomenon called Twitter and its origins in the theories of cybernetics that have helped to shape the development of the Internet - and indeed of the entire modern world - over the past 60 or 70 years.
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This month, Virago is running two competitions. The first is an email sweepstake, the prize one of ten advanced reading copies of the first chapter of The Little Stranger, the new novel from Sarah Waters.
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The Between the Sheets team presents a selection of recommended Valentine's Day reading...
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The Between the Sheets Team reveals the things they're enjoying a love/hate relationship with this month...
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The Between the Sheets Team reveals what they really think of the annual lurve-fest...
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With Valentine's Day approaching, the Between the Sheets team thought they'd ask their lovely authors how their perfect V Day would pan out. Prepare to meet John Cusack, clear up some Lego from under the sofa and, er, decapitate the guy responsible ...
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Thrive amongst the throng: how to get that elusive second date...
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Louise Candlish tells us about the experience of returning to an old haunt...
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February 14th - Valentine's Day - the day for lovers; the day for romance; the day for romantic settings. What wonderful sources for the writer and we do not have to confine them to Valentine's Day. They come into our lives every day and have done throughout all time.
Posted 11/02/2009 14:56:39 by Darren Turpin with 1 comments.
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, will feature on BBC Radio 4's A Good Read on Tuesday 3 March at 4.30 p.m., repeated on Friday 6th March at 11.00 p.m. Visit www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts for more information on the current series of A Good Read. Further afield and later in the year, Iain will be an author guest at the Prague Writers' Festival, which takes place at the Laterna Magika theatre in the city over the weekend of 7th - 11th June this year. Visit www.pwf.cz for more information on the event. And visit www.iainbanks.net for more information on the author and his books.
Posted 11/02/2009 09:14:21 by Darren Turpin with 0 comments.
In an interview with www.EssentialWriters.com, Virago author Elisabeth Russell Taylor speaks of the ways in which love and loss affect her writing and the path she took to become a published author.
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