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Inhumanities in Education
The wonderful Michael Morpurgo, appearing at the recent Nielsen Bestseller Awards Ceremony, said of bestseller status: "I'm not sure a...
David Smith
Jan 28, 20202 min read
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Perverted by Language
Some grammatical and linguistic errors that drive us mad ‘The exception that proves the rule' Wouldn't it be handy if this expression...
David Smith
Jan 28, 20202 min read
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On the Art of Writing
“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.” Toni Morrison “If you don't have time...
David Smith
Jan 28, 20203 min read
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The Dark Arts of Book Editing
One of New Zealand’s best and most illustrious book editors, Stephen Stratford (“I am a polite person, mostly”), vents about having to...
David Smith
Jan 28, 202010 min read
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The Novels of Will Self Are Doomed
.It’s inexplicable to me that Will Self still hasn’t been fully rumbled. If the dreary, ponderous, unamusing indiscipline of his...
David Smith
Apr 13, 20182 min read
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Violence Against Women: The CrimeFest Controversy
CrimeFest, the festival of crime writing which is held in Bristol each year and the newly launched Staunch Prize for crime fiction find...
David Smith
Mar 5, 20182 min read
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