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Even the esteemed New York Times doesn’t always get it right, as these blasts from the past show … “Shall[…]

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A Christmas Carol: You will become better acquainted with a coworker. Frankenstein: A friend is a present you give yourself.[…]

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Travelling around the islands on my first visit to Greece many years ago, it seemed as if every second person[…]

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Ian Rankin is author of 21 Inspector Rebus novels along with 20 others. He’s also written plays, graphic novels, short[…]

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Fifteen more famously rejected writers who persevered. Can you identify who, and in some cases, what book, got rejected? (You’ll[…]

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Rejection slips are part of a writer’s landscape. All authors get them at one time or another, and they usually[…]

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It’s over a decade old (2004) but a Slashdot post by acclaimed sci-fi author Neal Stephenson (left) is worth repeating:[…]

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There’s still time (just) to enter Bath Spa University’s Novel in 25 Words competition. Entries close on at 23.59 on[…]

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Next year is the 30th anniversary of Ian Rankin’s Inspector Rebus, and the twenty-first book in the series. With Rather[…]

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The problem — and the delight — of the English language is that there is no such thing as Standard[…]

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