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News&gossip for writers, hosted by uber-agent Peter Cox and the folk at Litopia Writers Colony


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Announcing the "Really Bad Literary Agency"
Eve’s Salmagundi Club is back – with a bite. Today we’re considering the controversial assertion made by two writers that “Anybody can call themselves a literary agent. There's no license required. No certification. No required training. No required degree. No test. Simply the willingness to call yourself an agent… (and some stationery.” If this is true, why are moat writers not more discerning when it comes to choosing an agent? And why do most writers stick with their agent, even...

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[ Mon, 6 Jul 2009 08:43:58 +0100 ]


Men Without Women
What do mean really get up to when women aren’t around? Tonight, you can find out – if you have the stomach for it – because it’s Men’s Night on Litopia After Dark. Four specimens of virile, potent, hunks of machismo, all in their testosterone-rich prime… and all on our panel for your enjoyment! Think of it as a kind of literary equivalent of The Chippendales. Panellists tonight are Dave Bartram (yes, he's back!), Litoon's Richard Howse, newcomer to the panel cartoonist Geoff No...

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[ Sat, 4 Jul 2009 09:54:41 +0100 ]


"I Will Hate You Till The Day I Die"
It’s a bitchfest royale in this week’s news, as two mediocre authors let rip at their critics – Britain’s Alain de Botton (“a writer so grand nowadays that his entire works are written in the royal We” says the Telegraph) and American Alice Hoffman (“not an author whose work I believe can be taken very seriously” says the Literary Saloon). They’ve both gone completely potty this week in their juvenile and hysterical over-reactions to poor reviews. In other news... the winner ...

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[ Fri, 3 Jul 2009 09:53:27 +0100 ]


My Therapist is my Journal
In our family”, wrote Ann Morrow Lindbergh, “an experience was not finished, nor truly experienced, unless written down and shared with another.” Today, we’re considering the difference between diaries and autobiographies – which one is the more truthful? And which the more self-serving? Do you keep a journal? Is it an inviolably private matter (to go with you to the grave) or do you subscribe to Mae West’s dictum – “Keep a diary and one day it’ll keep you”?...

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[ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:48:13 +0100 ]


Books That Matter: Death Comes for the Archbishop
"The greatest American novelist of the 20th century" says Oxford don John Simopoulos of Willa Cather, the author who grew up in Nebraska and is best known for her depictions of frontier life. John recommends Death Comes for the Archbishop (1927) "nothing short of magical" he says, and when John says that, you can take it as gospel. He also suggests you read Shadows on the Rock (1931), a novel set in 17th century Quebec describing the quiet, isolated life of Cecile Auclair and her father, the t...

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[ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:32:39 +0100 ]


Friday Night & Monday Morning
It’s the Monday after the Friday night before… we’re still recovering from the very first “Litopia After Dark: Face to Face” that took place last Friday evening. Eve is still travelling back to Scotland, so there’s no Eve’s Salmagundi Club today – instead, we’re looking at our new podcast website.. what do you think of it? And if you’re interested in helping out behind the scenes, do get in touch – there’s plenty of work for willing volunteers, on whom we depend....

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[ Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:56:23 +0100 ]


Face-To-Face At Last!
"So that’s what you look like!" was one of the most commonly-heard exclamations at London’s Poetry Café on Friday evening, as the cast of LITOPIA AFTER DARK made a little bit of Litopian history – yes, we finally met, face-to-face, in the flesh, and bereft of the horny carapace of electronic pseudonymity. We recorded two shows back-to-back – this is the first, totally live and completely unedited. The format is a little different to the usual LAD sweet-and-sour melange – we decided...

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[ Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:49:05 +0100 ]


Here Is The News, Again
There's a strong digital theme in this week's news. In the future, Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader will display more book formats beyond its own and we should expect to see Kindle books on a lot more devices. A US Court has ruled against text message promotion of books. Following Apple’s claim to have sold more than one million iPhone 3G S units last weekend, ScrollMotion announced a partnership to bring content from scores of major book, magazine and newspaper publishers to the iPhone. An...

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[ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:15:51 +0100 ]


Relaxez-Vous!
Does going to the library make you want to pee? If so, then you may be subject to the Library-Relaxation-Syndrome... a sure sign that you need to take a break. But - do you know how to? Can you relax when you need it most? Today, we’re talking about ways to relax. Many (most?) writers never relax – and that’s a big mistake. We drive ourselves to the edge – and then some more. The result is a burnt-out writer –no use to man nor beast. So here are a few ideas for de-stressing thi...

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[ Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:28:20 +0100 ]


The Last Catalog
Non-fiction publishing has been the hardest-hit of all publishing sectors by the advent of the internet: not many books in this area have been able to withstand the impact of free, up-to-date information that the web provides. This has disastrous news for countless authors, publishers, printers and everyone else employed in the business – but has there been an upside? Today, Peter considers this issue and comes to some disturbing conclusions....

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[ Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:04:07 +0100 ]


Books That Matter: The Voices of Marrakesh by Elias Canetti
We're back with another in our occasional summer series of Books That Matter, chosen and discussed by John Simopoulos, Dean of Degrees of St Catherine’s College, Oxford. Today, we’re talking about “a sublime monster”, as John describes him - Elias Canetti, the Bulgarian-born novelist who wrote in German and won the Nobel Prize in Literature. While some of Canetti’s works are relatively inaccessible, The Voices of Marrakesh is an ideal introduction to the work of one of the major int...

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[ Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:38:50 +0100 ]


Big Prospects for the Short Story
"To be a successful short story writer, you have to be utterly vulnerable on the page, and utterly ruthless in revision." Perceptive words that set our agenda this week on Eve’s Salmagundi Club. Commercially neglected for far too long, we’re increasingly bullish on the prospects for the short story. If you’re not a natural short story-teller – well, you ought to be. Now’s your opportunity to hone those skills, and get a march on the way the publishing market will soon develop, we be...

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[ Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:14:14 +0100 ]


Munchausen By Proxy By Proxy
Crystal shards of penetrative ideological shrapnel tonight from a spunky panel – we’re looking at things as they are, things as they were supposed to be, and things as they probably will be. Our guests include Richard Howse, currently studying at Britain’s National Academy of Writing, and one half of the creative duo that produces LITOON, the cartoon strip that’s rocking the publishing world on Litopia. From Edinburgh, Scotland we're delighted to welcome back the doyenne of Eve’s Sa...

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[ Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:32:17 +0100 ]


Here Is The News
Donna is still away, so it falls to Peter to attempt to cover a round-up of this week’s news – and there’s lots happening. The Romance Writers of America have decided that ebook publication doesn’t qualify an author for membership. Bloomsbury Publishing is being sued by the estate of children's writer Adrian Jacobs over claims that J K Rowling "copied" his work in one of her Harry Potter books. Simon & Schuster has reached an agreement with Scribd under the terms of which the social n...

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[ Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:22:56 +0100 ]


How Not To Get Ripped Off
It’s a worry that often plagues new authors – how can you protect your precious ideas from being stolen? Today, Peter addresses two listeners’ questions: is there anything you can do to make your ideas copy-proof? And should you pay for an editor to go over your manuscript before you submit it to agents or publishers? Both great questions – but not particularly easy answers. If you’ve got a burning issue or question you want to ask peter, feel free to post it in the “Ask The Agent...

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[ Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:15:25 +0100 ]


Books That Matter: Remnants of a Quiet Life
John Simopoulos, Dean of Degrees of St Catherine’s College, Oxford, is with us again today in an occasional but delightful series we’re running this summer that we’re calling “Books That Matter”. Featuring books and authors you may not necessarily have come across, but which will amply repay your attention. Today, we present Remnants of a Quiet Life – a book of thirteen elegant stories about academic life behind the dreaming spires of Oxford, told by Sir Henry Harris, Regius Prof...

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[ Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:34:45 +0100 ]


Clothes Maketh The Writer
Today we’re discussing writers’ style... no, not the sort of style you may be thinking about... but the sort of style that counts in public. How can a financially-challenged writer dress with style- where do you find great clothes at affordable prices... and what sort of fashion statement should you make? Tweed jackets and leather elbow patches are OUT... but what’s in? A writer’s public image has never been more important than it is today: ignore it at your peril!...

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[ Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:50:46 +0100 ]


Can Writing Be Taught?
Stories sprinkled liberally with words like "striate", "strafe", "rime", "rinse"; stories with labored prose, instead of simply saying, "I remembered", it's "My brain rolled up into a tube and my childhood rushed through it...". Is this good writing? Or self-conscious, imitative pap? Bloodless, technically competent, and dammed by Salman Rushdie. In Eve's Salmagundi Club today, we’re focusing on a provocative blog post that suggests that the MFA industry (aka creative writing courses) ma...

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[ Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:09:53 +0100 ]


Following Your Strangeness
It’s a vintage show tonight - an intense blend of wisdom, provocation, information and hilarification - you’ll want to listen more than once to catch everything. The title comes from our discussion about the quicksilver-like quality known as a writer’s "voice"... what is it, exactly? Why do publishers prize it most highly and – how do you go about developing it? Making a long overdue return is our special guest Dr. Susan O’Doherty; writer, clinical psychologist and the author of Get...

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[ Sat, 13 Jun 2009 08:04:58 +0100 ]


Storytime: The First Twin 4
If you like listening to short stories, you’re in for a treat every day this week. The recent “Flash Fiction” contest in Litopia Writers’ Colony has produced a cornucopia of entries. Asked to write no more than one thousand words on the subject of “The First Twin” (a topic inspired by our recent interview with #1 bestselling Italian author Paolo Giordano) Colonists have really excelled themselves. Four very different short stories are on the shortlist – listen every day and work...

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[ Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:00:00 +0100 ]


Storytime: The First Twin 3
If you like listening to short stories, you’re in for a treat every day this week. The recent “Flash Fiction” contest in Litopia Writers’ Colony has produced a cornucopia of entries. Asked to write no more than one thousand words on the subject of “The First Twin” (a topic inspired by our recent interview with #1 bestselling Italian author Paolo Giordano) Colonists have really excelled themselves. Four very different short stories are on the shortlist – listen every day and work...

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[ Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:50:28 +0100 ]


Storytime: The First Twin 2
If you like listening to short stories, you’re in for a treat every day this week. The recent “Flash Fiction” contest in Litopia Writers’ Colony has produced a cornucopia of entries. Asked to write no more than one thousand words on the subject of “The First Twin” (a topic inspired by our recent interview with #1 bestselling Italian author Paolo Giordano) Colonists have really excelled themselves. Four very different short stories are on the shortlist – listen every day and work...

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[ Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:51:37 +0100 ]


Storytime: The First Twin 1
If you likely listening to short stories, you’re in for a treat – today, and every day for the rest of the week. The recent “Flash Fiction” contest in Litopia Writers’ Colony has produced a cornucopia of entries... asked to write no more than one thousand words on the subject of “The First Twin” (a topic inspired by our recent interview with #1 bestselling Italian author Paolo Giordano) Colonists have really excelled themselves. Four very different short stories are on the shortl...

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[ Mon, 8 Jun 2009 21:25:15 +0100 ]


Daydream Believer
Do you doodle? Ever wanted to know what they mean? Wonder no more - in this edition of Eve's Salmagundi Club, we learn that our aggressively ambitious hostess draws fishtanks... what meaning can they possibly have? And as for Peter's obsession with jets... we'll draw a discrete veil over that. Seriously, doodling is now believed to be a very healthy trait for creative people. Plus - exciting news concerning our "Flash Fiction" contest!...

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[ Sun, 7 Jun 2009 21:28:27 +0100 ]


A Blow to the Head
So what does it all mean, then? Or to paraphrase, what’s it all about, Author? This week on the world’s favorite podcast for writers we ponder some of the great imponderables. Should a book have some meaning in order to have value? What's the point and meaning of the world's book fairs? Why did the BBC call Monty Pythons’ humor "nihilistic, cruel and disgusting"? And what is HarperCollins going to do about it all then, Rupert? Questions, questions. On this week's interrogatory yet wat...

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[ Sat, 6 Jun 2009 12:42:30 +0100 ]


Salinger Doesn't Screw Around
It's Friday - so it's the first new-style edition of THE WRITE REPORT with our own Donna Ballman. J.D. Salinger is suing to stop publication of an unauthorized sequel to "The Catcher in the Rye". But will the famous recluse actually show up for a deposition? And is that really what this is about - to pull him out of seclusion? Also, Amazon and Hachette resolve the standoff that had Hachette's “buy” buttons removed from Amazon's store... and e-books are accused of being elitist....

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[ Thu, 4 Jun 2009 17:23:24 +0100 ]


The Choices We Make
Choices are made in a few seconds and paid for in the time that remains... Paolo Giordano's The Solitude of Prime Numbers was Italy's top selling title last year and the winner of the country's premier literary award, the Premio Strega (Italy's equivalent of the Booker prize). Today is our last conversation with Paolo, fresh from his debut at Britain's Hay Festival. What has the past year’s tumultuous success been like for him personally? And what considerable pressures and expectations do...

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[ Wed, 3 Jun 2009 18:33:49 +0100 ]


The Solitude of Prime Numbers
Paolo Giodano's first novel, The Solitude of Prime Numbers, took Italy by storm last year: selling over a million copies and becoming the year's top selling title. Today we talk to Paolo, fresh from his debut at the Hay Festival, about the process of writing. “Writing a novel is like tearing a piece out of [the author’s] past, present and future”, he says. How can you create deep emotional truth in your writing? What is the relationship between the author and his characters? And – w...

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[ Tue, 2 Jun 2009 19:33:53 +0100 ]


Paolo Giodano
Paolo Giodano was just 25 when his first novel, The Solitude of Prime Numbers, took Italy by storm last year... selling over a million copies and becoming the year's No. 1 bestselling title. It has been translated into twenty languages and will be filmed by Italian director Saverio Costanzo. How did the idea for the book arise? What's it like to have your first novel become such a breathtaking international success? And - how do you cope with all the pressures and expectations this kind of s...

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[ Tue, 2 Jun 2009 06:27:41 +0100 ]


Tropes Are In
It's Monday, so it's time to (warily) open the doors to Eve's Salmagundi Club - today, we're looking at the latest incarnation of the e-book reader... this one's in color... and a site that collects personal messages written in ink (or pen or marker or crayon or grape jelly) inside books. Then we bring you publishing's latest buzz-word: you heard it here first, folks, and who knows? It might just swing that next book proposal of yours. And - news of the latest writing competition in the Colony...

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[ Mon, 1 Jun 2009 05:59:29 +0100 ]

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