Publishing
The fame game
Why has talking about books become the preserve of know-nothing celebrities?
Good God, I can’t publish this…
The ancient art of the literary rejection
Publish and be cancelled
Unreadable and insufferable woke academics are boycotting the publishers that grudgingly print their inane work
On the chopping block
Philip Pullman’s early resignation signals a setback for free speech in publishing
Never trust a publisher
Once Twitter takes against you, they will wash their hands of you, Pontius Pilate-style
Frankie Ho: Controversialist
Frankie Ho runs into trouble in the literary world
Bring back the panjandrums
We need heavyweights to separate good from bad
Grubbing a living
These two books show that it has always been the preserve of the unscrupulous to peddle their wares to the gullible and salacious
Sally Rooney and cultural boycotts
Rooney has now run into greater controversy than simple literary taste
Scheherazade scoops the pot
Women now dominate the literary landscape