4 July 2016
The 52% to 48% split in the UK's recent referendum on leaving the EU provided a slim and controversial win for the ‘leave' campaign, leading to an impending Brexit. However, what has become quite apparent is that the book industry has proven to be resolutely pro-Europe, with 78% of those surveyed by The Bookseller before the vote intending to cast their ballots for ‘remain.' Read more
Walter Mosley on rewriting
'Writing is rewriting. The first draft is the jabber you forced on that blind date. She was hoping for someone to ask her what she was feeling, but all you said was, and then I, and then I, and then I, and then . . . The first draft is meant to be discarded. The first draft is the beginning of the idea, the slender thread of a story. Read more