The Men Who Killed the News
Former journalist and publisher, Eric Beecher, is certainly the right person to write this book – for two reasons. Firstly, he’s a longtime industry insider, having been the youngest ever
Category: Books
As the name suggests, this is where you’ll find everything I’ve written about books, publishing, authors, book stores and more. I’ve had the pleasure of talking to some renowned novelists and thinkers including Joe Hill, Jared Diamond, David Brin, Naomi Wolf, Kim Stanley Robinson and Matthew Reilly.
But it’s also been a way of exploring some big ideas facing technology, society and the economy, whether it’s the lack of contact from interstellar civilisations, the role of pornography not just in technology but human communication overall or how graphic design is changing in the web age.
I’ve also turned the spotlight back on the book industry itself, looking at everything from the challenge of keeping boys interested in reading to the latest innovations in distribution to fiction sales’ dirty little secret about the genre that keeps it afloat.
After the Flying Saucers Came
It’s possible to look at the rising and falling fortunes of various folkloric myths and characters in our culture (vampires, superheroes, etc) across the ages and reveal very interesting things
One of the Good Guys
One of the Good Guys is a lesson in two things; perspectives, and how even monsters are human. The story introduces us to Cole, a man who’s moved to the
Everywhere An Oink Oink
If you don’t know David Mamet, he’s one of those 60s/70s era intellectual New York based playwrights who’s too clever by half after years of being feted by the establishment,
You Like it Darker
Like a Hollywood actor or director who’s been in the industry for decades, Stephen King has had ups and downs, and his latest short story anthology is the perfect example
The Road to Freedom
As the former chief economist of the World Bank and Clinton’s chief economic advisor, Stiglitz knows what he’s talking about. The Road to Freedom is an impassioned cry to remake
Eruption
Here’s a meeting of titans from the world of fiction if ever there was one. It’s one of Michael Crichton’s many posthumously published novels (he evidently kept copious notes on
Hits, Flops and Other Illusions
Another theme to emerge from the genre of movie people who’ve written their memoirs during the pandemic for want of something better to do is one where aged stars or
Come Together
The sequel To Emily Nagoski’s 2015 sexual self help manual for women ‘Come As You Are’, ‘Come Together’ focuses on how couples can expand and enrich their sexual connections, and
Surely You Can’t be Serious
Evolving from a 2015 online oral history of the 1980 classic Airplane! (released in several territories, including Australia, as Flying High!), this book contains everything you ever wanted to know