Facebook Face-Off
Last week, we gave Amazon’s Kindle a good going-over - and we’re not finished with the subject yet – well take another look at it quite soon, when we can assess what kind of initial impact it’s made....
View ArticleWhy Do We Do It?
The show this week is an introspective. The panel examine their own reasons for entering the highly competitive world of the unpublished writer and try to explain what it is about scribbling down words...
View ArticleTouching The Monkey
This week’s LITOPIA AFTER DARK recklessly plunges into the wild and wacky world of the WOTY (listen to the show to find out!) during which we learn more than we ever thought we’d want to know about...
View ArticleThe Sex and Death Show
The life of a writer is idyllic; long walks in the countryside, sipping latte in street cafes and pondering the greater meaning of life on the banks of a babbling brook. So everyone thinks! In reality,...
View ArticleA Big, Sexy Package
Your book is written, re-written, checked and double checked and you’re ready to find it a home. But in this ultra-competitive publishing climate how do you ensure your novel escapes from the slush...
View ArticlePace Yourself!
Does Country Music reflect the history of the people? On Litopia After Dark this week we discuss a new book by Dana Jennings called Sing Me Back Home. Also, that buzzword of the ’90s – multitasking....
View ArticleThe Publish-Or-Be-Damned Game Show
Our last, and without doubt most outrageous (note the “Explicit” rating) live offering before the long summer break – we proudly present our most ambitious and most perfect game show offering, for your...
View ArticleGossip & Scandal
We’re back! Did you miss us? We missed you! In our first Litopia After Dark of the season we’re talking about the pitfalls of self-publishing and the plunging sales of the gossip magazine. We also...
View ArticleAll Change
Litopia After Dark this week has a new format. Buoyed up by the roaring success of our Summer Specials (thank you all for your wonderful feedback) we’ve incorporated a few of your favourite segments...
View ArticleLipstick On A Pig
The J.K. Rowling plagiarism case, psychoanalysing the mind of the Republican voter and mad scientists… such a medley of topics can only be found on Litopia After Dark. This week, as well as deciding...
View ArticleCorporate Publishing is Doomed
In the week when the world’s financial industries appeared to go into meltdown, Litopia After Dark zeroes in on the impact this will have on the publishing industry. What effect will the credit crunch...
View ArticleArt for Art’s Sake
In the week when Damien Hirst made $198 million selling pickled animals, famed art critic Robert Hughes all but crucified Hirst and his “dull witted” patrons in an outspoken attack published in The...
View ArticlePut The Writer In the Box
Taking a welcome break from the Scribd story that we first broke on LITOPIA AFTER DARK nearly ten days ago, we’re again talking to highly-acclaimed British author Geoff Dyer (the Daily Telegraph calls...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleBookMooch Saves Publishing
If serial internet entrepreneur John Buckman had never visited Norwich, UK, while pursuing his interest in constructing lutes… then BookMooch might never have happened. In fact, he did – and...
View ArticleFighting Dirty
A blogger who described a model as a “skank”, an “old hag” and a “psychotic lying whore” plans to sue Google for $18 million after they were forced to reveal her identity following a court order. On...
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