iPad guided tours–check out iBooks
Some links relating to Apple’s book plans. Start with this nifty wee guided tour of iBooks (you’ll have to pick iBooks out…
Read moreMonth: March 2010
The miracle of chocolate
We had rain rain rain all day yesterday–but I didn’t care, I had chocolate cloud cake with whipped cream (and dusted with…
Read moreBooks save lives. Queer books save queer lives.
Dear Friend: Books change lives. Sometimes books save lives. Queer books save queer lives. My first novel, Ammonite, was a mass market…
Read moreMy Friday night
Château Léoville Poyferré, a delicious 1995 Saint Julien. One of those practically perfect Bordeaux: fruit, dust, sun-warmed dirt, but with structure. I…
Read moreFuture of the magazine
Paid Content has an interesting article about the iPad and the future of the magazine. I was particularly struck by this: http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8217311&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1…
Read moreI’m judging a writing competition
Over at Sterling Editing we have our usual weekly round up of links for writers, including mention of a competition I’m helping…
Read moreLost Man Booker Prize–vote for Mary Renault!
Via Lambda Literary: The shortlist for The Lost Man Booker Prize — a one-off prize to honor the books published in 1970…
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