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Sunday, 29 August 2010

Page-turners keep rolling in

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The novels based on newspapers continue to roll in and the list is now updated. Revel Barker, who republishes the excellent Waterhouse on s...

Waterhouse is back

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What is this style? Why do some stories, captions and headlines have it and others not? It would be fruitless to try to define it – as Fats ...
Tuesday, 24 August 2010

Don't go back to the bad times

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Here is a worrying typographical development - a comparison of fonts and how much ink they use. It works by using Arial as the base at 100%...
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Friday, 20 August 2010

Newspaper novel list gets longer

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The list of recommended novels based on newspapers is growing like topsy. Thanks to Terry Ramsey, formerly of The Northern Echo and Evening...
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Tuesday, 17 August 2010

Footballing excellence in Black Country

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Privileged to help the The Express & Star and Shropshire Star launch their 16-page football supplement on Monday. With five teams in th...

Newspaper novels worth a look

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Further to my comments on the books by  Tom Rachman and Brian Page , my old colleague David Kernek wrote to say how much he had enjoyed Bri...
Saturday, 14 August 2010

Be warned

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Here are some newspaper warning stickers created by comedian Tom Scott . A useful tool for editors and subs sending copy back to reporters (...

Journalists writing fiction (or are they?)

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My summer reading included The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman, former editor of the International Herald Tribune in Paris. The backdrop to ...