Creative Industries

I have started seeing a lot more about online creative writing courses in the past year. Last week, I received an email from Random House’s own programme, The Writers’ Academy, pitching their newest online course. The email highlighted three main ...

With the shifts in technology and the economy (and even to some extent the shorter attention spans of the public), the publishing industry is changing. It had to change. Some of these changes are good news, others not so much. ...

I was listening to Lorde belt out ‘Everybody Wants to Rule the World’ on The Hunger Games: Catching Fire soundtrack when I had a thought: ‘By Jove, she’s right!’ It isn’t like the song is new – or one I’m unfamiliar with ...

Back in 2005, 3rd Rock From the Sun had been off the air for four years. Despite Joseph Gordon-Levitt having more acting chops than most, he wasn’t getting nearly enough parts. There was some voice work in Treasure Planet before ...

Pop Verse spoke to Perth group Anton Franc‘s Jamie Kuzich about the band’s latest EP, All This Talk. Their folktronic sound has made them a hit as far away as Germany. They continue to make interesting music, with a focus on ...

Finally… I have found a book about writing that actually makes me want to write stuff. The write stuff I have always wanted to be a writer. When I grew older, there was a lot of talk about being a ...

Any unpublished author will tell you that literary agents are terrifying. There’s no two ways about it. Publishers (as a general rule) do not take unsolicited manuscripts, making agents the sole gatekeepers to traditional publishing. If traditional publishing is the ...

The latest controversy to hit digital publishing – and more specifically, self-publishing – involves what is being described as ‘disgusting’ and inappropriate content. Online book retailers including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, WH Smith, Waterstones, and Foyles have been selling self-published ...

The Society of Young Publishers 2013 conference is coming up in November. I spoke to Jonathan Davis, one of the organisers of this year’s event and got the low-down. What is the Society of Young Publishers? The SYP are the ...

The publishing industry has been in chaos for the past few years. The digital world brought with it too many questions, and no one was willing to openly embrace the new opportunities that came with rapidly changing technology. Instead of ...