Author and diversity expert Buki Mosaku appears on The Jeremy Vine Show today to discuss diversity in the British workforce and why programmes to eradicate racial bias are “doomed to fail”.
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Travel Writer Emma Strandberg on the Evolution of Book Publishing
Disruptive technologies have fuelled a publishing revolution. In the space of just a few decades, digital platforms have unshackled authors from traditional gatekeepers, while e-books and audiobooks have transformed the reading experience. Self-publishing and print-on-demand services have thrived, as readers demand both convenience and authenticity. The future, driven by innovations like augmented reality and blockchain-based publishing, promises to further redefine the industry.
But as publishers take steps to stay relevant in the digital age – and keep pace with changing technologies and market trends – their core mission must remain focused on identifying, nurturing, and promoting quality literature for the next generation, writes the travel author Emma Strandberg in her second exclusive post for PRscribe.
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Tales of Terror: Guenther Primig’s Insights into Horror Writing
Guenther Primig is a renowned horror writer whose success in the genre has captivated readers worldwide. With a unique and chilling storytelling style, his bestselling Gwenna Luna books are long-established, critically-acclaimed favourites with readers and the media alike. In this exclusive post for PRscribe, Guenther reveals his take on what makes a book truly scary – and a chainsaw massacre isn’t one of them.
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Do YOU know a colon from a comma or an oxymoron from an allegory? Take our test and find out.
A fifth of 18-30 year-olds don’t know their commas from their colons and think an oxymoron is an insult, according to an informal poll by Palamedes.
The survey we conducted was a far cry from academic research and isn’t in any way representative of British young people as a whole. But the findings do at least suggest that some young people see punctuation and the use of figurative speech as an old-fashioned and unnecessary habit in today’s tech-oriented world.
Why not test yourself and see if you know better?
Historian John Harris on Cracking the WW2 Mystery of Rudolph Hess
Co-authors John Harris and Richard Wilbourn have been researching the Deputy Führer Rudolph Hess’ solo flight to Scotland for almost 40 years. Now, nearly four decades, six critically-acclaimed books and countless pub hours later, the pair have uncovered what they consider to be the definitive answer to one of the greatest enduring mysteries of WW2.
In this exclusive blog for PRscribe, historian John Harris discusses their publishing journey which, like most foolhardy ventures, started over a pint.
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