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Why free books from your library can be an author’s best friend
Here’s a question every writer gets from time to time: if I borrow your book from the library, aren’t I depriving you of income? Maybe not. In fact you may well be helping us in what’s rarely a well-paid profession. Libraries buy their ebook licences in the first place. In over thirty countries, including the…
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The Ateneo Veneto: a fitting home for a noir festival
The Ateneo Veneto is Venice Noir’s spiritual home, a little-known spot that opened its doors to us when we were just a tiny band of book lovers with big ideas. Let me introduce you to this wondrous place. It began, in the mid-1400s, as a merger of two lay confraternities, the Scuola di San Girolamo…
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Titles, Titles, Titles: What Actually Works
Hallelujah… you’ve finished your first draft. A complete book. Well done. And from the outside you’ve probably had a working title in mind. And now — probably — you know it isn’t going to work. Working titles are useful because they give you something to call the thing while you write it, a handle to…
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Venice Noir 2026: everything you need to know before November
Ian Rankin said last year’s Venice Noir was ‘the most beautiful book festival in the world’. We aim to top that in 2026 with a greater range of international and Italian authors, more historic venues, and an exciting and original array of panels. Let me give you a few tips on what we have to…