Special Episode! I want to write a book, now what? Interview with Laura Portwood-Stacer.

On this special episode of ABC, we speak to Laura Portwood-Stacer, publishing consultant and developmental editor for academic authors, and author of The Book Proposal Book: A Guide for Scholarly Authors and Make Your Manuscript Work: A Guide to Developmental Editing for Scholarly Writers.

Laura is an expert in taking ideas and turning them into

Drawing on a decade of experience working with academic authors, she shares advice for new and aspiring authors.

In this week’s episode, Dr. Ed Simon talks about his latest book Writing During the Apocalypse Reflections on the Great Unraveling (Bloomsbury).

Rising authoritarianism. Covid. Inflation. Wealth disparity. War. Climate change. While every time period is marked by apocalyptic fears, it certainly seems like our current anxieties aren't ill placed. And yet, art and literature persist. In his new book, Ed grapples with the notion that writers and their work ought to distract readers from our currently dire situation. Ed argues that to craft imaginative spaces through the magic of words isn't superfluous. Instead it exists at the core of human experience – as it always has and always will.

What is it like to write during what could be the last decades of human civilization?

In this episode, Dr. Jinwon Kim discusses her new book, Koreatown NYC: The Consumption of a Transnational Brand, NYU Press.

Jinwon discusses how in the past decade, Korean entertainment has gained global recognition, with movies and TV shows winning Oscars and Emmys, and K-Pop groups becoming wildly popular. In Manhattan, Koreatown has become a popular destination for both locals and tourists, drawing them in with its bars, restaurants, and day spas - learn more about the neighbourhood, and its important place in NYC and globally.

How does Manhattan's Koreatown function as a new kind of ethnic enclave?