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One of India's finest and most prolific writers, Ruskin Bond has been putting pen to paper for well over six decades. Since The Room on the Roof - his award-winning debut novel, which introduced readers to the unforgettable Rusty, the orphan from Dehradun - Bond has created characters both charming and eccentric, which have endured in the popular imagination.

Paperback Writer is hosted by bestselling author Tiffany Harelik of Spellbound Publishers. A book professional since 2010, Tiffany helps writers navigate book editing, production, and marketing. She offers tips and resources for authors to navigate their options in the ever-changing publishing industry. www.SpellboundPublishers.com

A book show for all Paperback Writers (and readers). Featuring book reviews, interviews with local, Australian & international authors, new releases, literary awards, novel ideas and a lot of book-themed puns! We're a (very) small social enterprise based in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. Run by a couple of avid readers and our dog Echo, with the vital support of a small group of supporters, we've managed to combine our love of reading with our passion for supporting refugees & asylum seekers. We do this through fundraising and by donating 50% of our profit to charities supporting refugees...

What is the role of the writer? Prophet? High priest of art? Court jester? Or witness to the real world? Looking back on her own childhood and writing career, Margaret Atwood examines the metaphors which writers of fiction and poetry have used to explain - or excuse! - their activities, looking at what costumes they have assumed, what roles they have chosen to play. In her final chapter she takes up the challenge of the title: if a writer is to be seen as "gifted", who is doing the giving and what are the terms of the gift?

'Writing for me is the simplest and greatest pleasure in the world.' How to be a Writer is peppered with nuggets of practical advice for every person who is aspiring to write and be published, all told in Ruskin Bond's characteristic understated, tongue-in-cheek, humorous style.So, what is it...