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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.

Obituary writer Bud Stanley isn’t really living his best life. He’s fallen into a funk after a divorce. (She left him for another man, who, in fairness, was far more interesting.) He’s not doing his job well. He’s given up on dating. And he’s about to be fired for accidentally publishing his own obituary one mildly drunken night (though technically the company can’t legally fire a dead person).

At 27 years old, Emma Banks has big plans for her life. After graduating from the prestigious Culinary Institute of America, she's ready to take her place as head chef at one of her family's resort restaurants. Her first assignment is to serve Pierce Davenport, an infuriatingly arrogant writer with a palate that's about as adventurous as a plain boiled potato. Pierce Davenport's living every author's dream: His critically-acclaimed Clash of Crowns books have been turned into one of the world's most-watched television series. The only problem is, he has no idea how to end the epic tale.

“This quirky Swedish love story is the antidote to all of those Hallmark movies you’ve been bingeing.” — Elle Canada For readers of quirky Scandinavian fiction comes this charming and witty debut novel by Emmy Abrahamson—perfect for fans of Jonas Jonasson. Love stinks. Or maybe it just...

In this brilliant mix of literary satire and crime caper, Frankie Abandonato, a small-time con man on the run, finds refuge by posing as V. S. Mohle - a famously reclusive writer - and teaching in a prestigious writing program somewhere in Texas. Streetwise and semiliterate, Frankie finds that being treated as a genius agrees with him. The program has been funded by Rex Schoeninger, the world’s richest novelist, who is dying. Buzzards are circling, angling for the remains of Rex’s fortune, and Frankie quickly realizes that he has been presented with the opportunity of a lifetime.

Librarian Janet Johnson is puzzled when she is invited - and practically dragged - to her first meeting of the Rejected Writers' Book Club. This quirky group of women would much rather celebrate one another's rejected manuscripts over cups of tea and slices of lemon cake than actually publish a book. But good friends are exactly what Janet needs after moving to the small town of Southlea Bay, Washington.

Pippa Jones is a fortyish former literary sensation who fears she will be a one-hit wonder. After the follow-up book she was almost done writing, Podlusters, had to be tossed (it ended up sharing a plot and title with superstar author Ella Rankin’s summer blockbuster!), she couldn’t write a thing. Months of staring at a blank page made her confidence vanish like a one-night stand. When she finds out that she has only five days left to finish (or rather, start) or repay an advance she’s already spent, Pippa has a brilliantly original idea.

Andrew Martin’s serio-comic debut audiobook, Early Work, follows an aspirational author desperately seeking his muse in all the wrong places—only to find it in an adventurous woman with a unique perspective on life and love. For young writers of a certain temperament—if they haven’t had...

La nueva novela del Premio Nacional de Narrativa 2020, Juan Bonilla. Una historia hilarante, un manual de anti-novela, donde galardonado escritor, Juan Bonilla, fabula sobre lo que nadie debe hacer para escribir su próxima novela y pone en cuestión instituciones como la familia, los amores ideales y la literatura. ~ Un joven escritor promesa está en medio de una crisis creativa. Tras llamar la atención mediática con su primera obra, tiene que cumplir con el encargo de su próxima novela en una gran editorial.

This program is read by the author. The debut poetry collection from Lyndsay Rush (aka @maryoliversdrunkcousin) is a humorous and joyful celebration of big feelings, tender truths, and hard-won wisdom, for fans of Maggie Smith, Kate Baer, and Kate Kennedy. At long last, a book of poetry for...

What do you get when you let two bestselling authors loose on a microphone? This podcast! Welcome to Writers Off Topic - aka WOTpod - the podcast that takes a lighthearted dive into writing life. Hosts Craig Hallam and Miranda Dickinson will tell it like it is, sharing their many years of experience of traditional publishing, indie press publishing and self-publishing, with advice, embarrassing stories and more giggling than is strictly necessary. Each episode features a burning question and there’s also the chance for you to ask our hosts anything about writing, editing, publishing and ...

The podcast where authors and artists share the lopsided pleasures of their predeveloped, over-early, unripe work.

Join hosts and contestants Ryan Polly and Seth Worley as they develop an original feature film idea every week, starting with an assignment given to them by a "big Hollywood studio" in the form of random automation wizardry.

The Writers Block is a weekly podcast of conversation and improv story-telling. Join writers Clarence Carter and Shaun Nigro in this one-of-a-kind 8Sparks Media production.

Welcome to the Writer’s Climax! We are a podcast for aspiring writers, casual readers, published authors, and everyone in between. Each week, we celebrate (and bemoan) the writing process, discuss our current reads and projects, and provide weekly writing prompts. Once a month we welcome guest writers onto the pod to share their experience with writing. Sometimes inspired. Always outrageous. Never (not) a sex podcast.

This podcast is hosted by R.A. Spratt and Jacqueline Harvey. We're authors, which means we tell stories for a living. This podcast is all about sharing our stories with you. We'll have a special guest each week.

The unpublished writer would have gone to law school years ago if not for the unending support.

Wannabe writer, author, podcaster, and director, Kevin M. Gallagher, Jr walks and talks with other authors and writers on this long-form conversational / interview podcast. Get the story behind the story as we talk to authors from all kinds of books (thrillers, children's books, mystery, crime, romance, science fiction, fantasy, humor, and oh so many more), screenwriters, journalists, game designers, etc. You’ll get to hear writers talking about their books, short stories, etc.

Want to know more about the authors behind your favourite books? Tune in to discover the methods of – and inspiration behind – some of the world’s most exciting writers. Every Saturday, Georgina Godwin hosts an in-depth discussion with the person behind the prose.

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