What if literary reviews were like tech blog writeups?
The Waste Land project, designed by London-based financier and creative entrepreneur T5Eli0t, started with teasers in early 1922 following a radical beta rethink inspired by ePound consulting (“il...
View ArticleHow I read
I’m working on a new book, and one of the great pleasures of this is that it means lots of reading: the active reading of texts that get my mental juices going. There are endless articles out...
View ArticleRobert Levine’s “Free Ride”
I wrote this review of Robert Levine’s new book Free Ride for the New Statesman. Now that their print issue is off news-stands, here’s the pre-edited text. The subtitle of Robert Levine’s Free Ride...
View Article50 Digital Ideas You Really Need to Know
My new book 50 Digital Ideas You Really Need to Know came out at the end of September – and I would, of course, encourage you to consider buying a copy either from Amazon UK or from Amazon US. As the...
View ArticleMartin Amis’s 1982 Space Invasion
A recent article on The Millions has hauled Martin Amis’s marvellously titled 1982 book Invasion of the Space Invaders from near-total obscurity into the media limelight and public consciousness....
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How to Thrive in the Digital Age
I’m chuffed and delighted to say that my new book, How to Thrive in the Digital Age, is published this Thursday 10th May, together with the five other titles in the School of Life’s new series of...
View ArticleInterview: China Miéville
I’ve just completed an in-depth interview with one of my favourite living authors – China Miéville – to mark the publication of his latest novel, Railsea. If you haven’t read his particular brand of...
View ArticleA new chapter for ebooks?
Once again, here’s a copy for UK readers of my latest BBC column, exploring possible futures for ebooks, DRM, and why bringing the best aspects of print to digital formats still has a long way to go....
View ArticleHour of Writes: choosing between stories
I was lucky enough recently to judge the weekly writing competition for marvellous writing site Hour of Writes. This is the editorial I wrote about the pleasures and challenges of the experience. As I...
View ArticleWhy reading and writing on paper can be better for your brain
Here’s a piece I wrote recently for the Guardian, looking at a favourite topic: negotiating the different experiences of print and digital reading and writing, and trying to move beyond the notion that...
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