With the disruptive technologies of digital publishing continuing their shake-up of the traditional publishing industries, the historically egalitarian roots of the digital revolution that gave us the internet and the dot-com boom in the 90's continue to provide opportunities for authors and...

I heard Neil Diamond's September Morn on the radio today, and it always reminds me of a quiet moment years ago.

At that time I was based in Dorset. My wife was pregnant with our third daughter. I worked in a small team, and on that particular day we'd arranged to open up our bar...

The economy is in the toilet and its getting worse – now the toilet’s clogged. People with advanced degrees in economics, and other useless professions whose names currently escape me – maybe because they are, in fact, USELESS - debate, pontificate, argue, and shout and nothing gets fixed...

I have a whole bunch of news for you today so this is a triple blog I guess.

I started writing a novel in January 2008. I had a germ of an idea and a burning feeling that if I didn't start writing a novel Right This Minute, I would never do it and would one day die old and bitter and angry with myself. I spent all of January writing, and at the end of the month,...

It all started so well.

TC was doing mathematical stuff in Sixth Form, heavy duty pure and applied. You know the deal, spends 20 seconds staring at the slate when he’s supposed to be chalking your dart score.
“So what do I need?”
“That’s almost a Fibonacci, Man.”
“Is it...

It's been a busy last few weeks, and the next month or so isn't going to be any quieter. Yesterday saw the finishing touches put to the design and layout for Pocket Rocket, the autobiography of 1980s British cycling star Steve Joughin. While there are a few tweaks here and there to make, what we...