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Andrew Taylor reports that the US arm of Penguin is suing '12 well-known authors for not writing books for which they were paid advances'. Helen Garner and Bob Ellis provide comments on the subject of book advances.
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With title: Top Writers Not Always as Good as Their Word
Megan Johnston reports on a new venture by Marieke Hardy and Michaela McGuire, growing out of their Women of Letters project. The new project, Men of Letters, addresses the theme 'women who changed my life'.
A column canvassing current literary news including a report an Office for the Arts survey on updating the rules surrounding Public Lending Right and Educational Lending Right.