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Hands off! by Terry Freedman
As we haven’t adopted the EU’s Copyright Directive, what will copyright law look like in the UK? Also, how has copyright been affected by Covid-19? These and other issues will be discussed in this online conference taking place on 16 July 2020.
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Celebration Time!, by Terry Freedman
If you’ve had a nonfiction book published for the secondary school age group during 2018 or 2019, consider submitting it for this Award.
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Keeping up with DfE Updates, by Terry Freedman
What’s the point of writing policy documents which are obscure, jargon-filled verbiage?
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Blogger, by Terry Freedman
Have you ever wondered if blogging is for you? If you’ve thought about it, but are not sure enough to want to invest much time or money finding out, a course I’m going to be teaching could be the answer.
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Question mark - Terry Freedman
Are Creative Writing MAs worth doing?
Read MoreUpdated! Here are some preliminary details of a blogging course I’ve been asked to teach.
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Buzzsaw screenshot, by Terry Freedman
If you’re tired of people “reaching out” or “circling back” or sending you sales “literature” that bears no relevance to you whatsoever, you will enjoy learning that you’re not alone.
Read MoreWhat should you include in reviews of (nonfiction) books?
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Books, by Terry Freedman
Reading like a writer is a different way of reading. There’s a great series on the subject from Electric Literature.
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Inside a second-hand bookshop, by Terry Freedman
Like all professions, book selling has its own peculiar nomenclature.
Read MoreAs there are quite a few advantages to learning online, I’m not sure I’d want to go back to the old way of taking classes.
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Listening, by Terry Freedman
Two more articles on the Writers’ Know-How website have been turned into podcasts.
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A school, closed, by Terry Freedman
Is a closed school a school?
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Zoom virtual background, by Terry Freedman
Is having a virtual background cheating in a sense? And is having a virtual background that looks like your own but isn’t really, cheating even more?
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Skies in the time of Covid, by Terry Freedman
One of the unexpected benefits of the Covid-19 pandemic has been clear blue skies.
Read MoreUpdated! Now includes an audio version! I’ve been trying out an application which lets you create an audio version of an article. Here are some early results.
Read MoreWill the scheduling of the next London Book Fair for 9-11 March 2021 turn out to be a triumph of hope over experience? Even if the London Book Fair does take place in a physical space next year, there is no reason that a virtual element could not be used to supplement it.
Read MoreAn Australian news channel has hit upon an astonishingly original idea: a podcast about coronavirus featuring people who have some idea of what they’re talking about.
Read MoreTutors, especially, but also students, should do their utmost to make full use of all the facilities that online tools afford.
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In his novel The Plague, Camus described fairly accurately people’s attitudes and behaviour during a plague. It seems rather apposite in our current circumstances.
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