The EU Copyright Directive seems to be like the curate’s egg: parts of it are excellent, or at least well-intentioned. But can it be made to work?
Read MoreReflections on the future of copyright
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News & views
My reading list, by Terry Freedman
Reflections on the DfE's 10 tips for encouraging your child to read
in News & views
This set of tips from the Department for Education for parents to encourage reading has attracted derision and ridicule. But the DfE is right.
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Hands off! by Terry Freedman
UK Copyright conference
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
The ALCS Educational Writers' Award: only 3 days left!
in News & views
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
The Department for Education's communication skills
What’s the point of writing policy documents which are obscure, jargon-filled verbiage?
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Blogger, by Terry Freedman
Writing for blogs: a taster
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
Who needs a Creative Writing MA?
Are Creative Writing MAs worth doing?
Read MoreNew online blogging course
Updated! Here are some preliminary details of a blogging course I’ve been asked to teach.
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Buzzsaw screenshot, by Terry Freedman
Bad PR jargon, and how to detect it
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 MoreThe art of writing book reviews
in Reviews, News & views, Audio
What should you include in reviews of (nonfiction) books?
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Books, by Terry Freedman
Read like a writer
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
Not quite nearly fine: some terms used by antiquarian booksellers
Like all professions, book selling has its own peculiar nomenclature.
Read MoreWhen adult education classes resume, will you go back?
in News & views, Audio
As 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
Too busy to read my blog posts? You can listen to some instead
in Audio, News & views
Two more articles on the Writers’ Know-How website have been turned into podcasts.
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A school, closed, by Terry Freedman
PhotoPrompt #31: Schools in the time of Covid
Is a closed school a school?
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Zoom virtual background, by Terry Freedman
Zoom meeting backgrounds: a glimpse into the lives of others
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
PhotoPrompt #30: Skies in the time of Covid
One of the unexpected benefits of the Covid-19 pandemic has been clear blue skies.
Read MoreMy audio experiment
in News & views, Technology, Audio
Updated! 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 MoreLondon Book Fair news
Will 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 MoreCovid19: who ya gonna trust?
An 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.
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