A slow cure for book abuse

Everyone loves a good read, but when you start believing that Dragon's Den might just take a chance on your waterproof paperback shower shield, you know your appetites are getting out of control. Reading addiction is not the same as loving books; it's more like book abuse, and it's time we afflicted stopped hiding from the truth.
A healthy bibliophile reads their texts carefully; an addict devours them, regardless quality. A lit junkie still thirsts after the best writing, but if necessary they won't hesitate to use Dan Brown to calm the craving, despite knowing how dirty they'll feel in the morning.

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An Ocean Apart

I don't usually do this but i have to say that the article i've read today in the internet edition of the Guardian was quite interesting. In it, Scottish writer Andrew O' Hagan talks about Britain and the "big brother" across the ocean. Read and think...

Where are the new writers?

That is the question. I've been reading today in Guardian's blogs about the need of the new writers to come into the bright lights. The author of the article thinks that the "golden boys" of the english literature scene should step back a bit and make place for the new talent.
Well, i think the same should happen all over the world actually. New writers need to have their voices heard and it's up to the publishers and the press to just help them do that. Being a new writer is not exactly a walk in the park, especially if you do not have the back up of some big publishing company and its numerous PR people. And the press is not helping either, since if you do not come straight up with a best seller no book critic will ever notice the unknown, insignificant you.