Russell Smith’s most recent novel, Girl Crazy, is currently being adapted for cinema for New Real Films of Toronto. He is a co-founder of the online men’s magazine DailyXY.com.
Who needs publishers when you can pitch a book on social media?
A growing number of authors are harnessing the power of websites like Kickstarter to raise pledges for their projects
Why we should care about radio
Web streaming has wondrous advantages, but I miss the enlightenment provided by an educated DJ
Downton fever? These books came first
If you crave grand country houses and class hierarchy, try these classics
Fiction or non-fiction: Does it matter any more?
In a world where memoirists vie for media attention with ever-more-alarming personal stories, the view that there is no such thing as truth is dangerous
How ‘freedom’ of information keeps us in chains
Having vast stores of information at our fingertips can be paralyzing and unproductive
Feeling blue? Seeing red? You’re so out of step
If you want to be fashionable, think 'Tangerine Tango'
Want to write that book? Read on
If this is the year you’re finally going to get down to it, you’re in luck. Here are my top 10 tips
The true meaning of Christmas? It’s bad art
Why do grown-ups tolerate bad music, bad movies and bad sweaters this time of year?
Sarcasm in e-mail needs to be signalled. Yeah, right
Devices such as symbols and special fonts are clumsy and unnecessary. A good writer conveys tone through words alone
Shame on us: The invention of sex addiction
There is a deep-rooted but unjustified fear that too much sex without commitment is bad for you
