Someone once told me, “It’s not what a person is like that matters but what they like that matters.” Since 1995 I’ve written a list of every book I’ve read. In case you’re wondering what I’m like/what…
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The honeymoon was a time to celebrate the sweetness of your connection. Aunt Harriet’s card had a real clover stuck on the front, an extra leaf drawn on in pencil. There was a large pile of them, all…
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This month in our Byte Experts series, we hear from author Marc Cox on how to launch a book in a pandemic. As every first time author knows, there is nothing that quite matches the excitement and trep…
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She danced on me this morning. With her mother’s phone playing the songs she likes. She paused to change the song and then danced again. She was wearing new clothes I hadn’t seen before, white with na…
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To tie in with Karen Hockney’s members’ webinar , How To Become a Successful Freelance Writer, which we’ll be running on October 21st 2020. here are some of her top tips on making it on the page. So…
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What if there has been no turning point in your life for twenty-two years? You wait for something to spur you into a change. There have been fluctuations, and movement, but no critical moments. Never…
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This month in our Byte Experts series, we hear from Author, Ghostwriter, Writing Coach & Content Creator, Nicole Johnston on how to overcome writers block. ========================================…
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Following on from her brilliant webinar back in June 2020, this month in our Byte Expert’s series we hear from Helen Francis, Co-Founder of Francis Literary Consultancy on her tips for submitting your…
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As we enter our 3rd month of social distancing and self-isolation due to the coronavirus outbreak, we are more and more aware of the huge cultural gap left by literary festivals, theatre productions,…
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Exposure I knew it was wrong. I did it anyway. His breath on my neck, his sweat on my torso. Just when we were supposed to stay the fuck apart, we drew together, under the sway of a gravitational pull…
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COVID in Brixton Jess picked at her teriyaki noodles. They were a bit too dry. She’d made them so many times in these 12 days of isolation, she should know better. But after the first week, she was cl…
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Have you ever been told such a huge and dreadful lie, so all encompassing, so monstrous that it takes form and swallows you whole like the whale in Moby Dick. You are somehow still alive in the foul s…
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In this month’s Byte Experts, author, musician and Byte The Book writer-in-residence Chris Russell offers his top tips for securing a literary agent. Finding a literary agent is a rite-of-passage for…
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Words by Chris Russell, photos by Keith Forster. Byte The Book founder Justine Solomons and Programme Director, Michael Kowalski welcoming everyone to Byte Confluence 2020. Byte The Book’s much-antici…
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In this month’s Byte Experts, we hear from Amy Ellis, Rights and Licensing Manager at Publishers’ Licensing Services, as she shares her advice on getting permission to reuse content. Reusing content 1…
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Words by Chris Russell, photos by Craig Simmonds. To kick off the new decade, Byte The Book gathered a panel of industry experts at Covent Garden’s h Club for a discussion on how we can inspire the ne…
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Rebekah Lattin-Rawstrone reviews and recommends Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid. This isn’t an easy book to read. Such a Fun Age looks at two women caring for Briar, a little girl just on the cusp of her…
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Rebekah Lattin-Rawstrone reviews and recommends Nudibranch by Irenosen Okojie. Metamorphosis is the word I would use to summarise this collection, the second one from Irenosen Okojie. Everything is po…
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In this month’s Byte Experts, we hear from Kelly Weekes as she shares her advice on what to think about when advertising on Facebook. She’ll also be running a free webinar with us on 29th January 2020…
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Words by Chris Russell, photos by Craig Simmonds. Byte The Book returned to the h Club for its November event sponsored by Harbottle & Lewis, which grappled with the compelling topic of artificial…
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