Wednesday News

An ode to unreliable narrators: the top ten. Henry Sutton meets Huck Finn.

Smells like teen spirit: German wunderkind Helene Hegemann does some literary sampling.

While sampling may be tut-tutted in some quarters, ghostwriting occasionally gets its due, as in this Telegraph article. Thriller writer Dick Francis was no stranger to the concept of “outside contributors.” His works influenced many budding thrill seekers.

And Harlequin wanna-be authors take note: the Guardian has the lowdown on writing romance.