Litopia After Dark 010 - Inalienable Underpants

Recorded live and uncensored, LITOPIA AFTER DARK is a wide-ranging look at what’s new, hot or not in the worlds of writing, publishing, media and culture. We can be found live on Ustream at 8pm (GMT) on Friday evenings and there’s an opportunity watch the Podcast being made and make comments during the programme. Joining Peter Cox this week are Donna Ballman, Beverly Gray and Dave Bartram and special guest Carolyn Soutar. In this week’s show the panellists share their views on a multitude of news items. How do they feel about Zadie Smith’s attack on Literary Prizes? What lessons can the Publishing Industry learn from the impending death of the newspaper? And Self-Publishing, is this just a new, legitimate name for Vanity Press? Numerous other topics are discussed and as the discussion becomes heated, things are said, and conclusions are reached, not least about whether Aliens Love Underpants is the real title of a book.