May
6
Livewires has a crush on LITOPIA podcasts!
These brain friendly shows are produced by Litopia Writers Colony, one of the Internet’s oldest communities for writers. They aim to inform, provoke, and occasionally terrify but mostly they want to entertain you! Intelligent entertainment would be a good way to put it: at a time when much of the media seems intent on dumbing us down, LITOPIA treats its listeners as if they have brains and are keen to use them.
There are hundreds of tempting bits of brainiac delight at Litopia. You’re going to get lost there, just as I have. And you’re going to be glad you did…
Here‘s a good place to start: “According to recently uncovered documents, one in five librarians has engaged in sexual trysts among the stacks, and 51% of them are willing to pose nude for money.” That’s the headline news from this week’s Debrief and if that doesn’t get people flocking back to the libraries, then nothing will!” (Presented by Donna Ballman and Peter Cox. Click here to listen.)
Now for this week’s bookish links:
Here’s a brand spanking new Writerscast interview with Anya Kamenetz: DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education, here.
…Also new on WritersCast: The Publishing Talks channel – thoughts, ideas and concepts currently being discussed in the publishing industry. This week David Wilk interviews Lena Tabori of Welcome Books.