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November 2, 2009

Speaking this week in Cambridge, Sheffield

I'm giving two talks in the UK this week -- the first in Cambridge, as part of the Arcadia Seminar, held at Robinson College; the second is at Sheffield, as part of the DocFest premiere of RIP: A Remix Manifesto, a documentary on copyfighting and art that features some interviews with me. Hope to see you at them!

Cambridge: 3 November 2009, 6PM
Arcadia Seminar: 3rd Nov. "Thinking Like a Dandelion: Cory Doctorow on copyright, Creative Commons and creativity"
Umney Theatre, Robinson College...

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October 30, 2009

Makers Canada/US tour details



As promised, here's the details on the short Canada/US tour for my novel Makers in November:


November 12, 7PM

Toronto, ON, Canada

The Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation, and Fantasy

239 College Street, 3rd Floor, +1 416 393-7748

Books by Bakka Phoenix

(you can pre-order signed copies from them if you can't make it).


November 16, 7PM

Cambridge, Mass

Harvard Bookstore

1256 Massachusetts Avenue

November 17, 7PM
New York City, NY
Borders Columbus Circle<a>
10 Columbus Circle (@59th St...

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October 29, 2009

Times op-ed on British 3-strikes plan

I have an op-ed in today's Times about the British plan to disconnect people from the internet if someone in their home is accused -- without proof -- of infringing copyright, and how utterly unjust this is.

Even more radical is the Mandelson proposal to disconnect entire families from the internet if a single member — or a neighbour who uses their internet connection — is accused, without proof, of violating copyright. Leave aside the fundamental injustice of collective punishment, a...

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Interview with The Publishing Point



The Publishing Point, a salon on the future of publishing conducted this brief interview with me on the state of publishing at the Tools of Change conference in Frankfurt earlier this month.

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October 28, 2009

Speaking on privacy at Battle of Ideas London this Sat

I'm speaking at London's Battle of Ideas this Saturday, Oct 31, on a panel called "Rethinking Privacy in an age of Disclosure and Sharing." The event goes 1:30-3:30 and there are still a few tickets left!

The increasing reach of information technology into all areas of life, from social networking websites to data sharing in public services, has thrown up a number of questions about privacy. Information about our medical records, financial circumstances and shopping habits is increasingly...

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Makers



Makers, published in October 2009 by Tor (US) and HarperVoyager (UK) is about people who hack hardware, business-models, and living arrangements to discover ways of staying alive and happy even when the economy is falling down the toilet. Weirdly, I wrote it years before the current econopocalypse, as a parable about the amazing blossoming of creativity and energy that I saw in Silicon Valley after the dotcom crash, after all the money dried up.

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Makers launch!



Today is the launch of my new novel, Makers, a book about people who hack hardware, business-models, and living arrangements to discover ways of staying alive and happy even when the economy is falling down the toilet. Weirdly, I wrote it years before the current econopocalypse, as a parable about the amazing blossoming of creativity and energy that I saw in Silicon Valley after the dotcom crash, after all the money dried up.

As with all my previous novels, the whole book is available as a...

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October 27, 2009

Writers Digest interview

Here's the full text of the Writers' Digest interview that was on the cover of last month's issue:

YOU'VE SAID YOU LEARNED AT THE CLARION SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY WRITERS' WORKSHOP HOW TO SIT DOWN AT THE KEYBOARD AND "OPEN A VEIN." HOW DID THAT CHANGE YOUR WRITING?

That's a variation on a famous old writing aphorism, something like: "Writing is easy—all you have to do is sit down at your typewriter and open a vein." I was 21 when I went to Clarion. Before, when I would sit down at a keyboard...

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October 26, 2009

Epoch, Part 6

Here's the sixth installment of a story-in-progress, Epoch, commissioned by Mark Shuttleworth for my forthcoming short story collection WITH A LITTLE HELP.


MP3 Link

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