The Infinite Ideas blog

We write on a variety of subjects and often post exclusive ideas by our bestselling authors. We publish a diverse list and our blog reflects this so if you don’t find a post that interests you today check back later in the week and you’ll probably find something that takes your fancy. Happy reading.

Bunting and Biography

16 January 2014 by in Basil Bunting and A strong song tows us, Book publishing

by Richard Burton, author of A strong song tows us The old man in August Kleinzahler’s beautiful poem ‘The Bench’ is the poet Basil Bunting, the location Victoria, British Columbia, during Bunting’s disastrous winter at the University of Victoria in 1971-72 (LRB, 9 January). After a spectacular falling out with Robin Skelton, Bunting was left …
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Poker face

14 January 2014 by in Book publishing

by Anne-Marie Cockburn, author of 5,742 Days I’m not pretending, no poker face could disguise this, but admittedly I haven’t given the ‘bereavement’ adequate space despite it constantly vying for my attention – like two fighting siblings in the back of the car. ‘Muuumm, he’s squashing my leg’ … ‘Would you two stop it now …
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Bunting’s anniversaries

6 January 2014 by in Basil Bunting and A strong song tows us

by Richard Burton, author of A strong song tows us Mark Ford, in his review of A Strong Song Tows Us in The Guardian, makes a connection that I haven’t seen anywhere else. “Of course,” he writes, “this biography has been written because in 1965 Bunting published Briggflatts, considered one of the greatest poems of …
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We might be the only ones in step – until you join us in Making your work work!

3 January 2014 by in Book publishing

by Jan Gillett, author of Making your work work January 2nd – I’ve just handed over the marked proof of my book Making your work work: Everyday performance revolution to Rebecca at Infinite Ideas, and it’s a great feeling. My work is pretty much done now, they will enter the modifications, make a few adjustments …
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Anne-Marie Cockburn on publishing 5,742 Days

18 December 2013 by in 5742 Days, Book publishing

by Anne-Marie Cockburn, author of 5,742 Days I get a call from my publisher to say copies of my book have arrived. I jump on my bike and cycle the two miles into town to collect a few copies. I bring them home and sit quietly looking at them – Martha’s beautiful face on the …
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Five-hundred years of tyranny?

16 December 2013 by in Business and finance

The Prince (previously titled De Principatibus or About Principalities) was written five-hundred years ago by Italian diplomat Niccolo Machiavelli, following his imprisonment under suspicion of conspiracy. He suffered torture on the rack and afterwards, being disillusioned by injustice and confined within his study under house arrest, he wrote his unapologetically cynical pamphlet. It was to …
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