Gary Kemp on e-reading, ‘the church of the record shop,’ and the ‘ritual’ of buying physical content
When Fourth Estate author and Spandau Ballet star Gary Kemp popped into the office I couldn’t resist grabbing ten minutes with him to get his opinion on books, e-reading, and the digital future of publishing.
Coming from a music industry background, Gary had some unusual, insightful views on digital content, and had much to say about the ritual, tactile nature of traditional content purchase.
Covering such topics as Stephen Fry’s forays into Twitter, whether writing pop songs are like writing books, and how his Kindle helped him as a judge of the Costa Prize earlier this year, this interview may reveal a side to Gary you haven’t seen before.
Among the questions, I asked him…
- How similar are writing books to writing songs?
- What is your favourite musical and what was your favourite chapter in the book?
- What is it like to judge the Costa Prize? And how do you find using an e-reader?
- What do you think the future of publishing looks like and how will it affect you as a writer?
Here are the results in handy podcast format:
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Gary’s autobiography I Know This Much: From Soho to Spandau, is out in paperback next thursday. Pre-order your copy now from Amazon, for £6.29.
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