On Litopia After Dark this week:- Celebrity auctions are big business, why do people buy this stuff? Robert McCrum gives a run down on the changes during his 10 years at The Observer. Is it mental to go on a Creative Writing course? Computer games and the narrative drive. The Scott McClellan "tell-all" and the legal dispute over the new Ian Fleming book.
What am I bid?
Charles Dickens' desk goes under the hammer this week and Britney Spears' used chewing gum fetched $14,000 on Ebay recently. Since it seems there's money to be made from celebrity relics, Litopia After Dark has decided to auction off our host. So what are we bid for one Literary Agent, male, house trained, not particularly adept with the domestic chores but willing to learn? After a frenzied bidding session and some frantic squabbling, the hammer went down - tune in to find out who the lucky winner was and what they had to cough up.
