Book Idol ; Just Like the Wannabes On Pop Idol, Aspiring Writers Will Soon Be Able to Make It Big On a Tv Show, but It's Raising Eyebrows in Literary Circles.
Mail on Sunday › January 31, 2005
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For thousands of eager wannabes it's a once-in a-lifetime opportunity.
They have dreamed of seeing their name at number one, and now they have the chance to show the world what they can really do. Although this might sound like the blurb accompanying the next series of Pop Idol or The X Factor, in this case the wannabes are writers, not singers. Their ambition is to hit number one on the bestsellers list rather than the pop charts. What is being put forward for the public TV vote is not a series of breezy pop songs, but novels.See the full content of this document
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Book Idol ; Just Like the Wannabes On Pop Idol, Aspiring Writers Will Soon Be Able to Make It Big On a Tv Show, but It's Raising Eyebrows in Literary Circles.
Presented by Tony Cowell, the elder brother of Pop Idol's Simon, the ITV show Between the Covers, scheduled for broadcast some time later this year, aims to revolutionise the way books are presented on TV.
'This is the first time a book programme has been given an early- evening slot on primetime TV,' says Cowell, 54, whose background is in literary public relations. 'The whole point is to try and popularise books, make them fun and encourage people to re...See the full content of this document
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