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Ghostwriters haunt our illusions about solitary authors

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageShould we be upset that some of our favourite authors don’t actually exist?Mark Nye

Ghosts are the shadowy forces behind some of the publishing world’s greatest sensations. Reading the literary pages lately, you could be forgiven for thinking that this spectral army is on the rise.

Recently there’s been an outcry over internet...

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India and China move closer as Modi tours 'Act East' policy

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageMuch to talk about: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang chat during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.EPA/Kenzaburo Fukuhara

This past week, Narendra Modi has visited China (May 14-16), Mongolia (May 17) and South Korea (May 18-19). The Indian prime minister’s tour has demonstrated...

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  2. Osamacide, 'justice' and the deadly legacy of Bin Laden
  3. Stanley Donwood, Radiohead and the power of musical artwork
  4. Iron ore miners should leave the market if they can't compete
  5. Climbing the tree: the case for chimpanzee 'personhood'
  6. FactCheck: Has any country bested Australia in emissions intensity reduction since 1990?
  7. Coal and climate change: a death sentence for the Great Barrier Reef
  8. We need a smart urban revolution, and Asia is just the place to do it
  9. Putting words to the tune of Indigenous constitutional recognition
  10. Book review: Selling Students Short
  11. Some people with bipolar struggle to communicate – and here's why
  12. No, we're not all being pickled in deadly radiation from smartphones and wifi
  13. How our obsession with cheap flights is sparking a security risk beneath our feet
  14. Lessons for Labour: how to be an effective opposition
  15. Health risks beneath the painted beauty in America's nail salons
  16. The End of Representative Politics?
  17. Don't panic – UK deflation is nothing more than a blip
  18. Russian whistleblower poisoned with heartbreak grass – an ancient perspective
  19. War between miners catches government in the crossfire
  20. Explainer: Ireland's world-first popular vote on gay marriage
  21. Explainer: what is a 'coasting' school?
  22. Apple and Starbucks could have avoided being hacked if they'd taken this simple step
  23. California's water paradox: why enough will never be enough
  24. Why do students cheat? Listen to this dean's words
  25. What does nuclear power cost? Old plants dispel easy answers
  26. Federal advisory committees are critical to the legislative process – and the public should be more involved
  27. Explainer: how do you measure a sea's level, anyway?
  28. Who are the top football teams in the health league?
  29. As refugee crisis deepens, the world is losing patience with South Sudan
  30. A bonfire of the economists as Britain loses faith
  31. Without a safeguard, Australia will burn through our emissions target
  32. The verdict's in: we must better protect kids from toxic lead exposure
  33. Scott McIntyre vs SBS will test employees' right to be opinionated
  34. The end of humanitarianism?
  35. Corruption cripples Iraqi armed forces in the fight against Islamic State
  36. Why men are not biologically useless after all ...
  37. Why NATO and Russia are playing a Cold War game of hotlines and spooks
  38. The buck stops elsewhere: how corporate power trumps politics
  39. The rise of wearable health tech could mean the end of the sickie
  40. Why one of the wealthiest countries in the world is failing to feed its people
  41. Unite’s break with Labour: bluff, bluster and empty threats
  42. Dying matters. That’s why we must listen to patients' wishes
  43. Sarah Lucas gives the Venice Biennale its just desserts
  44. Paranoid defence controls could criminalise teaching encryption
  45. Bitter battle over labour brokers threatens South Africa's fragile social order
  46. What American students can learn from immersing themselves in Africa
  47. Why exporting live cattle to the United States is a bad idea
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