How about staging book groups, writers' masterclasses, script readings and seasons of talks?
A novel is made in the editing stage; books aren't written, they're rewritten.
As he recalled in his autobiography, "Memories of a Munchkin" (Back Stage Books, 2005; with Daniel Kinske), one recruiter told him he belonged in a carnival.
When "The Satanic Verses" was first published, Muslims staged book burnings in Bolton and Bradford.
Grade said: "When my partner Ivan Dunleavy and I completed the buyout from Rank they didn't have a single stage booked.
They developed a stage book, based on an idea of Robbins's, about three young sailors on a 24-hour leave in New York.
But perhaps the most interesting advantage, one which we haven't seen explored in Britain much yet, is the fact that a staged book needn't actually be a work of fiction, or even a story.
This time Mrs. Clinton has taken charge of her own show, marching triumphantly through the same news outlets that once trashed her, rewriting her own story literally and figuratively in a brilliantly staged book tour.
Kiki's is also in lock-step with the trend of on-stage book adaptations continued by Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which opened at the Palace Theatre last month.
His interest is in the stage and books, and he's a collector of the latter.
