Blogs

Why can’t we innovate? Perspectives from the FutureBook 40

By Alice Revel

Founder at The Ampersand Book Company

The inaugural FutureBook 40 crop reflect on the things holding publishers back from innovation. Read more

Remembering the magic of Claudio López de Lamadrid

By Catherine Eccles

Literary scout at Eccles Fisher Associates

Literary scout Catherine Eccles pays tribute to renowned Spanish editor, Claudio López de Lamadrid, following his death in January at the age of 59.... Read more

Loss and identity explored in CKG longlist

By Alison Brumwell

Chair of judges Alison Brumwell talks about some of the illustrators in the running for the 2019 Kate Greenaway Medal. Read more

Myths of Open Access

By Stephen Lotinga

Chief executive at Publishers Association

With many arguments around Open Access in academia framed in an adversarial manner, Stephen Lotinga gives a voice to the benefits it can bring.... Read more

Risky business

By Philip Jones

Editor at The Bookseller

Philip Jones looks back on the trade’s long history of facing down the censor. Read more

Changing course: reflections on the Jhalak Prize

By Sunny Singh

Chair of judges at Jhalak Prize for the Book of the Year

Sunny Singh reflects on how far the Jhalak Prize and the publishing industry have come since the award was founded, and how far there is... Read more

Getting children reading

By Hilary Murray Hill

C.e.o. at Hachette Children's

Hachette Children’s Group is on a mission to get more children reading—c.e.o. Hilary Murray Hill explains why. Read more

Rethinking 'diversity' in publishing

By Anamik Saha

Senior lecturer at Goldsmiths, University of London

Five years after a report into the trade that induced many measures to change the publishing industry, a new text will assess the current state... Read more

Beyond the Commonwealth

By Philip Jones

Editor at The Bookseller

Philip Jones considers the significance of the relationship between David Fickling Books and Penguin Random House UK, who together publish Philip Pullman's Book of Dust... Read more