Blogs

Copping in

Sherri Aldis, Chief of United Nations Publications in the Department of Global Communications, UN

Launched a year ago at the Frankfurt Book Fair by the UN and the IPA, the Sustainable Development Goals are essential tools for publishers to... Read more

That creeping feeling

Simon Ings

Fiction that lazily predicts a dystopian, ecologically decimated world is doomed to fail; instead novelists must engage on a new level with the climate crisis... Read more

Protecting stillness

Silé Edwards Agent at Mushens Entertainment

This month, I have been reflecting a lot on the kind of agent I want to be, the list I want to build and the... Read more

Closing the loop

Simon Mackay

In order to make a substantial lasting change to the sustainability of the trade, we must create a circular economy focused on book reuse and... Read more

Emission invisible

George Walkley

Received wisdom may suggest that digital books are a lower-emission option than print, but the truth is far more complex—and must be scrutinised... Read more

Outside the boxes

Jared Shurin

With consumers now insisting businesses do the heavy lifting for sustainability, this is the time for firms to really analyse their green credentials ... Read more

The Greta effect

Emily Marples

Those who market and publicise books on climate change for children can make a vast difference by keeping messaging positive—and by collaborating. Read more

Small minds: why a growth mindset is anathema to solving the climate crisis

Timothy Morton

The time for a business-as-usual approach to the climate has long since passed, argues author, academic and activist Timothy Morton, and urgent steps need to... Read more

The burning question

Molly Flatt and Caroline Sanderson

The climate emergency isn’t a terrifying future trajectory to be found in manifestos from tech magnates or the pages of cli-fi novels. It’s right here,... Read more

Hidden labour

Sarah Shaw Editorial and marketing assistant at Fairlight Books

Emotional labour is hardly a new concept, but surprisingly there hasn’t yet been a study of this form of work in the book industry -... Read more

Connection issues

Nelle Andrew Agent at RML

Nelle Andrew explores how we can rebuild connections in a post-lockdown world Read more

Old trade, new futures

Fleur Sinclair Owner, Sevenoaks Bookshop

The New Futures Initiative - launched at the end of September and announced in The Bookseller - is a scheme to reach out to... Read more

Prior knowledge

By Philip Jones

Editor at The Bookseller

The appointment of Penguin General m.d. Joanna Prior to run Pan Macmillan after its current c.e.o. Anthony Forbes Watson leaves that role is a big... Read more

From access to impact

Sophie Goldsworthy Director of content strategy and acquisition at Oxford University Press

Digital content and learning is nothing new - but the pandemic has accelerated existing trends, cramming as much as a decade’s worth of digital evolution into... Read more