One issue that causes the most stress for many employees, including those in the publishing industry, is the dread of simply arriving at work. Far too many... Read more
Orna Ross Director of the Alliance of Independent Authors
A few months ago, the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi)’s watchdog desk, which which monitors the self-publishing sector, rates the best and worst services, and... Read more
Jared Shurin Head of strategy at M&C Saatchi’s Social Impact Practice
Last year - among a few other things - Simon & Schuster was purchased by Penguin Random House. Yet the inevitability of that result shouldn’t... Read more
Neil Griffiths Author and founder of the Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses
How might a literary prize disrupt the literary prize culture? Perhaps by reversing the structure: announcing the winner first, then the shortlist, followed by the... Read more
Alastair Hagger Doctoral researcher in creative writing
You are midway through the fourth book (of seven) in your favourite magical teenage warlock series. On her way to a first confrontation with the... Read more
Aliya Gulamani Junior commissioning editor at Unbound
Many Deaf people are natural storytellers, with a flair for creative thinking. And yet there are so few of us in publishing. As well-publicised research... Read more
Marketing books during a pandemic brought about many challenges, including re-directing campaigns, getting cut-through and navigating the suddenly massive world of TikTok. Conversations began this... Read more
I have Triplegic Cerebral Palsy, which means that even before schools and offices closed due to the pandemic, I was categorised as at higher, moderate risk... Read more
JK Rowling is. John le Carré isn’t. Albert Camus and F. Scott Fitzgerald are. George Orwell might or might not be. I’m talking about registered trade marks. Authors... Read more
Books have always been a source of wonder and escape. A place for new thoughts, brilliant ideas, tragic stories and exciting lives. A way to... Read more