Blogs

Lockdown diaries: the publishing entrepreneur

By Bec Evans

Co-founder at Prolifiko

Boilers are the masters of timing – they know the exact moment to inflict maximum disruption. Mine decided to call time on Monday 23 March... Read more

Winning the argument

By Philip Jones

Editor at The Bookseller

In the mid-Noughties the Decibel Writer of the Year prize for authors of “Asian, African and Caribbean background” was launched to focus attention on a... Read more

We need to talk about productivity

By Aki Schilz

Founder at The Literary Consultancy

Houseplants make workers 40% more productive! Paint your workspace yellow to be more productive! Take a cold shower! 4 a.m. is the most productive time... Read more

Integrity is everything

By Jared Shurin

at M&C Saatchi’s Social Impact Practice

Over the past few months, we’ve been more swamped by misinformation than ever before. As if current events weren’t confusing and anxiety-causing enough, we’re also... Read more

Lockdown diary: the book distributor

By Matt Devereux

Client account agent at NBN International

Survival mode; that’s how lockdown began for me, coming, as it did, off the back of two close family tragedies - the loss of both... Read more

It's time for the Mind Body Spirit genre to shed its missionary legacy

By Sarupa Shah

Founder at The Soul Agency

Throughout my life I’ve been a fan of Mind Body Spirit (MBS) books; in fact, I’m curently at book proposal stage for my own. In recent... Read more

Dear black publishers and creatives...

By Jasmine Richards

Director at Storymix

I have been writing children's books for over 10 years now. I have worked as an editor in children's publishing houses for 15. For the... Read more

A rising tide of returning book-buyers lifts all boats

By Kiera O'Brien

at The Bookseller

After 12 long weeks, bookshops re-opened in England last week—and the book-buying public unquestionably chose bookshops. The UK lockdown from 23rd March closed bricks-and-mortar shops... Read more

The new better

By Philip Jones

Editor at The Bookseller

Last week some £33m worth of printed books were sold through the Nielsen BookScan universe, including for the first time since the end of March... Read more

Diversity needs unions

By Members of the NUJ Book Branch

In response to the discussions around the #PublishingPaidMe and #BookJobTransparency hashtags, and the open letter from the Black Writers’ Guild, the National Union of... Read more

Why the #247challenge matters

By Antonia Byatt

CEO at First Story

The National Literacy Trust today released new research for National Writing Day, which found that more young people have been writing and reading in... Read more

Lockdown diaries: the apprentice artworker

By Jess Stevens

Apprentice artworker at Bloomsbury

I have always had an interesting relationship with books as a result of my dyslexia. As a child I hated reading and it was not... Read more

We've come a long way with LBGTQ+ literature

By Paul Burston

Founder at The Polari Prize

In 2012, the literary critic Suzi Feay lamented the lack of new lesbian voices in UK publishing. Describing what she saw as “a shortage of... Read more

"Let’s clarify what free speech is and is not": An open letter to the industry from Pride in Publishing

By Pride in Publishing

Being a book publisher comes with a set of tough moral responsibilities. You provide livelihoods for authors and booksellers, your hiring decisions can greatly influence... Read more

Reopening your bookshop? You need OODA

By Mark Thornton

Bookshop mentor at Unwin Charitable Trust

Bookshops are currently overwhelmed with advice, support and well-meaning individuals offering ideas and 'tips' on what to do. A few months ago, booksellers might have... Read more

By Bec Evans

By Philip Jones

By Aki Schilz

By Jared Shurin

By Matt Devereux

By Sarupa Shah

By Jasmine Richards

By Kiera O'Brien

By Philip Jones

By Members of the NUJ Book Branch

By Antonia Byatt

By Jess Stevens

By Paul Burston

By Pride in Publishing

By Mark Thornton

The Bookseller's Publishing Calendar 2020

FBF 2020: read the FBF Daily here

And Other Stories' Stefan Tobler on expanding operations in the US

Books in the Media's Book of the Week

FBF 2020: read the latest stories here

Wenner’s bookshops become Germany’s first climate-neutral bookseller

Rethinking 'Diversity' in Publishing

Discover how #Merky Books plans to empower a new generation of voices

This Is Me

by Mrs Hinch

A Life on Our Planet

by David Attenborough

A Song for the Dark Times

by Ian Rankin

Mary Berry's Simple Comforts

by Mary Berry

The Thursday Murder Club

by Richard Osman

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse

by Charlie Mackesy

19th Christmas

by James Patterson

Christmas Shopaholic

by Sophie Kinsella

7 Ways

by Jamie Oliver

Cilka's Journey

by Heather Morris