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A joint letter to the prime minister

As the editors of two national trade publications, The Bookseller and The Stage, we write with concerns about the impact that inequity in your business rates reform will have on our respective sectors.

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If AI imagines before we do, what is left for illustrators?

by Daniela Frongia

Illustrator Daniela Frongia highlights the problems with publishers using AI to generate early design ideas.

Are we listening to the people we're publishing for?

by Georgina Atwell

Instead of bemoaning all the reasons why children don’t read, let’s listen to all the reasons why they do, says Toppsta founder Georgina Atwell.

Stories can cross cultures, but we must help build readerships

by Ekta Bajaj

Publishing has made progress with the diversity of its pipeline; now it must nurture audiences.

Editor‘s Letter

A joint letter to the prime minister

As the editors of two national trade publications, The Bookseller and The Stage, we write with concerns about the impact that inequity in your business rates reform will have on our respective sectors.

READ LETTER IN FULL

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What publishers get wrong about working with book content creators

by Alice Blackwell

Size isn’t everything and scattergun mailouts don’t work, writes creator and comms professional Alice Blackwell.

We must act now or lose bookshops and theatres forever

by Maia Snow

The future of bookshops and theatres is at risk due to proposed business rates increases.

Booksellers Association: what is a bookshop?

by Meryl Halls and Debbie James

Booksellers Association MD Meryl Halls and president Debbie James on the many roles of bookshops and the need for government to get behind them.

The Catch-22 of self-publishing

by Lucy Nichol

Other art forms enjoy solid support structures for producing new work – so why is writing books so different? Author Lucy Nichol considers.

The Karshan ruling is crushing kids' book events

by Oisín McGann

Changes to the rules around self-employment in Ireland is having a swift and serious impact on children’s book events, writes Oisin McGann.

Letting ChatGPT write your emails has a bigger impact than you think

by Daisy Buchanan

Outsourcing writing to AI – yes, even the boring bits – robs us of a life-enhancing skill, writes author Daisy Buchanan.

AI and licensing: the debate is becoming a market

by Tom West

It’s time for ideas to become solutions in the fight to protect authors’ rights, writes Tom West, CEO of Publishers’ Licensing Services.

Bloomsbury founder’s Nexit is about the long game

by Philip Jones

Nigel Newton has earned the right to manage his own exit, remaining at the helm of the business he kickstarted in 1986.

Should writers be encouraged to write across race?

by Colin Grant

Colin Grant explains why the latest edition of WritersMosaic commissions writers of many races and cultures to stray from their lane.

AI is a real threat to illustrators, and the government must act

by Axel Scheffler

Axel Scheffler thought he could ignore AI… until he saw what it could do.

Can a new adaptation of The Silence of the Lambs transcend its problematic tropes?

by Natasha Tripney

Nikolai Foster’s touring production attempts to confront the sexism and troubling trans stereotypes in Thomas Harris’ novel.

Comics, libraries and reader development are key

by Pete Stones

With library lending on the up, two-thirds of library staff surveyed describe higher demand for comics and graphic novels than five years ago.

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