New BookMachine London publishing event
Not long to go until our face-to-face meetings at London publishing events are replaced by virtual meet-ups. Where the familiarity of shaking someone’s hand is…
James Patterson donating £250,000 to British and Irish bookshops
Following a similar act of philanthropy in the US last year, hyperbestseller James Patterson is set to donate £250,000 to independent booksellers across Britain and…
Flagstone unveiled commemorating Scotland’s first published woman
As part of history festival Previously… this past weekend, Professor Germaine Greer unveiled a flagstone in Edinburgh commemorating the life and work of Elizabeth Melville,…
Quentin Tarantino co-authoring Django/Zorro crossover comic
Comic book publishers Dynamite Entertainment teaming with industry titans DC to publish the work of a writer new to the world of comics might not…
Sleek lines and celestial voices at Foyles
The long-awaited new flagship Foyles store at 107 Charing Cross Road opened to much fanfare last week. Emma Smith went to the launch party to…
Commissioning Editor at RotoVision [JOB POSTING]
RotoVision produces co-edition books on craft, art, fashion and beauty and we are now looking for a talented and creative Commissioning Editor to join our…
Shortlist announced for Frank O’Connor short story prize
The Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award – reputedly the world’s richest short story prize, awarding €25,000 annually to the author of the year’s best…
Edinburgh Book Festival 2014: Murakami, Amis, George R. R. Martin
Yes, that Murakami. The programme for this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival was unveiled yesterday, and while the presence of noted hat-wearing wolf-lover George R.…
You won’t sass George R. R. Martin like that when he can summon wolves
If you’re an eccentric, philanthropic tycoon who is really into grisly fantasy and just wants what’s best for wolves, then 1) congratulations, because you sound…
Praise a Publisher Day [COMPETITION]
In one of our more lucid moments we decided that today is Praise a Publisher day. There’s now a search feature on BookMachine.me, which means…
Baileys Women’s Prize goes to Eimear McBride
This year’s Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction has gone to Eimear McBride for her debut novel, A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing. The book has…
A Hunger Games theme park may be imminent
If you read Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games trilogy and thought to yourself ‘[sigh], I wish that was me being made to fight to the death…
No end in sight in dispute between Amazon and Hachette
Shots fired in the ongoing dispute between Amazon and Hachette in the US over profit margins on ebooks: so little faith does the online retail…
Michael Gove removes American texts from GCSE syllabus
Conservative education secretary Michael Gove has had numerous works by American authors removed from the English literature GCSE syllabus, expressing a wish that students instead…
How to get into publishing
After much hard work trying to break into the industry, Jasmine Joynson found her dream job as Publicity Assistant at one of the big five…
