The Independent stops reviewing gender-specific kids’ books
In an editorial published yesterday, The Independent on Sunday’s literary editor Katy Guest outlined the manifold problems – artistic, societal and commercial – inherent in…
Magnetic Fields’ Stephin Merritt to publish book of poetry
Today in ‘yeah, that sounds about right’: Stephin Merritt, the synth-pop Sondheim frontman of The Magnetic Fields, The Gothic Archies, Future Bible Heroes and The…
Cargo appoints new MDs, Chairman
Independent Glasgow publisher Cargo has announced several changes to its board, effective immediately. Mark Buckland, who founded the company in 2009, has stepped down from…
John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats has written a novel
Fans of American indie stalwarts The Mountain Goats already know that frontman John Darnielle is one of that country’s finest lyricists, unfolding songs that more…
Tickets now on sale for Glasgow’s Aye Write! festival
In news we would have covered last week were we not recovering from dental surgery and as such too hopped up on goofballs to string…
Authors Need to Know Their Rights
When it comes to working in the rights and licensing field it’s not uncommon to be bombarded with questions, especially from indie and self-published authors.…
Book of Iain Banks poetry to be published in 2015
When Iain Banks died of cancer last June at the cruelly young age of 59, it was widely assumed that The Quarry – the novel…
Hard Case Crime to publish Samuel Fuller’s “lost” novel
Since you’ve probably heard already about JK Rowling’s second novel as Robert Galbraith, allow us instead to draw your attention to a more long-awaited book…
The Author Earnings report: point/counterpoint
By now you’ve probably encountered self-published author Hugh Howey’s Author Earnings report – which debuted online yesterday – in some form or another, whether through…
Folio Prize announces its inaugural shortlist
It’s been a long time coming – we first reported on it back in 2011, when it was tentatively called The Literature Prize and being…
5 questions for Jacks Thomas, Director of The London Book Fair [INTERVIEW]
Jacks Thomas is the Director of The London Book Fair and she will be BookMachine London’s speaker on 27th February. I caught up with her…
5 questions for Matthew Cashmore [INTERVIEW]
Ahead of BookMachine Oxford on 27 February I posed five quick questions to our guest speaker Matthew Cashmore! 1. Which words would best descibe…
Haruki Murakami accused of smearing Japanese town
Residents of Nakatonbetsu, a town of 1,900 people on the Japanese island of Hokkaido, have expressed anger with Haruki Murakami – one of the most…
Details of Stephen King’s second novel of 2014 revealed
It may feel like Stephen King is never far from these pages, but there’s a simple reason for that: Stephen King is never far from…
BookMachine are getting physical
BookMachine are excited to announce the publication of their first book, Snapshots: BookMachine on digital, discoverability and collaboration. Snapshots is a collection of specially selected…
