5 Questions for Robert Paul Weston (children’s and YA author)
With BookMachine Unplugged, our event which celebrates the culture of collaboration in publishing, kicking off in a couple of weeks, we’ve been thinking about the…
Big announcement: Juliet Mushens at BookMachine Unplugged
Big announcement today. Juliet Mushens will be joining us as our fourth speaker at BookMachine Unplugged on May 23rd.If you use the discount code ‘Juliet’…
Harper Lee re-enters public life to sue guy who sounds awful
In wholly unpleasant news that, on the bright side, has returned Harper Lee to public life, the beloved author of To Kill A Mockingbird and…
5 Questions for Anna Lewis [INTERVIEW]
Anna Lewis is our host at BookMachine Unplugged on the 23rd May– having successfully created Completely Novel (a publishing community) she is now co-founder of…
Cargo announces raft of new signings
Fresh off its successful launch of stand-up turned historical novelist Rob Newman’s The Trade Secret, indie publishing house Cargo has announced a few of its…
Beastie Boys to release oral history in 2015
Almost exactly a year on from the untimely death of the much missed Adam (MCA) Yauch comes word in the New York Times that Michael…
These Pages Fall Like Ash [REVIEW]
These Pages Fall Like Ash is a first-of-its kind narrative experience, leading its readers around the city of Bristol – armed with a wooden book…
The Book is Dead. Long Live the Book
This is a guest post from Johnny Rich, author of The Human Script, published by Red Button Publishing I love books. I love the musk…
Fifty Shades of Backlist Fiction
This is a guest post from author Judith Summers, who is currently storming the Kindle charts with her book Dear Sister. I’ve been a No.5 …
Gus Van Sant comes from nowhere to angle for Fifty Shades
With Bret Easton Ellis seeming at long last to have gotten the message that no, he will have absolutely nothing to do with the film…
Celebrate World Book Night once you’re done mourning Shakespeare
Today, 23 April, is known across the world as the day when Harold Bloom traditionally lays a single red rose at the entrance to the…
5 Questions for Alice Reeves [INTERVIEW]
BookMachine Brighton is back! After a fun first event back in February, our charming hostess Alice Reeves is back for more (this time co-hosting with…
Books Are My Bag Campaign Announced, Targeting Bookshops, Readers and Cockhats
If the internet has proven anything, it’s that if someone famous does something, normos (everyone who is non-famous) will also do it in a misjudged…
5 Questions for Ben Schrank [INTERVIEW]
Ben Schrank is President and Publisher, Razorbill (Penguin) and a published author too – we are delighted to welcome him as our speaker at BookMachine…
A week at The London Book Fair [REPORT]
Tom Chalmers is Managing Director at IPR License. If I’m honest the London Book Fair almost broke me (in a good way). 60 meetings in…
