Adam Johnson wins 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Having decided not to present an award after all in 2012 – with Karen Russell’s Swamplandia!, David Foster Wallace’s posthumous The Pale King and Denis…
Publishing folks using BookMachine.me after The London Book Fair
Nearly 200 people gathered at our drinks event at The London Book Fair on Monday – publishers, editors, designers, digital specialists – the bar in…
5 Questions for Jill Haynes of Book Aid International [INTERVIEW]
Jill Haynes is Book Aid International’s Head of Programmes and leads their UK-based team responsible for project development in Africa. With just a few days…
BookMachine’s Laura Austin on Kim Scott Walwyn shortlist
In a stirring example of the reporters becoming the reported, or something, BookMachine’s very own Glorious Fearless Leader Laura Austin has found herself on the…
The mysterious art of book rights
Tom Chalmers is Managing Director at IPR License. Are all authors fully aware of all the rights they hold to their work? Are too many…
Win a Kindle Fire at BookMachine Brighton
After the success of the first BookMachine Brighton event in February, we’re back – this time with sun, sea and prizes. Whilst we can’t guarantee…
Shortlist revealed for 2013 Impac Award
The shortlist has been revealed for the 2013 International Impac Dublin Literary Award, the annual prize based (as the name suggests) in Dublin but awarded…
Win a pair of tickets for BookMachine Unplugged on 23rd May [COMPETITION]
BookMachine Unplugged is back in London on 23rd May. 4 speakers sharing their publishing experiences and an awesome crowd of publishing professionals – it’s an…
Body of Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda exhumed
In fascinating news that may have been lost among word of death of a more recent vintage, the body of Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo…
Gender has no place in media coverage of book awards
The shortlist for one of the most coveted awards in science fiction was announced last week – the Arthur C. Clarke award for 2013 has…
6 Questions for Amanda Close of Random House, on launch of book discovery Facebook app BookScout [INTERVIEW]
Worried about Amazon buying up GoodReads? Have no fear: Random House, Inc have launched BookScout a new social book discovery app on Facebook. The app…
Reasons to celebrate Iain Banks while we have the chance
Yesterday’s shattering news that Iain Banks has terminal cancer and, at this point, is expected to live for less than a year is difficult to…
5 books to read before running the London Marathon
Co-instigator of BookMachine, Gavin, is running the London Marathon on 21st April in support of Book Aid. It’s very tempting, when training for a marathon,…
Seanan McGuire breaks records with Hugo nominations
The nominees for this year’s Hugo Awards were announced this past weekend, and brought with them a record-breaking number of nods for author Seanan McGuire.…
BookMachine Oxford March [REVIEW II]
Bea Longworth is director and co-founder at Whooc Publishing Ltd, a fledgling startup making first-person fiction apps for young adults under its Freed Fiction imprint. …
