How publishing for different devices impacts design [SPONSORED POST]
Many design companies, like us here at HL Studios, come from a print or web-based background and have had to do some serious upgrading (of…
Donna Tartt’s third novel due in October
In the latest example of the strange, mystical power already exhibited by 2013 to draw maddeningly non-prolific artists out of hiding – following on from…
Oliver Twist to become cop film, because sure, why not
A HYPOTHETICAL CONVERSATION BETWEEN AHMET ZAPPA (PRODUCER, WRITER, SON OF FRANK) AND HIS AGENT:
Second year of Melita Hume Poetry Prize opens to submissions
Following a successful inaugural year that saw victory claimed by Caleb Klaces for his collection Bottled Air, Eyewear Publishing is accepting submissions for the sophomore…
Could Bookish Be The Next Big Online Retailer?
Last week saw the launch of Bookish in the US – a new, and frankly bloody stunning book discovery/online retailer (or as I call them,…
Chick lit officially bad for you, claims study
Defenders of lost causes, prepare to fortify the frontlines: Anyone who has previously had cause to deride ‘chick lit’ – whether out of genuine frustration…
Be proud of your work and remember Kim Scott Walwyn
Andrew Turner is Vice-Chair of the Society of Young Publishers. He is a graduate of Kingston University’s Publishing MA and works as a Marketing Executive…
Stephen King reveals more details of Shining sequel
We’ve been tracking with interest the emergence of details on Stephen King’s long-anticipated/dreaded sequel to The Shining, which was revealed last year to go by…
Lynette Owen on winning the Kim Scott Walwyn Prize
Lynette Owen is a leading authority on Copyright. She is Copyright Director at Pearson Education and has a particular interest in establishing licensing business in…
Mantel continues to be to awards as Henry VIII was to wives
More news of awards, yes, but we’d be remiss if we didn’t acknowledge the continued astonishing success in that field of Hilary Mantel’s Bring Up…
5 Questions for Robin Wood [INTERVIEW]
Robin Wood is Chairman of Anova Books, one of the UK’s larger independent publishers, which he co-founded in 2005. He is also Chairman of the Independent Publishers…
Man Booker International Prize reveals 2013 finalists
The Man Booker International Prize – the regular Man Booker’s bohemian older brother who spends most of his time gadding around the world, surfacing once…
5 Questions for Tom Chalmers, Managing Director of IPR License [Interview]
Something we’ve heard a lot of lately is that publishers have to diversify the way they deal with copyright, a large part of which is…
Orwell, Mantel and Gaiman to get new adaptations
Lots of news this week on the adaptation front, with popular work from George Orwell, Hilary Mantel and Neil Gaiman all making the leap from…
5 Questions for Michael Bhaskar [INTERVIEW]
Michael Bhaskar is Digital Publishing Director at Profile Books. He has worked at Pan Macmillan, a literary agency and an economics research firm and is…
