Beware the Green light on copyright
This is a guest post from Tom Chalmers, Managing Director at IPR License. The days, weeks and months leading up to the UK general election…
Wendy and the Wallpaper Cat: Jason Hook Interview
Next week author Jason Hook launches his first picture book with V&A Publishing, Wendy and the Wallpaper Cat. Illustrated by Ilaria Demonti, the book is…
Writing for children: Janice Fosse interview
Janice Fosse is a children’s playwright and writer. Here Stephanie Cox interviews Janice about her love of writing, the difficulties of writing for children and…
CWA reveals longlist for Dagger in the Library prize
The Crime Writers’ Association has unveiled the longlist for this year’s Dagger in the Library prize, recognising an author not for a single book but…
One Big Book Launch – Winners announced
Nine of the ten places in One Big Book Launch 2015 have been announced, showcasing fantastic new titles from Walker Books, Sandstone Press, a variety…
Richard & Judy Book Club to continue into 2019
The Richard & Judy Book Club is set to continue into its fifteenth year, with its namesakes having signed a contract that will keep it…
Marketing academic research: Kat Palmer interview
Kat Palmer is Content Marketing Executive at Emerald Group Publishing. Here Stephanie Cox interviews Kat about marketing in the publishing industry and the challenges of…
Imaginative Space: The role of the faceless model on fiction book covers
There is a growing tradition in book publishing to use faceless models on book covers. Tried and tested, models whose faces are hidden are good…
RSL announces 2015 Ondaatje Prize shortlist
The Royal Society of Literature has revealed the shortlist for this year’s Ondaatje Prize, awarded to writers of fiction, non-fiction or poetry resident in the…
Snapshots II – The Launch
Wednesday night saw the launch of BookMachine’s Shapshots II, the second compilation of some of the best blogs from the BookMachine archive. This time round, the…
Stephen King, Gillian Flynn, James Ellroy win Edgar awards
The Edgar awards – presented by the Mystery Writers of America in recognition of achievement in crime writing – has revealed its 2015 winners, with…
Creating Value in an Age of Disruption
In the run up to the Oxfordshire Publishing Group’s Annual conference on ‘Creating Value in an Age of Disruption’, here are some thoughts about recent…
A Belgian perspective on reviewing books
Mieke Bijns is a book blogger and reviewer who writes for both English and Belgian audiences. Here Stephanie Cox interviews Mieke about book reviews, and…
Oxfordshire Publishing Group [CONFERENCE]
Put 23rd June in your diaries! That is the day that the Oxfordshire Publishing Group will be holding the first of what it hopes will…
Bloomsbury Book Club with Polly Samson [EVENT]
Polly Samson will discuss her lyrical, haunting and exquisite new novel, The Kindness, with Bloomsbury editor-in-chief Alexandra Pringle at an intimate Bloomsbury Book Club event…
