Netflix to produce Lemony Snicket series
Lemony Snicket’s popular series of macabre books for young people, A Series of Unfortunate Events, has already seen at least some of its titles adapted…
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Tom Hanks inspired by typewriters to write book of short stories
Let’s try a little experiment here: I’m going to start off a sentence, then keep adding words to it, and see how you react to…
Diversity, gender, equality, and inclusion in publishing
This is a guest post from Claire Louise Kemp, Consultant at Atwood Tate (sponsor of BookMachine Oxford on November 6). “If you want to make…
Amazon launches ‘reader powered publishing’ with Kindle Scout
Amazon has launched what it describes as ‘reader powered publishing’ in the form of Kindle Scout, a crowdsourcing initiative to find unpublished authors and, uh,…
Action Comics #1 available to read, for free, online
A copy of Action Comics #1 – arguably the single most sought after issue in the history of the medium – recently sold at (eBay)…
5 questions for freelance editor and consultant Beth Cox [INTERVIEW]
BookMachine Oxford host Charly Salvesen-Ford talks to Beth Cox, freelance editor and consultant specialising in children’s books, and the star of our event on 6th…
Three things I learned that made working in publishing bearable
This is a guest post from Carl Pappenheim, owner of Spineless Classics about Working in Publishing Publishing is comfortably the most glamorous and educational industry…
That’s Write! [COMPETITION]
This is a guest post from Tahira Rahemtulla, a senior editor at Unambiguous Edit. Tahira graduated from City University London in 2012, with a Masters…
Waterstones Piccadilly holding lock-in inspired ‘sleepover’
Credit where it’s due to Waterstones’ PR staff: following a potentially embarrassing incident last week, in which an American tourist had to tweet and post…
Twin Peaks novel to bridge 25 year gap between seasons
If you haven’t already started affecting a veneer of cool disdain as a reaction to everyone else losing their minds, you may be mildly excited…
Technology still needs an audience
In a technological age we all have to think that little bit more about what we say, how we say it and where we say…
3 lessons writers can learn from the music industry
This is a guest blog from Christopher Russell, author of Mockstars, a music novel inspired by his international tour diaries for rock/pop band The Lightyears.…
Inspiration for publishers in 4 cities
November 6. London, New York, Oxford and Brighton – Meet and collaborate with the most inspiring people in the publishing industry today. A few people…
On the digital learning platform from Blackwell’s
This is a guest post from Evie Prysor-Jones, Digital Publishing Executive, Blackwell’s Learning platform. (host of next month’s BookMachine London) Blackwell’s Beginning On New Year’s…
2014 Man Booker Prize goes to Richard Flanagan
This year’s Man Booker Prize has been awarded to Richard Flanagan for his novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North. The Australian author’s sixth…
