5 questions for Kelvin Kong [INTERVIEW]
In the run up to the very first ever BookMachine Toronto we’re compiling some interviews with publishing-type folk who will be going to the event.…
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5 questions for Tahira Rahemtulla, host of BookMachine Toronto [INTERVIEW]
On March 14th BookMachine is coming to Toronto! If you work in publishing and live in or around Toronto, we’re pleased to say that Tahira…
Amazingly, Barnes & Noble has a hip-hop bio section for kids
A massive tip of the hat to the A.V. Club for the wonderful discovery that the online store of American bookseller Barnes & Noble has…
Should We Publish New Adult Fiction for LGBT Readers?
This is a guest post from Margaret Eckel, who is Prizes & Awards Officer at Booktrust. You can find her on Linkedin and Twitter. If…
Independent bookshops continue to disappear from high street
The Booksellers Association last week released its annual membership figures, and they made for grim reading for lovers of independent bookshops: for the sixth year…
Blackfriars First Digital Literary Imprint in the UK
I do love a good first. The first t-shirt day of the summer; the first beer on a night out; the first time you wear…
Foyles BookShop Workshops [REPORT]
Gin palaces, children’s hidey holes, book delivery chutes and outdoor touchscreens were just some of the ideas that sprung from last week’s Foyles Bookshop Workshops.…
Neil Gaiman crowdsources new short story collection
Author and icon of the cool internet nerds movement Neil Gaiman has released a new, part-crowdsourced, online-only short story collection. The thirty-one pages of A…
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…
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…
