Articles relating to: publishing
Writing a novel in 2021? Tips and guidance from a successful 2020 debut author
“It took 17 years from typing the first word of the first manuscript to finally being published last year.
Read the full story..“We know the North isn’t one place, it’s not just one voice.” Northern Soul talks to HarperNorth’s Publishing Director, Genevieve Pegg
The North-South divide has long been a contentious issue but recent events seem to have accentuated the gap.
Read the full story..Once upon a time: how anti-migrant politics threaten the British writing industry
As Brexit dominates the headlines, Alexandra Jarvis, a writer for the Immigration Advice Service, has some stringent opinions on the impact Brexit will have on our creative sectors. She asks, how do we stop the damage before it’s too late?
Read the full story..What became of the Year of Publishing Women? Stefan Tobler from And Other Stories talks to Northern Soul
Back in 2015, The Guardian and The Bookseller published a talk by novelist Kamila Shamsie at Hay Festival where she suggested that a Year of Publishing Women would help to reset the gender imbalance for published authors.
Read the full story..Flapjack Press’s Paul Neads talks poetry, performance and, erm, flapjacks with Henry Normal
Henry Normal is a writer, poet, TV and film producer, well-known for his collaborations with Steve Coogan, Caroline Aherne and many others. Here he chats to Paul Neads, editor of Manchester-based Flapjack Press, a publishing firm specialising in poetry and poetry events.
Read the full story..Northern Soul heads to the first Northern Fiction Alliance Roadshow
When I lived in that there London, my flat was right around the corner from Penguin Random House (the one on Vauxhall Bridge Road).
Read the full story..Comma Press: a story of success
The cosy world of the short story is undergoing a renaissance and this is due in part to the Manchester based publishing house, Comma Press.
Read the full story..Byker Books (and not a sniff of PJ & Duncan)
Way back in the mists of time, before e-readers were invented and everyone with a blog was a ‘publisher’, a group of people from the North East of England who weren’t that enthralled by reading the memoirs of some ‘reality show’ nonentity came together…in a pub.
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