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Editor's Letter

Gravity

This week, the Booker Prize was awarded to Samantha Harvey’s Orbital (Jonathan Cape), the first time a book set in space has won the award.
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Popularity contest

Popularity contest

by Chris McCabe
What can we learn from the poets the UK public have voted their favourites?
Making more of microhistories

Making more of microhistories

by Roly Allen
Struggling to categorise that quirky piece of non-fiction? This might just help.
Prize politics

Prize politics

by Bénédicte Eustache
What do this month’s award-winners tell us about the literary landscape?

Editor‘s Letter

Gravity

This week, the Booker Prize was awarded to Samantha Harvey’s Orbital (Jonathan Cape), the first time a book set in space has won the award.
READ LETTER IN FULL
Ecologies of connection

Ecologies of connection

by Gemma Cairney
Most of history is told through a traditionally colonial and often patriarchal lens, but there are other ways of sharing stories.
We need to talk about redundancy

We need to talk about redundancy

by Sam Humphreys
It’s happened to me twice. Here’s what I’ve learned.
Stealth literacy

Stealth literacy

by Rebekah Polding
We need to think differently if we are going to lure kids back to books.
Taylor made

Taylor made

by Kat McKenna
Can publishing learn some lessons from Taylor Swift’s approach to her book?
Category error

Category error

by Elspeth Wilson
Retail categories used for neurodivergent authors are limiting their scope.
Help us thrive

Help us thrive

by Rebecca Gray
Neurodiverse employees have many talents to bring to publishing, if companies are willing to adapt.
Who has the right to write?

Who has the right to write?

by Lisette Auton
Should disabled authors have to share their medical history?
A wider audience

A wider audience

by Alex Fane
Fane Group’s head on challenging the traditional model of book events, rebuilding post-pandemic and reaching an untapped demographic of readers
The party crashers

The party crashers

by Philip Jones
The publishing industry itself should decide which technologies are allowed into its space.
News for emerging authors: October

News for emerging authors: October

by Maame Blue
A hand-picked digest of news stories from the past month which emerging writers should know about.
Uni presses make clean sweep of Oddest Book Title shortlist

Uni presses make clean sweep of Oddest Book Title shortlist

by Horace Bent
The shortlist for the 46th annual The Bookseller’s Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year is now ready to be voted on.
Staging a revolution

Staging a revolution

by Natasha Tripney
The Arcola’s adaptation of Ece Temelkuran’s Women Who Blow on Knots deserves far greater recognition.

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A celebrity crime spree

A celebrity crime spree

Nov 6, 2024by Penny Batchelor
Covertly ghostwritten books from household names are crowding out professional talent.
The backlist bonus

The backlist bonus

Nov 1, 2024by Anna Hervé
It’s time that literary estates learned from the children’s trade and put their considerable classic backlists to work.
What are publicists to do?

What are publicists to do?

Oct 30, 2024by Lamorna Elmer
The end of "Open Book" offers yet another example of how difficult broadcast media for authors has become.
Full circle

Full circle

Oct 25, 2024by Steph Thwaites
I, together with others, felt there was a need for a Jewish community in publishing to come together, in a way I hadn’t felt before. This was the beginning of The Jewish Publishing Circle.
Is Super Thursday still super?

Is Super Thursday still super?

Oct 14, 2024by Penny Batchelor
Does publishing’s biggest day simply help the same few titles to rise to the top?
Bookshops cannot do what they do in a vacuum

Bookshops cannot do what they do in a vacuum

Sep 20, 2024by Meryl Halls
Bricks-and-mortar stores have proved their worth, particularly since the pandemic, but publishers need to do more to aid the sector.
Double mirror

Double mirror

Aug 5, 2024by Natasha Tripney
With both stage and film versions premiering in Edinburgh, The Outrun showcases different adaptation styles.
The Bookseller Rising Stars: Introducing the Class of 2024

The Bookseller Rising Stars: Introducing the Class of 2024

Jul 19, 2024by Tom Tivnan
The Class of 2024 highlight the importance of continuing to open the book industry to diverse backgrounds, spearheaded by the first retailer to be named Shooting Star: Anissa de Gomery, founder of subscription-box business FairyLoot.
Walking the talk

Walking the talk

Jul 17, 2024by Penny Batchelor
Agents might say they want to represent more disabled authors - but have they done the work?
A painfully timely classic

A painfully timely classic

Jul 10, 2024by Natasha Tripney
A new production of The Grapes of Wrath highlights the damning contemporary relevance of John Steinbeck’s novel.

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