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2021 LGBTQ+ Books Releases
Though 2020 was a somewhat difficult year, we can finally start to place it behind us and look forward to the truly tantalizing LGBTQ+
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Positive reinforcement for writers: Let’s be kind!
Have you ever received a faceless response to a piece of your writing that you felt at the time flowed from your brain like typed gold...
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The Importance of Literary Magazines
I’m a lit mag newbie. I stumbled across the world of literary magazines and journals on Twitter and, as both a reader and hopeful writer,
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What Does 2021 Have in Store for British Bookshops?
Throughout 2020, we witnessed bookshops adapt in various ways to be able to continue selling stock during times of national restriction.
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Translator Spotlights: An Interview with Frank Wynne
Our Translator Spotlights series sees us interview translators about their unique insights and perspectives on the field of translation toda
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Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart: The Evolution of Cover Design
Considered his magnum opus, Achebe’s Things Fall Apart is arguably the most widely circulated text in the African literary canon.
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Coming Up in Children’s Fiction
With the new year comes the thrill of adding new releases to TBR (to be read) piles. In this issue, we take a look at some of the new
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Barbellion Prize Shortlist Announced
The Barbellion Prize is dedicated to the furtherance of ill and disabled voices in writing. On 8 January the shortlist was released, and we
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Costa Book Awards: 2020 Winners
Prior to COVID-19, coffee shops had become a favourite bookish reading spot. Nestle into an armchair with a spiced latte in one hand
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Making 2021 the Year of Opportunity by Annabella Costantino
2020 has been quite the year! For some, you might be bringing in the new year looking for a job, and you are most definitely not alone.
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2020 Goodreads Choice Awards: Books of the Year Voted by You
Readers rejoice, there is a platform for the bookworms of the world, and it is called Goodreads. Be it an online library, virtual bookshelf
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Goodreads for Kids (but better): An Interview with Toppsta Founder, Georgina Atwell
In November, we caught up with Georgina Atwell, founder of Toppsta. Toppsta aims to help children find books they’ll love. Like Goodreads
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A Moment of Change for Readers by Rory McNeill
This year, as with many industries, has torn up the carpet of publishing, forcing businesses not only to redecorate but to remodel entirely.
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Festive Events Round-Up
WCC’s brilliant (and totally free) new webinar series invites classics editors from journals and publishing houses to help demystify the
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Celebrate your Holidays: Queer Edition
To get you in the holiday spirit we’ve complied a lovely list of LGBTQ+ shops, publishers and books to support during this time; from queer
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Publishing News (21.12.2020)
Bookshop.org has come under criticism since its launch last month. It began with Bookseller Tamsin Rosewell’s letter to BA managing director
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Penguin’s First Ever Ethnicity Pay Gap Report: The Breakdown
As the biggest publishing house worldwide, Penguin Random House employs over 2,000 people in the UK, and with diversity at the forefront
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Supporting Bookshops This Christmas
We might be a little biased, but here at The Publishing Post, we think that books make the perfect gift.
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Into the Ivory Tower: Getting My First Publishing Job as a British-Chinese Woman during COVID
As I sit typing away from the comfort of my dimly-lit room with Road Head by Japanese Breakfast blasting in the background for the fifteenth
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Publishing News (07.12.2020)
The news that Penguin Random House has bought Simon and Schuster in a $2.2 bn deal was the biggest piece of news in the trade industry at
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