Sunday, 23 December 2012
Saturday, 22 December 2012
12th Day of Christmas: Senior Commissioning Editor Beverley Birch
Wonderful Words of Wisdom from
Editor Beverley Birch
Friday, 21 December 2012
Thursday, 20 December 2012
10th day of Christmas: Fiction Editor Kirsten Armstrong and Picture Book Editor Joe Marriot of Tamarind Books
Fiction Editor AND Picture Book Editor of the wonderful Tamarind Books! Blimey!
Wednesday, 19 December 2012
9th day of Christmas: Literary Agent Anne Clark
Three thoroughly thrilling thoughts
from Literary Agent Anne Clark
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
8th day of Christmas: Editorial Director Sara O'Connor of Hot Key Books
An Achingly Mysterious Mystery
Monday, 17 December 2012
7th Day of Christmas: Senior Editor Annalie Grainger of Walker Books
An editor who LOVES a great ghost story
Sunday, 16 December 2012
6th Day of Christmas: Senior Editor Imogen Cooper of Chicken House
... an editor in search of golden eggs
Saturday, 15 December 2012
5th Day of Christmas: Commissioning Editor Ruth Williams of Picadilly Press
Five Fervent Wishes from Ruth William
of Piccadilly Press
Friday, 14 December 2012
Thursday, 13 December 2012
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
1st Day of Christmas - Katy Wyton, Writer Wrangler extraordinaire
A complaint (in verse)
Writer Wrangler (N): someone who has voluntarily, or involuntarily, come into possession of a writer.
Please remember that a Writer is for life, not just for Christmas.
(Although if you put enough shiny baubles on the tree, it will distract them long enough for you to scoff all the mince pies.)
Monday, 10 December 2012
Reinventing the Bookshop for the Future of the Book
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| That Newsweek cover. |
But you know what? Getting a Kindle made me realize how much we need bookshops.
Yes the buying process is a doddle. But I only had to walk into my local Waterstones on Islington High Street to realize that shopping on a Kindle is a limited experience.