by Sara-Jayne Slack | Jan 5, 2021 | Publishing Industry, Ethical Business, Guides and Resources
Over the last decade, buying books online has become commonplace thanks to big-name stores. And we’re not just talking about that online-only store, either. For any reader who’s trying not to default to using the ‘Zon, simply performing a quick ‘where to buy books... Read more
by Anne Goodwin | Nov 17, 2019 | Diversity and Inclusion, Guides and Resources, Publishing Industry
I often get to the end of a novel and think Now I know where it’s going, I’d love to read it again. But, as a book blogger reading around 150 contemporary novels a year, I rarely do. But short stories are different. There’s always time to reread those we particularly... Read more
by Sara-Jayne Slack | Aug 2, 2019 | Guides and Resources, Publishing Industry
Why Should I Read Translated Works?If you agree that reading diverse benefits your brain, you’re probably open to reading novels in translation. If language affects thought, there can’t be a better way of accessing a mindset different to one’s own. Unfortunately, far... Read more
by Hugo Jackson | Jun 26, 2018 | Diversity and Inclusion, Publishing Industry
One of my favourite animated series was, and still is, The Mysterious Cities of Gold. It aired on the BBC in the very late eighties and it has always been a huge comfort and inspiration to me. There was only one sticking point (aside from navigator Mendoza’s tendency... Read more
by admin | May 29, 2018 | Publishing Industry
Literacy ought to be a topic of concern for any author, since – obviously – it goes straight to the heart of what we do, but even we don’t appreciate quite how much it has become a matter of life and death. Few people do, apparently, but a report from the... Read more
by Sara-Jayne Slack | Sep 5, 2017 | Diversity and Inclusion, Publishing Industry
“The importance of diversity in books”, “diverse characters – tokenism or important?” and my personal favourite, “is diversity really that important?” Every time I see a convention panel discussion with a name like this, my eyes roll so hard I end up chasing them... Read more