publishing
Call for Readers
We are recruiting new seven (7) readers to replace our current set of readers who have been working with us for 18 months. We use readers in 6-month cycles and, at the end of a cycle, each reader can decide whether to start a new cycle or not. The workload tends to be a maximum [...]
Nine Ways To Get To Ten
Just so you don’t think we’re greedy, we sent this out to news people but they weren’t interested. Maybe it’s because we’re only 10, or maybe it’s because we’re not connected enough. The important thing is we’re still here. I also wanted to add that one of the small publishers we admire is BOA Editions [...]
My Running Credentials
Now, I don’t want anyone to get excited. I am not in line for mayor, major, senator, sanitary agent, vice president or head of taste; I am just planning on running. After fourteen years of not really doing any distance running, I am returning to the roads, hills, paths, streams and hillocks to raise money [...]
Funding and its discontents
In the interest of economics, this will be a short blog. It’s now been a few weeks since the Arts Council decisions on its cuts came through and – understandably – there is a lot of reaction still churning in the ether. I have been very close to much of the talk because, primarily, of [...]
FridayFours
We’ve been asked a few times what our #FridayFours tag on twitter is so I’m just putting this post up to provide a readily accessible reference. : #FridayFours is simply the selection of a book to sell for £4 on a Friday (post included); it’s our way of saying thanks to our current readers and [...]
