Our guest this week is Claire Hopkins, a commissioning editor with Pen & Sword and ARC Humanities Press, who stops by to let us know what she’s looking for when she’s commissioning. Claire tells us how she set a trend after watching Netflix’s The Crown, introduces us to an ‘unofficial’ Austrian resistance fighter, whose schnapps is as morish as her biography, and shares a few of the commissions she’s most proud of. To finish up, we shed some light on what happens to your book after you’ve finished with it, and you can find out more about that in our newsletter here: www.newgenpublishing.co.uk/newsletter-february-2021-3-a-brief-guide-to-production/. The Newgen Pubcast is presented by Phil and Clare with help behind the scenes from producer Eleri. The music was composed by Scott James. You can chat to us about anything discussed in the episode on [email protected].