This month, hosts Becki and Sonnie chatted to Helen Bugler from the LDN publishing apprenticeship scheme about this unique route into publishing. When we say unique, we mean it! This is the only publishing apprenticeship scheme in the UK. Why o

BookMachine: publishing events and professional development

Jan 26th, 2022 40m 18s

Hosts Becki and Eleri chat to Laura from BookMachine about events, publishing courses, accessibility ... and scandals and cults!

A very bookish holiday gift guide

Dec 8th, 2021 23m 58s

Hosts Phil and Doug share their book recommendations of the year and hear from some of our past guests!

An introduction to Lived Places Publishing

Nov 24th, 2021 48m 5s

At Newgen we are proud to be able to work with many other publishers. Lived Places Publishing (LPP) is one of those and they have a wonderful mission to share. LPP are a higher education social sciences publisher who aim to create course readin

Max Minerva's bookshop in Bristol: bookselling, events and community

Oct 27th, 2021 46m 12s

In this episode Phil and Eleri chat to Sam, the co-owner of Max Minerva's bookshop in Bristol, about what bookselling has been like over the last few years, what events they have planned and how they serve their community. If you're looking for

Bonus

Bookshop Day with Max Minerva's

Oct 5th, 2021 5m 26s

What is Bookshop Day? Sam Taylor from Max Minerva's bookshop in Bristol tells us about what it is and what his plans are for the day. Head down to your local bookshop on Saturday 9 October to see what they have planned.

Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in the publishing industry and beyond

Sep 29th, 2021 56m 43s

Phil and Becki chat to Aneeta Madhavan, the co-founder of Talking Cranes, about diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in the publishing industry. Listen to the end to find out what Aneeta's been reading recently.

Trailer

Our second series

Sep 14th, 2021 1m 5s

We're back! Listen on to hear some of our plans for our second series.

Bonus

Taking on the Giants with Bookshop.org and Red Lion

Apr 20th, 2021 59m 18s

Another bumper episode for you! This week we host not one but two guests for your delight. Nicole Vanderbilt, the UK MD of Bookshop.org, and Peter Donaldson, from the award-winning Red Lion Books in Colchester, join us to speak about the recent

Staying Honest with Alison Jones

Apr 13th, 2021 45m 48s

Alison Jones from Practical Inspiration Publishing takes a break from hosting The Extraordinary Business Book Club podcast and judging the Business Book Awards to chat to us. We discuss her work ethic and how she set up her company to help busy

The Heart of a Community with the Cotswold Book Room

Apr 7th, 2021 1h 5m

A bumper episode this week! Gideon York joins us this week to talk to us about how he and his wife took on the unenviable challenge of taking over an established bookshop in a small country town and explains why the children's section of their

Locked in The Tower with Matt Lewis

Mar 31st, 2021 43m 29s

Our guest this week is Matt Lewis, historian and author of Richard III: Fact and Fiction, who takes time out of presenting documentaries on Dan Snow’s History Hit to talk to us about being locked in the Tower of London after hours to get carrie

Getting Commissioned with Claire Hopkins

Mar 24th, 2021 50m 46s

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 T

Going Virtual with Our Bookshop

Mar 17th, 2021 46m 26s

Our guest this week is Ben Moorehouse from Our Bookshop in Tring (which is in Hertfordshire). Ben talks about his relationship with Amazon, shares the secrets of his (virtual) event success and what it's like to run a bookshop as an 'outsider'.

Myth Busting with Danièle Cybulskie

Mar 10th, 2021 45m 9s

It's Episode 1 of The Newgen Pubcast! Medieval historian Danièle Cybulskie drops in to chat to us about life as an author, her experience commissioning other authors, and truth in a post-truth world. She even offers up some tips on how ice hock