Posted in Entries by Eve, Interviews: publishers, tagged books, children's, dyslexic, publisher, readers, reluctant on June 6, 2008 | 11 Comments »
I feel like my children do on the night before their birthday. Being old enough to ignore age related celebrations I tend to find other things to excite me - and this piece is one of them. If I go on a little bit, forgive me, but I encourage [...]
Posted in Entries by Moira, Interviews: publishers, Non-fiction: essays, Non-fiction: nature, Non-fiction: travel, tagged Jacquetta Megarry, Kilimanjaro, long distance footpaths, Rucksack Readers, trekking, walking guidebooks on April 25, 2008 | 9 Comments »
As part of our “Wilderness Week”, we thought it would be interesting to talk to a publisher who specializes in ‘outdoors’ publications – especially walking and climbing guides – Jacquetta Megarry of Rucksack Readers.
Rucksack Readers, founded in 2000, is based in Dunblane with 14 titles covering long-distance walks (Scotland, Ireland and worldwide) and [...]
Posted in Entries by Rosy, Interviews: authors, Interviews: publishers, tagged Susan Hill, blogging, reviewing, blog reviews, books on February 7, 2008 | 11 Comments »
After a recent piece on her blog declaring all blog reviews should be positive, we approached Susan Hill to see if she would comment for our upcoming feature “Fox in the City”. Her question-and-answer interview was so interesting we decided to publish it in its entirety.
Susan Hill is [...]
Posted in Entries by Lisa, Entries by Rosy, Fiction: humour, Interviews: publishers, tagged Lisa Glass, Rosy Barnes, Scott Pack, The Friday Project, Me And My Big Mouth, Clare Christian, The Equivoque Principle by Darren Craske, Caroline Smailes., In Search of Adam on January 16, 2008 | 24 Comments »
US AND OUR BIG MOUTHS…
Lisa Glass and Rosy Barnes talk to Scott
Pack of The Friday Project.
Scott says: Right. I have a cuppa, a Tunnocks and some biccies. I am all yours.
Lisa says: Hello!
Scott says: Hello!
Rosy has been added to the conversation.
Rosy says: Hello! I’m here!
Lisa says: There she is.
Scott says: Indeed she [...]
Posted in Entries by Rosy, Interviews: publishers, Publisher Features, tagged banquet of lies, Catheryn Kilgarriff, Gombrowicz, Marion Boyars, publisher, Rosy Barnes, small publisher, the concubine of Shanghai, the willow tree on December 20, 2007 | 12 Comments »
The Life and Survival of an Avant-Garde publisher
Rosy Barnes interviews Catheryn Kilgarriff, Managing Director of the publisher Marion Boyars.
Rustling through a box of books in my parents’ house, I came across an old friend, a small slim volume with a distinctive modernist black and white cover. I remember how I found it in a [...]
Posted in Entries by Rosy, Interviews: publishers, tagged Adept, boxing books, cycling books, Emma Barnes, Robert Finn, Rosy Barnes, small publishers, Snowbooks on November 23, 2007 | 13 Comments »
With an award for Small Publisher of the Year 2006, not to mention personally gracing various lists of successful business people under the age of 35 (the latest, still top secret, was recently alluded to on Snowbooks’ blog), Emma Barnes is used to accolades. Yet, despite these successes, she does not pretend that her [...]
