London Book Fair 2025 Report

What is happening in the world of books? Once again, the annual three-day get-together of the book trade from around the world took place in Olympia, London, from the 11th to the 13th of March. Whilst there are other book expos in different counties across the year,...

An Author’s Journey

The Write Stuff! An author’s journey is a lonely one. Nobody will know what you are doing, they just know that you lock yourself away with your laptop and are being antisocial. They will not know why it is more important for you to be writing rather than doing the...

How to Pimp your Book!

Making your book the best it can be! It is fascinating to go to a bookshop and to watch the way that people evaluate a book before buying it.  Everybody has their own agenda. They may not know the title of the book that they are looking for, but they do know the...

Let me tell you a story…

Let me tell you a STORY... From our childhood we have been hooked on stories. No bedtime would be complete without one! The iconic radio broadcaster Daphne Oxenford would start reading a story on the BBC Home Service “Children’s Hour”  with the phrase “Are you sitting...

Your book only has one chance to make a first impression!

Your book only has one chance to make a first impression! In some cases, authors have spent years writing and polishing their book. It represents countless hours of effort, sometimes into the small hours of the night. Publishing it is a big deal and receiving the...

What is Curated Publishing?

Publishing for a new Era   Of all the industries yet to shrug off the shackles of the past, publishing is near the top. Victorian business models and contractual relationships remain in place today. Coupled with this is the palpable snobbery about what makes a...