What Editors Want
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What Editors Want
What Editors Want is a new podcast in which I interview a different editor each week from the world of publishing. It’s aimed at readers who want to hear the behind the scenes story of how their favourite books get made, and aspiring authors who want to know how to get published.I’ve spoken to every...
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Weidenfeld and Nicolson - Jenny Lord
Jenny Lord is the Publisher at Weidenfeld and Nicolson, part of Orion who were recently crowned Publisher of the Year.
We discuss the role of a...
A Short Update...
Thank you to everyone who listened to Season 1, here's a short update on what's happened with the show.
Apologies to anyone waiting for the epis...
Fitzcarraldo Editions - Jacques Testard
Founded in only 2014, Fitzcarraldo Editions specialising in contemporary fiction and long-form essays. In only five years they have won the Internatio...
Daunt Books - Željka Marošević
Daunt Books is London's famous chain of bookstores, and Željka Marošević is the Publisher at their imprint.
We met to discuss the relationship b...
Piece of Paper Press - Tony White
This week's guest is Tony White, founder and publisher of Piece of Paper Press, a lo-tech, sustainable publisher of new writings and illustrative work...
Serpent's Tail - Hannah Westland
Hannah Westland is the publisher at Serpent's Tail, the literary arm of Profile Books. Serpent's Tail launching the careers of writers such as David P...
Atlantic Books - James Roxburgh
My guest this week is the Senior Editor at Atlantic Books, James Roxburgh.
We're discussing book fairs, the different types of reading and the...
OneWorld - Alex Christofi
Alex Christofi is the first guest on the podcast who is both an editor and author. Alex has written two novels, Let Us Be True and Glass, which won th...
Bloomsbury - Alexa Von Hirschberg
Alexa Von Hirschberg is the editorial director at Bloomsbury. She told me about how starting a jazz night got her her first job in publishing at Canon...
John Murray Press - Mark Richards
This week's guest is Mark Richards, Publisher at John Murray Press. John Murray are over 250 years old, the longest running independent trade publishe...
Quadrille - Susannah Otter
Susanna Otter is a Commissioning Editor at Quadrille, one of the leading non-fiction publishers in the UK who specialise in areas like food & drink, c...
Influx Press - Kit Caless
Kit Caless is the co-founder of Influx Press, the Hackney based publisher making books from London anthologies all the way to poetry from The Western...
Hodder Fiction & Sceptre - Emma Herdman
Emma Herdman is the Editorial Director at both Hodder Fiction and their literary imprint, Sceptre. Hodder publish some of the biggest names in the bus...
Granta - Anne Meadows
Lovers of literary fiction will know Granta Magazine and Granta itself, the publishers of authors likes Robert MacFarlane, Eleanor Catton, Ben Lerner,...
Scott Pack
Scott (@meandmybigmouth) and I met in the run up to Christmas to discuss our mutual love of experimental fiction (although not, as you'll hear, the no...
Faber & Faber - Louisa Joyner
In the inaugural episode I visited Faber & Faber, the iconic publishers of authors like Sylvia Plath, William Golding, TS Eliot and Ted Hughes.
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Season 1 Teaser
A little preview of what's coming up.
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