Words by Chris Russell, photos by Justin Spray “This isn’t a conference,” said Justine Solomons, Byte founder, in her welcome speech, “it’s a confluence”. And the difference was important — in the sp…
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Ahead of Confluence later this week Alastair Horne interviewed, Emma Barnes, founder of Snowbooks and Consonance, who offers some insights into her newest venture, Make Our Book. ‘Consonance is really…
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Janey Burton did her degree in Law and then spent a few years writing for Sweet & Maxwell’s journal Current Law, and teaching Criminal Law, before moving into the publishing industry. She worked i…
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Words by Chris Russell, photos by Justin Spray Byte The Book’s opening event of 2019 tackled the topic of events and festivals, and how authors can best navigate the live scene in order to boost sale…
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Ahead of Confluence next month Chris Bateman talked to Alastair Horne about his session on Narrative Design. Chris Bateman’s experience of narrative design is second to none. His consultancy Internati…
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Emily Meets A Man Who Looks Like Hitler by Kate Ansell At the bus stop, in the gloaming, a man approaches Emily. He is dressed as Hitler, at first glance, though in the longer run he turns out just t…
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One of our founding members, Caroline Goldsmith worked in-house for various publishers (from independents to one of the big five). Her official roles have taken her through sales, marketing, publicity…
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The Consumer by Sarah Tinsley The bus lurched, full of leaning bodies. Each of them clutched handbags, trollies, rucksacks, canvas totes with meaningful slogans folded into careful squares. All were w…
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Words by Chris Russell, photos by Craig Simmonds Marylebone’s Home House played host to Byte The Book’s November pitching event, which brought together five industry professionals to muse, Dragon’s De…
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We were very lucky to be invited to The Stationers’ Hall last month to listen to a discussion on the future of publishing. Here’s Stationer Ian Grant’s report. Photo credit Oliver Gadsby. A lively and…
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Our photographer at Byte The Book, Craig Simmonds, has been nominated for a British Photography Award. Please support Craig by voting for his picture before the15th November. You can vote for the imag…
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One of our founding members, Philippa Donovan, worked in-house as an editor at various publishing houses for many years and then left to set up Smart Quill Editorial. At Smart Quill she helps authors…
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The London-centric reality of publishing is a major barrier to aspirant publishers from outside of the capital. The Spare Room Project aims to help, by matching interns from outside London with people…
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The Curious Child by Nadia Attia The girl’s back again. Curious little thing! Always stands a way off down the road, staring, her chubby hands clutching at her shawl. My own hand twitches at an itch,…
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How to get a literary agent: a masterclass with literary agents Caroline Wood and Carrie Plitt Are you looking to get published? This invaluable masterclass will give you the best possible chance of g…
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Words by Chris Russell, photos by Craig Simmonds The illustrious surroundings of Portman Square’s Home House played host to Byte The Book’s September event, which asked the timely question “How Much I…
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Nathan stood at the top of the long driveway watching as the last car bumped its way through the gate and onto the dirt road that led down the avenue of tall pines, out across the farm towards the mai…
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I’m not sure about all of you but I have a real phobia around punctuation. An old writing tutor once said to me that I just stand over text and sprinkle punctuation at random. So I was really pleased…
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Words by Rebekah Lattin-Rawstrone, photos by Craig Simmonds In a seaside inspired room with beach huts, oversized deck chairs, a panel on swivel chairs, and drinks and nibbles provided by Google, July…
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Words by Chris Russell, photos by Craig Simmonds. Launching a writing career can be baffling and overwhelming, and so at June’s Byte the Book, a panel from all corners of the industry met to discuss w…
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