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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Book marketing is at the heart of our business, so we were delighted to hear that Byte the Book member and independently published children’s author, Karen Inglis, has seen her time travel adventure f…
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Are you interested in publishing? Are you an author, editor, designer, illustrator or bookseller who would like to chat with like-minded people who live or work in the Pompey area? If so, the inaugur…
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We worked with the TLC and Rebecca Swift on the Summer Digital Party back in 2015. She as a remarkable woman, and hearing that she had died last year was absolutely devastating, we still miss her grea…
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Words by Chris Russell, photos by Craig Simmonds. May’s Byte The Book asked one very big question: what is the nature of tomorrow’s publisher? Tasked with providing the answers were chair Nicholas Cle…
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We’re so excited for one of our most brilliant members Julia Laflin whose book Life Skills: Stuff You Should Really Know, was published by Summersdale Publishing this month….and they met at Byte The…
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Words by Chris Russell, photos by Craig Simmonds. Book prizes went under the spotlight at Byte the Book’s third April event, which brought together Dr Tim Parnell of the Goldsmiths Prize, author and c…
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Love this idea from Helen Bagnall and our friends at the ALSO Festival. We wanted to create a free community event, which allowed those in a Book Club to celebrate with others. In our work as Salon Lo…
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Byte The Book member Peter Fullagar’s edited book ‘Virginia Woolf in Richmond’ will be published in autumn 2018 and will be launched at Richmond Literature Festival in November. This is in collaborati…
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Words by Chris Russell, photos by Katrina Hopewell. Returning to its former home at Soho’s prestigious Club at the Ivy, Byte The Book welcomed a varied panel of industry experts for the first of its A…
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So excited to hear this news from two of our members (Abbie Headon and Chris McCrudden) go you two!!!!! Abbie Headon (pictured), Commissioning Editor at Prelude Books, has made her first acquisitions…
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Words by Chris Russell, photos by Annie Poe At Byte The Book’s March event, sponsored by Clays, Bluebird Consulting’s Heather O’Connell chaired a spirited discussion on the ins and outs of building a…
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One of our members, Paula Clarke Bain tells us about this important event The Society of Indexers (SI) is celebrating the art of book indexing with its second annual National Indexing Day on Thursday…
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Join author Lisa Dickenson’s Strong Women Squad for RUN THE WORLD, a night of Beyonce, empowerment and inspiration, on Thursday 15th March, at the Dead Dolls House in Islington. The night begins with…
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Our friends at The Literary Consultancy, are running an excellent course to help all those interested in breaking into the world of books. Here are some more details: The Literary Consultancy is hosti…
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We’re so excited to have the brand new publishing company, Sapare Books as company members. Here’s a bit more about them from their Editorial Director, Amy Durant: Sapere Books is a new digital and pr…
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