Top 6 Things To Do And See At Frankfurter Buchmesse This Year
The countdown has already started for this year’s, in-person, Frankfurter Buchmesse (19-23 October) and, under the motto “Translate. Transfer. Transform.”, the book fair is putting a special focus on…
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Announcing the 2022 Winners of The Hachette UK Bursary for Debut Authors
Byte The Book, a network for authors and publishing professionals, is pleased to announce two winners of the Hachette UK Bursary for Debut Authors: Angelita Lapuz Bradney for Wildwood and Viktoria Dah…
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Shallows
By Nic Mira “Shallows” was selected as the finalist of the 2022 Byte Shorts Showcase. A lone, late gull swoops across the departing boat’s wake, the oarsman standing at the stern and pushing against…
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Member News – June 2022
Andy Charman’s historical novel Crow Court was selected as the Best British Novel by the Festival du Premier Roman de Chambéry 2022, an award previously won by Claire Fuller and Gail Honeyman. Andy wa…
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Byte Experts: 5 Tips for Getting Booked on a Podcast
By Victoria Bennion Podcast interviews offer an effective way to establish your authority, build your brand and share your stories and message with new audiences. If you’re an author they also offer a…
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Byte Connects: Janey Burton and Monica Cardenas
Byte the Book loves bringing people from all areas of the publishing world together so that they can learn from each other and collaborate, and we want to highlight some wonderful collaborations that…
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Hachette UK-sponsored Bursaries for Debut Authors
Byte The Book is pleased to announce that Hachette UK will sponsor two bursaries for unpublished writers worth over £600 each, to include an annual membership to Byte The Book, as well as the followin…
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Member News – May 2022
Each month we gather news from our members to share with the network! This is what’s happening this month… Byte The Book member and founder of Bookswarm Simon Thorpe recently launched a new website…
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Byte Connects: Kelly Weekes and Penny Speller
Byte the Book loves bringing people from all areas of the publishing world together so that they can learn from each other and collaborate, and we want to highlight some wonderful collaborations that…
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Payback
By Laurence Kershook “Payback” was selected as the finalist of the 2022 Byte Shorts Showcase. Watch the live reading. https://bytethebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/LKershook-reading.mp4 I clearl…
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Byte Experts: Self Publishing
By Laurence Kershook Thursday 24 March 2022: the date when my debut novel, The Broygus, at long last went on sale from Amazon, with a choice of paperback or e-book. The moment had finally come, after…
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Member News – April 2022
Each month we gather news from our members to share with the network! This is what’s happening this month… Byte The Book member and Bookswarm Director Simon Appleby recently launched several…
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Holding In The Light
by Helen Bell “Holding In The Light” was selected as the finalist of the 2022 Byte Shorts Showcase. Ash’s family perched around his bed, looking horribly like vultures. I stood, at the back of the ro…
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Members Help Each Other at LBF 2022
We founded the Byte the Book club on the premise of helping members and attendees of their events make valuable connections in the publishing world. At this year’s London Book Fair, we set up a recipr…
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Byte Experts: Encore Careers
By Jane Austin How long is it before one calls oneself a writer? I was well into my second novel before I took the plunge. It happened after teaming up with two writer friends, Janet Dean Knight and Y…
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Byte Experts: What to Do When You Feel Really Overwhelmed
Overwhelm is a challenge that comes up for many of my clients. That feeling that there’s just so much to do you don’t know where to start. It can be really debilitating and hold you back from what you…
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Member News – March 2022
Each month we gather news from our members to share with the network! This is what’s happening this month… Laurence Kershook’s novel, The Broygus, was published last week. Set in Hackney in 1…
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Byte Connects: Bryony Sutherland and Isabelle Dupuy
Byte the Book loves bringing people from all areas of the publishing world together so that they can learn from each other and collaborate, and we want to highlight some wonderful collaborations that…
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French Mustard
by Sarah Bedwell “French Mustard” was selected as the winner of the 2022 Byte Shorts Showcase. ‘It’s nobbut shite in a jar. What’s tha be wanting that for?’ ‘Our Marilyn likes it. She had it w…
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Byte Experts: Jacks Thomas, Guest Director of BolognaBookPlus
BolognaBookPlus, designed to satisfy your hunger for books. What exactly is BolognaBookPlus? BolognaBookPlus is the new brand extension of the acclaimed children’s book fair, aimed at general/ adult t…
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