“Emily Meets a Man Who Looks Like Hitler” by Kate Ansell (Winner of January Byte Shorts Showcase)
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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Byte Experts: Self Aware Publishing by Caroline Goldsmith
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 (Winner of November Byte Shorts Showcase)
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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Report: How Can We Access Finance to Enable Innovative Creative Projects?
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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Is Publishing Up To The Job, In An Age of Trump, Brexit and Populism? 22nd October 2018
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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Craig Simmonds up for a British Photography Award
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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Byte Experts: Write Advice by Philippa Donovan
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 Spare Room Project – Opening a Door to Publishing
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 (Winner of October Byte Shorts Showcase)
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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Agent Masterclass from Ink Academy: 23/10/18
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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Report: Valued Voices – How Much is Your Writing Worth? Sponsored by ALCS
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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“Reclamation” by Dudley Cruse (Winner of Short Bytes September Showcase)
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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Dominic Selwood’s Punctuation Without Tears: Punctuate Confidently – In Minutes
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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Report: Byte The Book at Google – New Writing: What Opportunities Are There for Authors on Today’s Platforms?
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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Report: Trusted Advisors: Who Do Authors Need to Publish Professionally?
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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Karen Inglis – Old meets new marketing puts self-published children’s author in Amazon bestseller lists
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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Portsmouth Book Bash and Abbie Headon launches her book The Power of YES, Thursday 26th June
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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TLC Launch the Rebecca Swift Foundation and will Run The Women’s Poets Prize and Mentorship Programme
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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Report: Publishing Standards – What’s the Nature of Tomorrow’s Publisher? Sponsored by Frankfurt Book Fair
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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And They Met at Byte The Book: Life Skills – by Julia Laflin published by Summersdale Publishing
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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