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Richard Charkin in London: Outsiders Inside Publishing

Richard Charkin writes that 'bringing in outsiders can catalyze extraordinary change and growth' in the book business.

An anthology celebrating 35 years of Bloomsbury

In 1984, a time when the publishing landscape was becoming increasingly corporate, Nigel Newton decided to start a new independent literary publishing company. The following year, over early mornings and late nights, he and publisher David ...

Elspeth Barker obituary

Journalist and author whose darkly funny 1991 novel O Caledonia has found its place as a Scottish classic

Philip Pullman could be 'cancelled' over support for Kate Clanchy in 'racist' stereotyping row

Novelist could be sacked as president of the Society of Authors after defending writer’s acclaimed memoir of life as a school teacher

What to Do About Past Antisemitism Brought Forward to the Present?

From the blog of Phyllis Zimbler Miller at The Times of Israel

Trailblazing Through Time: Publishers - National Portrait Gallery

The left and rape : why we should all be ashamed of the left's role in covering up the rape of 2 million women.

A blogpost from an ex-Socialist Workers Party (UK) member about the neglect of the topic of rapes that occured during World War II. TRIGGER WARNING: This content deals with accounts of sexual assault and may be distressing for some people

Obituary: Naim Attallah, buccaneering publisher who founded Quartet Books

Died: February 2, 2021. THE journalist Auberon Waugh’s first impression of publisher Naim Attallah, who has died aged 89, was that of “a bubbling pixie, full of strange and wild enthusiasms.” Waugh added: “Articulate and outgoing, he seldom wastes a sentence, although he speaks a lot. His favourite word is ‘wonderful’. On the few occasions when things are not wonderful, he scowls and goes into an angry speech until the matter is cleared up, and then he finds something new which is wonderful to laugh about.” Waugh met Attallah through his daughter, Sophie, who, by her own account, was a member of the fabled “Naim’s harem”. Others included Nigella Lawson, Emma Soames, Anna Pasternak and Rebecca Fraser. The “beloved”, as they were invariably addressed, were well-connected, strikingly beautiful and smart young women for whom partying was a way of life.

Carmen Callil: the feminist author remains as fierce as ever

Rage through the ages: feminist Carmen Callil looks back in anger She was part of London’s “Australian mafia” and founded feminist publishing powerhouse Virago in 1973. Now in her 80s, and British damehood notwithstanding, this “Libertarian anarchist’s” zeal appears undimmed. By Jane Wheatley February 27, 2021 Carmen Callil has lived in London since the 1960s. “Everyone here always says, ‘Carmen, you’re so direct.’ ” Credit:Ben Murphy/Camera Press/Australscope Save Normal text size Very large text size In the English spring of 1827, Sarah Lacey, a 19-year-old stocking frame operator from the town of Thurmaston in Leicestershire, met George Conquest, a 21-year-old canal worker. His narrow boat was moored at a lock near the lanes and alleys where she roamed in the evenings. The result of their dalliance was a baby, Eliza, born the same year and registered as illegitimate.