Tag: publishing

  • Editors talk about editing: Constance Hale

    We start 2025 with a series of posts from ‘Editors Talk about Editing’, on the 10th anniversary of publication. The book brought together, for the first time, interviews with top editing practitioners. The first extract is from freelance book editor Constance Hale.

  • Publishing and the university

    Every year, at the London Book Fair, there are dozens of fascinating talks. But in 2013 there didn’t seem to be any talks about the university’s place in publishing. So I proposed one.

  • The raw and the cooked

    A book chapter that maps the publishing platforms and relationships that determine how nonfiction storytelling reaches an audience, and puts forward an argument about what makes a piece of writing ‘authentic’.

  • Slow publishing

    A round-up of examples where people make the case for the luxury of time and reflection in a speedy world, and the importance of providing value in publishing: to offer something worth buying and keeping.

  • Failure Files on tour

    The developmental concept of the ‘good-enough mother’ is applicable to public life. Societies that demand perfection get into trouble because mistakes go uncorrected. But so do those that find awfulness in everything.

  • Write a book and get a degree

    For people working on a book, an MA in Creative Writing is something to consider. It provides a structure, deadlines, support and feedback; the kind of sustained professional help that is hard to find.

  • The ‘slow journalism’ meme

    A round-up of instances that show the history of the Slow Journalism meme, with thoughts on the alchemy of of ideas, and the difficulty of pinning down ownership in the digital realm.

  • Guardian calls for more editing of books

    There is so much misunderstanding of what editing is. Many complaints are really just about typos. And bad editing is taken to stand for the rest. But don’t get me started.