March away, Easter is near!

March was an interesting month; I actually managed to get through most of the books I had intended to read I think. March was a blur of reading, meetings, events and craziness. I need to rest! Here's what I read last month: Blood Orange by Harriet Tyce 4* Bitter Edge by Rachel Lynch 5* Blood...

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Women in publishing: Our trials and tribulations

Last night, I attended Women Working in Publishing: Past, Present and Future led by the SYP London team (inc me!). It was SUCH an inspiring event and brought to light issues faced across all areas of the business, all ages and types of woman. I decided to do a bit of a round-up of some...

SYP: How To Get Into & Ahead In Publishing

Yesterday, I took the afternoon off and headed to the London Book Fair, the UK's biggest publishing event where rights are acquired, book deals signed and much wine drunk. I was there to assist with and live-tweet during the SYP How To Get Into Publishing and How To Get Ahead In Publishing panel events along...

February has been and gone; March has more to come

In February, I focused on broadening my horizons, especially after a disappointing first read. I explored historic witchcraft with The Familiars and The Glass Woman, listened to the audio version of My Absolute Darling and started reading Nigerian fiction with My Sister, The Serial Killer. Twisted - 2*, The Silent Patient 4*, The Familiars 5*,...

How can books become more diverse?

I always see a lot of posts about the ways authors use certain characters in fiction. If somebody has written a 'diverse' narrative, the characters all say and do what those characters are expected to say and do; the story ends up based on them being diverse. This used to be great. Not many authors...

I’d like to talk about sensitivity.

We live in a 'snowflake'-filled world, where anybody could be labelled a snowflake at any given moment. Right now, millennials and Piers Morgan are the most likely people to have this word used against them, and they might be right in a lot of ways. But what this word and the surrounding meanings do to...

Seeing out busy January; hello February!

This month has been a whirlwind of reading, reviewing, writing and attending events! This week alone has been particularly crazy, but of course I love it all. To see in the new year properly, I have great news: I have joined the Society of Young Publishers' Committee as the Communications Officer I am the Springer...

I Saw Her: A short story

As much as I don't want to frame anyone's judgements or personal views on this story, I will say that it is based on people's perceptions of one another and fantasies they allow themselves to indulge in. However, it is also about knowing when those fantasies end, especially for a man coveting a woman. There...

New Year, new job? #Workinpublishing in 2019

As can be seen through a quick Google search, the publishing industry is expanding in many ways. It is becoming more inclusive, promoting diversity and expanding its reach across the UK. The Northern Fiction Alliance are making huge strides toward publishing reaching past London, and publishers such as Sharmaine Lovegrove's Dialogue Books mean that there...