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Uncovering PublishingLily Kovacs works in AgentingLily Kovacs talks stalking future employers, Greta Gerwig's next project, reading in the younger generations, and being an assistant in the world of London publishing. Lily works with the Heritage Group at Curtis Brown, one of the premier literary agencies in the world. She recently finished her Masters' in Publishing at UCL.Bookish Talk:A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesThe Secret History by Donna TarttThe Infernal Devices trilogy by Cassandra ClareRed White and Royal Blue (the movie, or the book by Casey McQuiston2023-10-1435 min
Uncovering PublishingWe work in Publishing!We graduated! We're working in publishing! In this season premiere, catch up with the cohosts, from where they are now to how they got there, plus a round two of all our publishing icebreakers. Books from our protracted book chat:Fourth Wing by Rebecca YarrosVicious by LJ ShenSix of Crows by Leigh BardugoThe Atlas Six by Olivie BlakeThis is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstoneand many more...Keep an eye out this season for great interviews with new entrants to the publishing world, plus some other exciting surprise guests!2023-09-1534 min
Uncovering PublishingDr. Francesca Coppa on FanfictionIn the Season 1 finale, Dr. Francesca Coppa, co-founder of the Organisation for Transformative Works—the parent organisation of Archive of our Own (ao3)—talks the meaning of fandom, the value of the fanfiction space, the success of the OTW, and the transition from fanfiction to traditional publishing.Dr. Francesca Copa is currently a professor of English and director of women’s and gender studies at Muhlenberg College, She co-founded the organisation for transformative works, the company behind archive of our own, in 2007. She currently contributes to the Transformative worlds and cultures journal, and in communications for the OTW, she does backgr...2023-06-0250 min
Uncovering PublishingChris Liew on Ebook ProductionToday we're chatting with Chris Liew, Complex Ebooks Producer for Penguin. What goes into making ebooks work smoothly? Why do we read in particular formats? Chris also shares his path into publishing and, as always, some excellent recommendations in our icebreakers.Chris' picks:Scholomance series by Naomi Novik (Series)Apollo Remastered (Book)Big Panda and Tiny Dragon (Book)Ori and the Blind Forest (Video Game)Hades (Video Game)Hollow Kight (Video Game)Fight Club (Film)Chicken Boy (Book)2023-03-1746 min
Uncovering PublishingPolly Smith on Events at the BooksellerThis week, Polly Smith talks running events like the British Book Awards and FutureBook for The Bookseller, as well as her career from a young publishing hopeful to her place at the center of British publishing today. Polly Smith is Events Executive at the Bookseller. After graduating from Newcastle University with a degree in English Literature, Polly interned for the Publisher’s Association before moving over to The Bookseller as an event coordinator. Clearly not busy enough, Polly also joined the Society of Young Publishers as a UK events officer before being promoted to her current role of...2023-02-2440 min
Uncovering PublishingJoe Cain on the Future of Academic PublishingIn this week's episode, Dr. Joe Cain talks the rise of open access, academic publishing with small and big presses, the relevance of data and online platforms, and authors as entrepreneurs. Joe Cain is an expert in the history of evolutionary biology with a recent focus on the history of eugenics a host of other related subjects. He seems tireless and endlessly energetic, publishing with Penguin, Cambridge, University of Chicago Press, the American Philosophical Society, and several pieces through STS occasional papers. He is also a member of the UCL Press executive board and past editor for...2023-02-1038 min
Uncovering PublishingMini Episode | 2023 Predictions & the best advice we've gotten (so far)Sydney and Emma talk sad and ambitious predictions for the publishing industry in 2023, plus the best advice we've gotten about entering the industry over the past few busy months.2023-01-2728 min
Uncovering PublishingZain Mahmood on Bookselling at WaterstonesThis week's episode features Zain Mahmood, head of e-commerce at Waterstones and one of the Bookseller's rising stars for 2021. Zain has worked at Waterstones for over 13 years where he started out as a weekend bookseller while going to university. We discuss career progression in bookselling, Prince Harry's new memoir, and Waterstones through the years.Zain's favorite book to give: Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick2023-01-1443 min
Uncovering PublishingDan Kieran on Authenticity and DisruptionThis week's episode features Dan Kieran, bestselling author and co-founder of Unbound, an award-winning crowdfunding publisher. We discuss how to get out of your comfort zone, deal with failure, and approach the publishing industry with an authentic, disruptive mindset.2022-12-3050 min
Uncovering PublishingKelli Fairbrother on AudiobooksThis week’s episode features Kelli Fairbrother, Co-founder and CEO of xigxag, a new integrated audiobook platform. We discuss coming into publishing from the tech industry as a dissatisfied consumer, the inevitable success of audiobooks, and how understanding tech can help you in your publishing career.2022-12-1646 min
Uncovering PublishingMeet the Hosts Welcome to Uncovering Publishing! This welcome episode introduces hosts Emma Kiesling and Sydney Allen and their goals in the publishing industry.2022-11-2322 min