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by Rebecca Robinson
PUBLISH AND BE DAMNED - OR SOME SUCH
IRON Press Editor PETER MORTIMER on his midwife role
Copies of the latest IRON Press book arrives from the ...
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by Rebecca Robinson
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by Rebecca Robinson
Two large hardback books sit on my desk. One is the latest novel by David Almond, A Song for Ella Grey and is brilliantly, often breathtakingly wri...
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by Rebecca Robinson
It had been a long time since I'd been so nervous. Me and Max Farrar from Remember Oluwale were at the Saboteurs in London, palms sweating, heart ...
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by Rebecca Robinson
Scarborough-based publisher Valley Press is helping to raise the profile of translated books in the UK – currently just 1.5% of general fiction – w...
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by Sophie O'Neill
From a talk I gave at the brilliant Writing on the Wall Festival in Liverpool last weekend.
1. You can judge a book by its coverThat’s what book j...
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by Rebecca Robinson
If you work at home you’ll be used to those regular doorstep callers who flip open a suitcase full of gardening gloves, dishcloths, feather dus...
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by Rebecca Robinson
a guest blog post by Cherry Potts
I’m standing in a photographer’s studio juggling a slightly too big pile of books and a picture of myself aged a...
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by Rebecca Robinson
Editors can get obsessive about words. Writers too. When you’re both a writer and an editor, the obsession can become unhealthy. I ask myself what ...
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by Yen-Yen Lu
Hamish Ironside of Boatwhistle Books, one of our newest publishers, talks about the domino effect spanning thirty years which led to Boatwhistle's ...
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by Rebecca Robinson
Editors have their own quirky likes and dislikes. I hate embossed text on a cover, especially if it’s in silver or gold. If you ever see an IRON Pr...
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by Rebecca Robinson
Having been a small press editor for more than forty years, I find myself reclining on the 1950s Dan Dare chaise longue, musing on the peculiari...
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