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21 Apr 2006: "Barnes is a talker"
Did I ever show you this? It's well out of date now, but still. "Barnes is a talker" - cheek. I'm quiet as a tiny mouse.
posted on April 21, 2006 03:30 PM | link | Comments (1) | Leave a comment
21 Apr 2006: Through A Dass Glarkly
Snowbooks gets a small mention in the Guardian blog today, as part of a larger rundown of last week's Through A Glass Darkly event at the Wheatsheaf in Fitzrovia.
This excellent literary evening on the theme of the English Pub was jointly hosted by the Sohemians, Scarecrow and 3:AM Magazine, whose anthology, The Edgier Waters, we're very pleased to be publishing in June.
And no one got drunk at all.
posted on April 21, 2006 02:21 PM | link | Comments (0) | Leave a comment
20 Apr 2006: Eeee! Snowbooks, Serpent's Tail, Profile and Atlantic in the same sentence.
How cool is this: (from today's Publishing News)
"SNOWBOOKS, THE INDEPENDENT founded in March 2003, whose MD Emma Barnes is also the entire sales force, has been shortlisted for the Lightning Source Small Publisher of the Year, alongside Profile, Atlantic and Serpent’s Tail. Barnes told PN: “We’re delighted – I’ve just come down off the ceiling. Things are going well at the moment. We published 10 titles in our first year, 15 in our second, and now plan 25 for this year, including Plotting for Beginners, a Bridget Jones for the overfifties.”
The publisher has four full-time staff and believes it is possible to have success with the chains “provided that you show them that you are professional, and that you take on board all their supply chain requirements. We have found central buyers very supportive”.
Two other shortlists have also been announced. Lynette Owen, Copyright Director at Pearson Education and a widely respected figure in international publishing, joins Susan Howe, Orion Rights Director, Sarah Thomson, Headline Rights Director, and Briar Silich, former Hodder Rights Director, on the shortlist for the Frankfurt Book Fair Rights Professional of the Year. Walker Books’ Operation Red Jericho sits alongside The Princess and the Pea (Puffin) and Macmillan Children’s Books editor Suzanne Carnell for the Poppy Red Award for Innovation in Children’s Publishing. Carnell is shortlisted for her work on Emily Gravett’s Wolves. Walker’s Operation Red Jericho is also shortlisted for the Stora Enso Design and Production Award.
The Awards will take place on Tuesday, 9 May, on the closing evening of the BA Conference."
Read the original article here.
We are all going to go to the dinner in Bournemouth. I wonder if they'll let us have a snow machine going in the corner of the room? Subtle corporate branding, snow-stylee.
posted on April 20, 2006 05:36 PM | link | Comments (0) | Leave a comment
12 Apr 2006: The Romanian is Coming
We're very pleased to announce that Bruce Benderson, author of the forthcoming The Romanian, will be in the UK for the book's launch in the first week of May. There will be a party at the Horse Hospital on Wednesday the 3rd of May, and a reading at Gay's the Word on the 4th, from 7pm. Details of the party follow:
Bruce Benderson's Prix de Flore-winning memoir
The Romanian
at
The Horse Hospital
Colonnade, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 1HX
Wednesday May 3rd, 2006, from 7.30pm
with a reading by the author
All welcome
posted on April 12, 2006 01:54 PM | link | Comments (0) | Leave a comment
11 Apr 2006: The Snowbooks Pound Store - A Penny Off!
It's true - JD Landis' languorous Longing and Sarah Bryant's excellent future thriller City of the Sun are both on sale in Waterstone's right now for just 99p!
Don't miss out - click here to find your nearest branch, and look out for more super Snowbooks offers in the months to come...
posted on April 11, 2006 02:51 PM | link | Comments (0) | Leave a comment