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Uncovering Publishing
by Sydney Allen and Emma Kiesling
'Uncovering Publishing' interviews prominent figures of the UK publishing industry. Cohosted by Emma Kiesling & Sydney Allen.
Episodes
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Chelsea Graham on the Publishing Post & more: Part 2
Chelsea Graham is a senior editor in audio at Bonnier working across our fiction list. She boasts a Master's degree in Publishing from the University of Derby. Before her role at Bonnier, she worked in audio at Bloomsbury and in editorial at two magazines. Last but very much not least, she is…
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Chelsea Graham on the Publishing Post & more: Part 1
Chelsea Graham is a senior editor in audio at Bonnier working across our fiction list. She boasts a Master's degree in Publishing from the University of Derby. Before her role at Bonnier, she worked in audio at Bloomsbury and in editorial at two magazines. Last but very much not least, she is…
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Publicity with Josie Cassaglia
Josie Cassaglia is a Publicity Officer at Duckworth Books. She did the UCL Publishing Master’s alongside us, coming from the University of Kent and FU Berlin. Josie's picks: Three Women by Lisa Taddeo The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Catherine Webb The Rest is History (podcast)
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Agenting with Rhian Parry
Rhian Parry is a Welsh literary agency assistant at The Blair Partnership who did the MA with us at UCL. She’s also an agented author, !!Big Spoiler Alert for the CRESCENT CITY series by Sarah J. Maas!! Rhian's Picks The Secret History by Donna Tartt Book Lovers by Emily Henry My Lady Jane (series)
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Scouting with Gabriella Chipol
Gabriella Chipol is an Assistant Book-to-Film Scout at CTL Scouting. She’s also a published poet and works closely with the Gibraltarian Ministry of Culture and has participated in several documentaries showcasing her work. She joined CTL scouting in 2023 - she’s the resident BookTok and…
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Heritage Agenting with Lily Kovacs
Lily Kovacs is currently the Assistant to the Heritage Department at Curtis Brown. We talk about her experience in the UCL Publishing Master's programme, getting her first publishing role with Curtis Brown, and the world of heritage publishing. Lily's picks: Happy Place by Emily Henry A Gentleman...
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We 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 Yarros Vicious by LJ Shen Six of Crows by...
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Dr. Francesca Coppa on Fanfiction
In 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...
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Chris Liew on Ebook Production
Today 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…
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Polly Smith on Events at the Bookseller
This 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...
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Joe Cain on the Future of Academic Publishing
In 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…
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Mini 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.
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Zain Mahmood on Bookselling at Waterstones
This 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,...
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Dan Kieran on Authenticity and Disruption
This 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.
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Kelli Fairbrother on Audiobooks
This 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...
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Meet the Hosts
Welcome to Uncovering Publishing! This welcome episode introduces hosts Emma Kiesling and Sydney Allen and their goals in the publishing industry.
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'Uncovering Publishing' interviews prominent figures of the UK publishing industry. Cohosted by Emma Kiesling & Sydney Allen.
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