The Newgen Pubcast

Hosts Becki and Eleri chat to Laura from BookMachine about events, publishing courses, accessibility ... and scandals and cults!

Hosts Phil and Doug share their book recommendations of the year and hear from some of our past guests!

This month, hosts Becki and Sonnie chatted to Helen Bugler from the LDN publishing apprenticeship scheme about this unique route into publishing. When we say unique, we mean it! This is the only publishing apprenticeship scheme in the UK. Why only this one? How does it work? Who can apply? These and many more questions are answered in this episode. We hope you listen and enjoy! Learn more about the apprenticeship here: www.ldnapprenticeships.com/programme-l3-publishing-apprenticeship.

At Newgen we are proud to be able to work with many other publishers. Lived Places Publishing (LPP) is one of those and they have a wonderful mission to share. LPP are a higher education social sciences publisher who aim to create course readings that explore the intersection of social identity and place. They want their books to introduce a topic or subject area to students and engage them through real stories.In this episode, co-hosts Phil and Becki chat to David and Chris, the co-founders of LPP. Listen on to find out more about who this wonderful new publishing company is.If you are interested in getting involved with LPP, check out their blog and their call for authors page.

In this episode Phil and Eleri chat to Sam, the co-owner of Max Minerva's bookshop in Bristol, about what bookselling has been like over the last few years, what events they have planned and how they serve their community. If you're looking for some reading inspo, this is the episode for you!

What is Bookshop Day? Sam Taylor from Max Minerva's bookshop in Bristol tells us about what it is and what his plans are for the day. Head down to your local bookshop on Saturday 9 October to see what they have planned.

We're back! Listen on to hear some of our plans for our second series.

Another bumper episode for you! This week we host not one but two guests for your delight. Nicole Vanderbilt, the UK MD of Bookshop.org, and Peter Donaldson, from the award-winning Red Lion Books in Colchester, join us to speak about the recent (and hugely successful) launch of Bookshop.org in the UK. We speak about how the pandemic has changed our expectations of the high street and what more we can do to shop ethically and we also let you know how you can win our first ever end of series grand prize! The Newgen Pubcast is presented by Phil and Clare with help behind the scenes from producer Eleri. The music was composed by Scott James. You can chat to us about anything discussed in the episode on newgenpubcast@newgenpublishing.co.uk.

Alison Jones from Practical Inspiration Publishing takes a break from hosting The Extraordinary Business Book Club podcast and judging the Business Book Awards to chat to us. We discuss her work ethic and how she set up her company to help busy businesspeople create books that not only get their message across but help their business thrive. We share our experiences of working from home before, during and after the pandemic and imagine how the business world might look in the years to follow. The Newgen Pubcast is presented by Phil and Clare with help behind the scenes from producer Eleri. The music was composed by Scott James. You can chat to us about anything discussed in the episode on newgenpubcast@newgenpublishing.co.uk.

A bumper episode this week! Gideon York joins us this week to talk to us about how he and his wife took on the unenviable challenge of taking over an established bookshop in a small country town and explains why the children's section of their bookshop is one of the most important spaces. He shares some of the things they've been doing to ensure that they remain a vital part of the community high street and how they helped a family split by geography get the kind of Christmas present that a John Lewis advert could never achieve. We're also joined by a member of our resident bookclub to hear about their recent read. The Newgen Pubcast is presented by Phil and Clare with help behind the scenes from producer Eleri. The music was composed by Scott James. You can chat to us about anything discussed in the episode on newgenpubcast@newgenpublishing.co.uk.

Our guest this week is Matt Lewis, historian and author of Richard III: Fact and Fiction, who takes time out of presenting documentaries on Dan Snow’s History Hit to talk to us about being locked in the Tower of London after hours to get carried away about escapees and the infamous ‘Princes in the Tower’. He tells us about the ‘worst Christian who ever lived’, shares his route into publishing and beyond, and we talk about the upcoming Steve Coogan film about the discovery of Richard III’s bones in a Leicester car park. The Newgen Pubcast is presented by Phil and Clare with help behind the scenes from producer Eleri. The music was composed by Scott James.

Our guest this week is Claire Hopkins, a commissioning editor with Pen & Sword and ARC Humanities Press, who stops by to let us know what she’s looking for when she’s commissioning. Claire tells us how she set a trend after watching Netflix’s The Crown, introduces us to an ‘unofficial’ Austrian resistance fighter, whose schnapps is as morish as her biography, and shares a few of the commissions she’s most proud of. To finish up, we shed some light on what happens to your book after you’ve finished with it, and you can find out more about that in our newsletter here: www.newgenpublishing.co.uk/newsletter-february-2021-3-a-brief-guide-to-production/. The Newgen Pubcast is presented by Phil and Clare with help behind the scenes from producer Eleri. The music was composed by Scott James. You can chat to us about anything discussed in the episode on newgenpubcast@newgenpublishing.co.uk.

Our guest this week is Ben Moorehouse from Our Bookshop in Tring (which is in Hertfordshire). Ben talks about his relationship with Amazon, shares the secrets of his (virtual) event success and what it's like to run a bookshop as an 'outsider'. The Newgen Pubcast is presented by Phil and Clare with help behind the scenes from producer Eleri. The music was composed by Scott James.

It's Episode 1 of The Newgen Pubcast! Medieval historian Danièle Cybulskie drops in to chat to us about life as an author, her experience commissioning other authors, and truth in a post-truth world. She even offers up some tips on how ice hockey can help you to spot a trend before it's trending. The Newgen Pubcast is presented by Phil and Clare with help behind the scenes from producer Eleri. The music was composed by Scott James.

Welcome to The Newgen Pubcast! Let us tell you what we've got in store for you in our first season.

Phil and Becki chat to Aneeta Madhavan, the co-founder of Talking Cranes, about diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in the publishing industry. Listen to the end to find out what Aneeta's been reading recently.