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Podcasts from the Oxford International Centre for Publishing at Oxford Brookes University. Speakers from the Publishing industry in front of an audience of students, lecturers and guests.
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Will Chalk talks to 3 recent graduates from our Media, Journalism and Publishing BA
Ugne Matuliauskaite,Ciara Myton andAnnabelle Coleman all work at Sweet Cherry Publishing, a multi-award-winning children’s book publisher. They all share their experiences with our podcast host, Will Chalk.
Will Chalk talks to alumni, Abby Shaw
Abby Shaw - is a recent graduate from Media, Journalism and Publishing at Oxford Brookes University. Abby is an Editorial Assistant at Bloomsbury, in the Childrens Division.
Helena Markou in Conversation with Claire Philip
Helena Markou, Subject Coordinator for the MA Publishing in conversation with Claire Philip, Freelance Children's Book Editor and Career Coach.
In this episode, we discuss resilience, positivity, and dealing with the emotional rollercoaster of hunting for a job in publishing. Claire and Helena bring in some statistics from the recently published FLIP Report: Workplace Survey 2024.
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Neurodiverse Children’s Books
Children’s books that accurately reflect neurodiverse characters and themes have been hailed as “the latest publishing trend” in 2023, as publishers begin to realise the commercial potential of a previously underserved reading market. At a time when more and more school children are being diagnosed as having special educational needs, research shows that class study of neurodiver
Transforming the YA Publishing Industry
In this podcast episode, Lily Carreiro covers the trends following the rise in popularity of Young Adult book subscription boxes among readers, from their redefinition of the book as an immersive, collectable product, to their ability to draw together an active community of bibliophiles on social media. The widespread book publicity and online exchange of ideas that have followed among new generat
Inclusivity in Children’s Books for SEND
In this episode ofOxford International Centre for Publishing Podcast, Associate Trainee Tugce Bicakci-Syed dives deep into the topic of inclusivity in children’s & YA publishing. Drawing on the results of CLPE’s Reflecting Realities research, Bicakci-Syed explores how simply increasing diverse representation is not enough on the journey towards true inclusivity, particularly for ch
Required Reading
Can you read this text without a hitch? Many children worldwide cannot say the same. In this episode of the Oxford Brookes Publishing podcast, distance-learning Master’s student Stephen Flynn explores findings from UNESCO’s “2023 Global Education Monitoring Report, Technology in education: A tool on whose terms?” Together with colleague and researcher Chandni Jain, he discu
It Takes a Village
Join me, Becky Grace, and children’s author Gianna Pollero, the genius behind the hilariously funnyMonster Doughnutsseries, as we discuss what it takes to be a children’s author. Drawing on writer and editor Susan Greenberg’s study on editing and the relationships within that process, we take you from agent to editor to illustrator, to find out how that team can bring your story
Helena Markou in conversation with Claire Philip
In this podcast,Claire Philip(Children's Editor and Career Coach) talks candidly to Helena Markou, (Senior Lecturer, MA Publishing) about the publishing industry's worsening pay problem as announced by the latestBook Careers Salary Survey. Careers in publishing demand specific and often quitetechnical skills but the remuneration doesn't always match up. Claire and Helena talk through being strateg
Endangered Languages and Picture books: a Tale of Preservation and Diversity
In this episode MA Publishing student Meri Millan discusses why publishers should care about preserving linguistic diversity and what role children’s picture books play in achieving it. She touches on some publisher-led initiatives to publish in the Ryukyuan languages, endangered languages native to Okinawa, Japan. As well as recommending her two absolute favourite picture books.
Challenges and Opportunities for the Children’s and YA Market
In October 2022, MA Publishing student Lucy Derges travelled to the Frankfurt Book Fair to investigate the current health of the children’s and young adult market, the coming global challenges it could face and how incorporating diversity, equality and inclusion though requiring additional investment offers opportunity.
Discovering Sanxingdui
This video is a recording of the recent ‘Discovering Sanxingdui’ event from the Confucius Institute at Oxford Brookes University and SouthwestJiaotong University. The event was hosted for 180 attendees and was moderated bysinologueand historian, Dr Frances Wood (吴芳思). During the event, participantsviewedimmersive virtual toursshowcasingthe museum andthe extraordinary finds from the San
Looking behind the curtain: from translation to publication
Join author Xiang Jen Yao, translator Robert Hall and editor Angela Koo to celebrate the English edition of The Art of Chinese Living (2022).
Together they discuss with journalist Samantha Harman of Oxford International Centre for Publishing and Dr Zhu Zhu, researcher in Translation Studies of University of Aberdeen, their experience working on this large translation project. In particular, focusi
YA Literature and its role in destigmatising mental health issues
With the numbers of children and young adults getting diagnosed with mental health conditions increasing, it’s more important than ever that we have open and honest discussions with our young people about mental ill-health. Mental health illnesses have for years, been shrouded in secrecy, with negative discourse surrounding them. So, how can the publishing industry destigmatise and encourage
‘Addressing the Zeitgeist’
Join me, David Rogers, and my guest, literary agent James Catchpole (http://www.thecatchpoleagency.co.uk) as we discuss what illustrators and authors need to succeed in contemporary children’s publishing. During our talk, we consider four key principles of finding success: the importance of having an individual voice, how vital it is to know the audience and industry you are writing or illus
Audiobooks for children: Are they beneficial for literacy or are they just a lazy way out of reading
Audiobooks for children. Are they beneficial for literacy or are they just a lazy way out of reading? This is the question we will be trying to find answers to in today’s episode. Are there any advantages of audiobooks over physical books? Are they more attractive for children? What about reading levels, does the auditive dimension overcome this barrier? Should we feel like we’re cheat
Four things you need to know about children’s non-fiction publishing
In this podcast episode, Publishing Studies MA student Stacey McDevitt explores four key areas of children’s non-fiction publishing relevant to today, reporting on the thriving UK and USA markets and delving into trends in children’s non-fiction, formats, diversity and inclusion, and new highly anticipated non-fiction imprints to look out for such as Hardie Grant’s Bright Light a
For the love of it: publishing picture books in translation
In this podcast, Sophie Jones explores the UK market for picture books in translation and why so few mainstream publishers are engaged in this area of children’s publishing. In an interview with Greet Pauwelijn of Book Island, she discovers the key role played by small, independent publishers in increasing access and bibliodiversity, and learns about the difficulties they face in bringing pi
Discussing Mental Health with Your Child Through Picture Books
Picture books are an excellent way to start conversations with young children about mental health issues that affect us all. It can be a difficult topic to approach, especially if you are not sure how to initiate or explain the subject. In this episode, our podcaster will share their top picture book recommendations for discussing mental health with children, as well as why addressing it is import
The Value of Literary Festivals - webinar recording
An online webinar on the value of literary festivals and their future in a post-Covid world. Bothacademics and practitioners discussed the challenges faced by literary festivals in the time of the pandemic, and what lessons can be drawn for how events are run. Speakers from Ireland, Italy and the UK included Sally Dunsmore, Guido Guerzoni, Miriam Johnson, Catherine Moylan, Julianne Mooney, Bernade
Angus Phillips in conversation with Nicolas Cheetham, CEO of Head of Zeus
Angus Phillips in conversation with Nicolas Cheetham, CEO of Head of Zeus and the publisher of Liu Cixin’s works in the UK. Nicolas talks about the success of the books, SF in China, and future publication plans. Liu Cixin was the first Chinese author to win the prestigious Hugo Award. President Barack Obama praised hisThe Three-Body Problemas ‘just wildly imaginative’ and Mark Z
Angus Phillips in conversation with Richard Lennon
Angus Phillips in conversation with Richard Lennon, Publishing Director at Penguin Random House Audio. Richard talks about trends in the UK audio market, some recent bestsellers, and the kind of projects that work well as audiobooks.
Angus Phillips in conversation with Nitasha Devasar
Nitasha Devasar is Managing Director, Taylor and Francis India & South Asia, and President of the Association of Publishers in India (API). Her bookPublishers on Publishing: Inside India’s Book Businessgives a panoramic insider view of Indian publishing. We hear about the landscape of publishing in India, in particular academic publishing, and of developments in research and higher educa
How to break into the media industry with Rory Bremner and OICP
OICP's Angus Phillips and Alexandra Shakespeare recently took part in a panel discussion for Oxford schoolwww.doverbroecks.comon how to break into the Media, Journalismand Publishing industries.
Angus Phillips in conversation with Catherine Stokes of Nosy Crow.
Catherine is Head of Sales and Marketing at the independent children's publishing companyNosy Crow. She talks about trends in children's publishing, the success of middle grade books, and issues such as diversity and the impact of the corona virus.
Angus Phillips in conversation with Daniel Bunyard of Michael Joseph
Daniel Bunyard is a Publishing Director and Head of Non-fiction publishing at Penguin Michael Joseph, a division of Penguin Random House. He talks about the motivations behind the purchasing of books and what kinds of purchases are being made in a time of corona virus.
Alex Shakespeare in Conversation with Samantha Harman
Samantha Harman is the editor of the Oxford Mail. She discusses regional journalism, making it pay, trust in local news and the effects of the covid-19 virus.
Angus Phillips in conversation with Mike Shatzkin
Mike Shatzkin is a respected commentator on the book business. He covers a wide range of topics from digital change, ebooks and the supply chain to the future of the Big Five publishers.
Angus Phillips in conversation with Jonathan Glasspool of Bloomsbury
Jonathan Glasspool is Managing Director of Bloomsbury Academic & Professional and President of Bloomsbury USA. He is interviewed by Angus Phillips of the Oxford International Centre for Publishing at Oxford Brookes University.He offers his expert view on non-consumer publishing including academic and specialist publishing. He predicts a further shift towards digital, for example in the library
Angus Phillips in discussion with Andre Breedt of Nielsen
Andre Breedt shares recent trends in the UK book market and internationally. He discusses genres and categories in the consumer market, and shows 2020 sales data from Italy during the virus lockdown.
Mariana Morris on UX Design
Mariana runs her own company, Fruto. In this talk Mariana explains all about her company and how they work with clients on their user experience projects.
Book Data from Nielsen
Andre Breedt gives a detailed talk about using data about book sales.
Digital workflow at OUP
James Quinney, Content Architect, andSean Pankhurst, Senior Digital Content Controller, Oxford University Press explain their roles within the digital content delivery team at OUP and talk about practicalities of digital workflow and digital issues faced by this publishing house.
Publishing Solutions from Ixxus
Carl has been in publishing since1995 and has worked for PearsonEducation, Macmillan Education andOxford University Press. At Ixxus,Carl’s focus is upon helping clientslook at business vision, goals andstrategies around their contentand tooling to enable flexibility andreadiness to meet the ever-changingdemands of the digital market.
Advice to Publishing Students
Mark Allin, was CEO of Wiley from 2015 to 2017. He was the guest speaker during the Working in Publishing Day.
Marc Bloch and Sze-Kie Ho (Pearson Education)
Marc Bloch, Head of Digital Learning Services, Pearson Educationand Sze-Kie Ho, Product Manager at Pearson talk about creating digital products for the educational market.
Needles and haystacks: Discoverability and innovation in academic publishing
Gathering meaningful metadata, granularity, analytics, and how usage statistics inform commercial decisions in publishing.
How to use social media, mainly Twitter to promote a book.
Camille Mari introduces the audience to some very useful techniques to make better use of Twitter to market ourselves, our books or our company.
Transforming Digital Science Publishing at Pearson Education
Meeting the challenge of publishing blended products and services for GCSE Science. Changing how we work and shifting to continuous delivery of content to meet customer needs.
Digital developments and how they impact storytelling
Guy talks about some ofthe latest digital developments and how they impact storytelling and the publishing industry.
Sally Bayley in Conversation with Beverley Tarquini
Sally Bayley is a Lecturer in English at Balliol College, Oxford and the authorof the crowd-funded bookThe Private Life of the Diary,published by Unbound.
Sally talks to Beverley Tarquini about both this new book and also her other writing projects, includingherwork on Sylvia Plath.She shares her thoughtson howauthors operate and in particular, how they interact with their editors.
Me Books
Made in Memake innovative and inspirational apps, games, websites, books and videos. Eric will talk about his career in book publishing, brand development, TV, gaming and the world of children’s entertainment. He will demonstrateMe Books: the ultimate collection of digital books and comics for kids and tell you the story behind the product.
Becoming the New Publisher
Michael considers what publishers have always done and asks is this the same today, using case studies from the industry. He examines key trends that we should pay attention to amidst all the noise, in an attempt to predict the future.
Joanna Prior, MD Penguin General books
At the End of the 'Working in Publishing' day at the OICPS, Jo Prior gave a fascinating talk on the future of publishing as seen from Penquin Books.
eBooks in schools - RM Books
Dale Peters is Head of Corporate Development(RM Education) and presents RM Books a system for delivering eBooks into schools.
The challenge of discoverability in digital publishing
David talks about gathering meaningful metadata, granularity, analytics, and how usage statistics inform commercial decisions in publishing.
Digital publishing at Pearson Education
The publisher is responsible for a product from concept to delivery:
Concept to high quality product or service
Creation in a timely way to budget
Providing something that people want to buy
Ensuring we make a profit!
… so what’s different in the digital worldcompared to print?
Career Options in Book Production
‘Have you considered what a career in production might look like in the digital age? The size, number of opportunities and ex-perience gained in new technologies for such a role are worth considering in the age of electronic content, where attention to detail is critical and delivery nearly instantaneous.
Building A Career in Academic Publishing
‘Being published’ is traditionally a seal of the quality and authenticity of research, and has been since the 17th century. If you thought academic publishing was stuffy, think again: things are changing rapidly; and people are now sharing knowledge and consuming content on the Internet for free. How does an academic publisher respond and add value beyond the written word, what is the
Getting Into Publishing
Publishing is well known as a competitive industry. And Atwood Tate is one of the most recognisable names in Publishing Recruit-ment. With years of experience matching the right people with the right jobs, Claire Louise and Kellie are here to share their expertise on the best ways to stand out in a crowded marketplace. Come and meet them from 11am, and make the most of their knowledge of the recru
Pathways Through Publishing
You can be guaranteed that a life in publishing will bring with it some rather exciting and interesting stories. In this seminar, two publishers (one turned publishing consultant) will share their own stories of how they got their breaks in the industry, the different paths they’ve followed and the exotic locations they have stopped-in along the way. Including Hollywood!
Managing Change In Publishing
Change is inevitable. And for Osprey, change was embraced to ensure future success. Listen to Osprey’s CEO, Rebecca Smart, weave an engaging and honest story of how the company’s growth was as much a process of discovery as it was a strategic decision that would ensure its survival, and demonstrate that managing yourself for and through change can help lead others through the same proc
Gamification of Publishing at the London Book Fair
With the growth in the use of tablets to consume media, including books, what is happening to the boundaries between books and games? There are now books of games, and games of books – what, for example, do we call an interactive children’s product, and does it matter? An expert panel from publishing and the games industry examines a range of topics including our continuing need for ex
Key Skills in Publishing - Richard Charkin
Richard Charkin is theExecutive Director of Bloomsbury Publishing and gave this talk as the final session for the Working in Publishing event in the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies.
The talk is introduced by Angus Phillips, head of the OICPS and was attended by students, lecturersand guests.
The Publishing Process at Wiley
Not every idea for a book will be developed into a manuscript. Sarah explained that all new proposals must be reviewed internally and externally and a strong business case put forward before a contract is signed and the content written. This means that she has to keep a regular stream of new ideas flowing into the process.
Digital publishing at Pearson Education - Liz Marchant
Dr Liz Marchant is Head of Publishing: Science and ICT(Pearson Education), and her talk focusses on Digital Publishing
Shaping a Discipline: the Experience of Book History
This talk was given as part of the conference:
Progressing Book History and Publishing Studies as Disciplines
a British Academy Funded Event on Wednesday October 24th2012
The purpose of this event was to discuss and agree a set of objectives that will enable us to further the progression of Publishing Studies as an established field of research and teaching.
What’s in a Name?
How should the role of a Digital Publisher/Product Manager be defined and what does this involve? Matt Kibble's talk will cover a number of different roles (technical, business, editorial, marketing) and address the fact that the job is defined in different ways at every company. Matt will illustrate these points with a range of products from the major online publishers and explain what is involve
Royal story
Leander Reeves, Senior Lecturer in Publishing, was interviewed on BBC Radio Oxford on Friday 14 September 2012 about the publication in France of the topless photos of the Duchess of Cambridge. The magazineCloserwas the subject of legal action regarding the pictures of Kate Middleton.
Thank you very much to BBC Radio Oxford for allowing us to use the recording of this interview.
Jane Potter and Angus Phillips interviewed on BBC
For World Book Day, 1 March 2012, the lunchtime show on BBC Radio Oxford looked at key developments in the story of the book. These included the development of printing, the paperback revolution of the 1930s, and the present growth in the popularity of ebooks. Both Jane Potter and Angus Phillips from the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies were interviewed for the programme by Jo Th
Kay Peddle - The book is dead, long live the book
Self-publishing, eBooks, Amazon, piracy - the threats to trade publishing are numerous but the opportunities are too. Publishers need to be creative and agile in order to adapt to the rapidly changing retail and consumer environments we currently face. Thinking about content creatively and taking risks on new formats and retail channels is vital. Kay will talk briefly about what Random House is do
Chris Book, CEO Bardowl
Chris is a technologist first and foremost. Chris studied on the Modular Course at Brookes between 1993 and 1996, his main subjects were Computing, Intelligent Systems and Bodrum Kebabs.The inspiration for Bardowl came from years of listening to audiobooks and podcasts, knowing they could be delivered better. Chris has only ever worked in mobile, starting his career at Orange in 1997 and has worke
Excel Is Not Enough
The age of the manager is coming to a close. Doing, not directing, is the secret to making a difference in organisations - particularly those in a mature industry coming under increasing fire from newcomers and disruptive technologies. You, personally, need to be able to not only use but invent leading-edge technological solutions. Emma Barnes, co-founder and MD of innovative indie publisher Snowb
Print on-demand and ebook digital workflows
Publishing On-demand: just in time , not just in case
Print on-Demand
eBooks
Print on-Demand and eBooks: Publishing On-Demand
One workflow, multiple outputs
Non-Profit Publishing at Oxfam
How Non-Profit Publishing works at Oxfam.
Digital publishing at Pearson Education - Liz Marchant
Liz Marchant linforms us about some of the digital projects she has been involved in at Pearson Education. The talk will focuses primarily on digital delivery of science and ICT related products for secondary schools.
Dr Liz Marchant is Head of Publishing: Science and ICT(Pearson)
OPUS: Reaching Tablets & eReaders - Lindsay Mooney of Kobo
Lindsay Mooney of Kobo talks about their partnership with WH Smith’s and how Kobo can work with publishers in the UK to distribute ebooks both here in the UK ad worldwide.
OPUS: Reaching Tablets & eReaders - Linda Bennett of Gold Leaf
Linda Bennett of Gold Leaf to provide an overview of the UK ebook market and emerging models including ebook borrowing
The challenges of independent publishing - John Elford
John discusses what it means to be Green in publishing. He addresses global issues as well as how to apply green approaches to the business of publishing. He talks also about his experience of running a small ethically-minded publishing company for over 20 years and the lessons he has learned. The talk explores how things are changing in the broad current economic and environmental climate and how
My Life as an Editor - Juliette Mitchell
Juliette will talks about her experiences of the commissioning process, seeing a manuscript through from start to finish and different approaches to editing. She will also touch on dealing with authors and agents and launching the book into the world.
Usability, user centred design and persuasion
Jon Dodd foundedBunnyFootin 1999, in the early days of usability, we were the first consultancy to offer professional accessibility services and the first to offer eyetracking as standard. They concentrate on user centred design and usability, and also offer specialist eyetracking services to ad agencies and for market research.
Tweet smell of success? London Book Fair seminar 12 April 2011
Many companies appreciate the necessity to engage with social media, including blogs, Twitter and Facebook. What is the marketing strategy behind this engagement and what kind of results can be expected? Publishers may be building their brand online, creating communities, or aiming to drive the sales of individual titles. Three experts explain the range of benefits from using social media.
This se
Greening the Book: Digital or Print?
What is the carbon footprint of a printed book, and how does it compare with the carbon footprint of an e-book or an e-reader? Is digital more environmentally friendly than print? Should publishers stick with print, or lead the rush to digital?
These questions are of serious concern to those in the industry as well as to authors and readers, as e-books and e-readers start making significant inroad
Catching the Wave
An irreverent romp through 40 years of analogue and (from 1984) digital publishing – which should prompt some career ideas or at least cautionary tales. Based on his current business, David will also suggest how a growing number of 21st-century publishing businesses and careers will look radically different from the current ‘norm’.
Tales from Publishing - Michael Rodgers
This talk was given as part of the New Product Development module on the Masters courses in Publishing
Going Digital Gracefully
What has to change for traditional publishers as they migrate to digital publishing? What stays the same? And can they make the transition without losing themselves in the process?
Alison Jones is Director of Digital Development Palgrave Macmillan
Richard Hart – Hart Publishing
Richard Hart gained a law degree from Cambridge University, then briefly worked as a university lecturer in law before getting his first job in publishing with Professional Books. In 1986 he was appointed Law Editor at OUP, and in 1996 left to launch his own publishing company, Hart Publishing – where he is currently Managing Director.
In this talk, Richard Hart depicts the role of independe
The ActiveTeach Product: from strategy to creation
ActiveTeachwas a landmark product forPearson. The launch of ActiveTeach changed the entire market dynamic, making an equivalent digital component essential for any new course.
This product is demonstrated during the talk, which covers the development of the idea and the execution of the product creation.
Further information about ActiveTeach can be found on the Pearson web site
Why Print on Demand is (or should be) part of every publisher’s strategy
Suzanne Wilson-Higginshas over 20 years experience in publishing, bookselling, print-on-demand and ebooks. In January 2011 she was appointed Sales & Marketing Director at Lion-Hudson plc a publisher of Christian books and general books based on a Christian ethos for adults and children. As Commercial Director at Lightning Source UK Ltd, she launched print on-demand and e-book services to the U
Toby Mundy - Independent trade publishing in the UK
Toby Mundyis a leading figure in the publishing industry. After training as a graduate recruit at HarperCollins, where he was editorial assistantto Stuart Proffitt, and later took on responsibility for Fontana Press, he joined Weidenfeld & Nicolson as editorial director in 1998. In 2000 he becamemanaging directorand publisher of newly formed Atlantic Books, whose bestsellers include the Booker
