I’m Dreaming of a Grey Christmas…

… Not the dismal grey of a leaden sky and a bleak winter but Persephone grey. Yes, it is that time again, readers, and after the successful and exceptionally fun Persephone Secret Santa swap hosted by Stacy of Stories & Stitches (formerly Book Psmith) last year I bring you what has hopefully become a blogging [...]

Publishing Experience Pt. 2

In the comments to the first part of my Publishing Experience account Karen of Book Bath asked to learn more about a typical day in the publishing world; I would have to say from my limited experience that there was no typical day for me. Now it may be that for a fully-fledged publicity assistant [...]

Publishing Experience

In my last post I may have unintentionally misled some of you in regards to the identity of the publisher playing host to me at the moment. Although Virago and Persephone Books are an imprint and publisher, respectively, that I would love to work for and where most of you thought my placement is, I [...]

Claire’s Corner

I have been intermittently a.w.o.l. from Paperback Reader for weeks now and I would like to explain why, where I can (more on some of the things I’d prefer not to talk about yet at a later date). 1. I was spending time organising a new personal office -above- and the bookshelves that come with [...]

Imbibing Cautiously

Better late than never, this is my sign-up post for Carl’s Readers Imbibing Peril V Challenge, which officially commenced on September 1st. I was caught up in the infection of the first posts that did the rounds, reading everyone’s selections with fascination and a covetous heart, but I’ve been busy on a course for the [...]

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