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EP308: Mitch Benn — Helvetica Breakdown

Mitch Benn is a comedian, songwriter, musician, actor and author of the Terra Trilogy, a science fiction adventure series that Neil Gaiman called “Wise, funny and human”. Mitch takes us through the extraordinary story of how the first two books were published, how he overcame what could have been a disaster and completed, self-published and […]

EP243: Networking for Writers – With Dana Kaye

Dana Kaye is the author of Your Book, Your Brand and is the founder of Kaye Publicity, specialising in publishing and entertainment. She gives us great insight into how you can network while overcoming anxieties, and she answers our listener questions on building relationships with bloggers, reviewers and readers. Links Kaye Publicity: https://kayepublicity.com PODCAST Hear […]

EP199 Teaser: A Happy Hustle with Bec Evans

Being an author is a classic side-hustle: that thing you do between your day job and family and friends. Bec Evans is a writer, speaker, innovation coach and startup founder and her new book How To Have A Happy Hustle in which she shares the secrets of start-up founders to make your publishing dreams a […]

EP185 Teaser: Self Publishing Paperbacks with Craig Anderson

Author Craig Anderson recently sold over ten thousand copies of his books on Amazon and much of this was down to his painstaking work with Amazon and Facebook ads. In the third of three special Deep Dive episodes, Craig takes us through his top tips for navigating the murky waters of paperback publishing. Hear more […]

EP170 Teaser: Deep Dive – Start Your Own Publisher with Michael R Miller

Michael R Miller is author of the Dragon Blade trilogy and, with Taran Matharu, is co-founder of Portal Books, a publisher dedicated to LitRPG (Literary Role Playing Games). Michael tells us how they took their passion for the genre, experience from selling their own books, and created their own publishing company. In this Deep Dive […]

EP144 Teaser: Deep Dive with Clare Christian

A special episode where we talk to Clare Christian from RedDoor Publishing about their hybrid model of publishing where the authors underwrite the production costs, but also have great control over every aspect of the process and take the lion’s share of commercial returns. So yes, the author pays up front! But it’s not vanity […]

EP121 Teaser: State of the (publishing nation) with Sam Missingham

Hey Patreon supporters, we have over a month’s backlog of recordings on the podcast at the moment, but we wanted you to have this one hot off the press before it goes live to the general public in the middle of August (yes, really!). Sam Missingham has become one of the most influential voices in […]

EP86: Catriona Innes

We speak to the completely charming Catriona Innes, Senior Editor of Cosmopolitan, the UK’s best selling glossy magazine. Working on the features desk she writes, edits and commissions the long reads, fitness and career sections of Cosmopolitan, as well as heading up the books content. She’s currently working on Hearst’s inaugural books prize, Big Book, […]