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List of contents
Introduction Alison Baverstock 1. The structure and workings of a publishing house David Barker 2. Types of publishing houses Per Henningsgaard 3. UK Reading culture Alison Lawson 4. Sunk treasure: Can the traditional public library service survive in contemporary Britain? Ellie Bowker and Clare Somerville 5. How can shared reading create a community? Alison Baverstock 6. The review and the reviewer Claire Squires 7. Life writing and biography in contemporary publishing Robert Fraser 8. Creative Writing courses and the pragmatics of publishing Lyle Skains 9. The modern literary agent Angus Phillips 10. The non-mainstream: Independents, self-Publishing, eBooks, blogging, the on-line culture of books Caroline Harris 11. Parallels between fiction and food Writing Amy Burns 12. The history and influence of travel writing Peter Bolan 13. Understanding our place. Publishing’s role in the reading ecosystem under neoliberal economics Jasmin Kirkbride 14. How audiobooks have become standard format for general publishers alongside hardback, paperback and e-book Nicholas Jones 15. French children’s literature and autism: A case for more children’s books on autism and for autistic children Lucie Ducarre 16. Interviewing the women of Virago: Using oral history to uncover the story of the feminist publishing house Eleanor Birne
About the author
Alison Baverstock is Professor of Publishing within the Kingston School of Art, Kingston University, UK.
Richard Bradford is Professor of English and Senior Distinguished Research Fellow at the University of Ulster, Ireland.
Madelena Gonzalez is Professor of English Literature at Avignon University, France.
Summary
This volume builds bridges between the traditional focus of literary studies and the actualities of contemporary literature, including literary publishing and other media.
