The Women’s Prize program in London for the first time announces a nonfiction winner as well as a fiction laureate.
Industry Notes: Midas Buys BKS Literary Agency; Audio Publishers Sets Conference
One of London’s leading PR firms in publishing accounts buys a literary agency, and APAC 2021 is announced as a digital conference.
Midas PR’s Steven Williams and Tony Mulliken To Retire, Handing Off to Jason Bartholomew
After three decades at the head of UK publicity agency Midas, Steven Williams and Tony Mulliken announce they will retire from their executive roles at the company.
Coronavirus Worklife: Midas PR’s Jason Bartholomew: After the ‘Blind Panic’
‘Midas had to quickly pivot our business model,’ says Jason Bartholomew in London, ‘to think of a new type of proposals that fit a rapidly changing economic landscape.’
A New Literary Agency’s Old Hands: ‘It’s Just Intoxicating’ in London
With decades of experience in the offices and cubicles of the business, three publishing veterans are now repping authors as literary agents who hold meetings at 6 a.m.
Industry Notes: Jill Soloway’s Amazon Imprint Can Topple Norms; Jason Bartholomew Joins Midas PR
Activist-filmmaker Jill Soloway will have her own imprint at Amazon Publishing, Topple Books. And London’s powerhouse PR firm Midas names Hodder’s Jason Bartholomew as joint CEO.