‘We are living through rather more history at the present time than most of us would ideally choose to do,’ says Wolfson jury chair David Cannadine in the digital prize announcement.
Coronavirus Worklife: OUP’s Nigel Portwood on ‘Weathering the Challenges’
An international publisher, Oxford University Press is ‘managing employees and navigating markets at different stages with the crisis,’ says Nigel Portwood.
Richard Charkin: Let’s Hear It for Book Rights Sales People Worldwide
‘Rights departments of publishing houses invariably seem the poor relation of the sales team,’ says Richard Charkin. The pandemic is a prompt to reconsider.
Richard Charkin: On Memory Lane
‘Walking past former offices brings back fond—and sometimes not so fond—recollections,’ Richard Charkin writes, ‘of old times.’
Richard Charkin: Three Books, Three Lessons
In decluttering his library, Richard Charkin is reminded of unexpected returns in publishing.
Richard Charkin in France: Serendipity
‘We should never underestimate the role of unanticipated good fortune’ in publishing success, writes book publisher Richard Charkin.
Richard Charkin: In Praise Of a Quiet Publishing Leader
The late George Richardson was ‘a quiet man, aware of his own shortcomings but with that instinctive knack of being a good leader.’
Richard Charkin: Hardy Perennials
‘What can we deduce from these hardy perennials?’ asks Richard Charkin. He looks at some of the leading reference works for clues to lasting sales success.
Richard Charkin: Reflections on Publishing Association Work
Richard Charkin looks back at his four decades with the UK’s Publishers Association and the many book publishing issues the PA dealt with.
The UK’s Wolfson History Prize Announces its 2019 Shortlist
The Wolfson History Prize 2019 shortlist includes biographies of Wilde and Victoria, and studies in archeology, ornithology, seagoing wartime commerce, and ‘legacies of Nazi persecution.’