Simon blogs regular updates on the Press, our Themes, forthcoming titles and other (mis)adventures in the world of publishing.
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And so it begins…
In the coming months I plan to write here about how Tithebarn Press (TBP from here on out) is developing, expand on each of our core Themes, and keep you all updated on what’s…
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Five Tips for Writing your Manuscript
This is in an area where I’ve picked up quite a few tips over the years. As always with such things your mileage may vary and there is no right way to go about…
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When is the right time to talk to a publisher?
For some readers, the answer to this might seem obvious, or irrelevant. At a certain point in your career you can have the confidence that whenever you’re ready to talk to a book publisher…
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So, why should I write a book?
This is a question that, as a Commissioning Editor, I was asked with some frequency. It’s easy when your job is to commission books to take it for granted that writing and publishing books…
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What exactly are “Rigorous Readable Books”?
When we were first trying to articulate the kind of books we wanted to publish “rigorous” and “readable” was the most succinct form of words we could come up with. As you can see…
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What Personalisation Means (to us)
If you’ve read through our brief summary of why you should publish with us, you’ll have seen a reference to our personalised approach to publishing. Sure, that sounds great – who wants an impersonal…
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On Seafaring
I’ve long been fascinated by the paradox of the sea – and really this applies to any large body of water, be it a great lake, or a navigable river, as well as the…
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On Migration
Migration I am myself a migrant. I am less of one than I used to be, if that’s possible to say, but I remain a migrant. I spent most of the first 24 years…
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On Laughter
The great joy of the English literature degree course I took was that it gave us a great degree of freedom to read whichever authors we wanted, as long as we could write something…
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On Power
This will be the first in a series of blogs going into a little more detail to outline our Themes. Each Theme is intended to be a kind of mega-series, allowing for quite broad…
