Simon blogs regular updates on the Press, our Themes, forthcoming titles and other (mis)adventures in the world of publishing.
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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…

