Doughty, Foulds, Dunthorne and Beard become Rathbones Folio Mentors

Louise Doughty, Adam Foulds, Joe Dunthorne and Francesca Beard are the four Folio Academy members who will become mentors for the 2018-19 period. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Twelve redundancies at The Folio Society

Twelve members of staff left The Folio Society in January, the publishing house has confirmed.  A spokesperson said the job losses came as a result of a "fundamental restructure" of the company, with The Folio Society now employing a total of 58 people. The job losses came from marketing,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Transitioning' Folio scrapes into profit

Sales at The Folio Society fell by almost a quarter in the year to the end of August 2014, compared to the year before, results for the 12-month period show. However the company made a small profit, after losing nearly £3m the previous year. In accounts filed on Companies House this week, The... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Folio Holdings Board to assume Gavron's role

The non-executive Folio Holdings Board is to assume responsibility for the role the late Lord Gavron played as Chairman of The Folio Society, it has been confirmed. Gavron died this weekend at the age of 84. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber and Granta power Folio Prize shortlist

Independent publishers have come out on top in the shortlist for the 2015 Folio Prize for Fiction, with Faber and Granta getting three books each on the list. Faber’s three titles are All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews, about sisters, suicide and how to carry on after grief; Family Life by... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Doughty, Groskop and Ruppin on Desmond Elliott judging panel

Author Louise Doughty is to chair the judging panel of the 2015 Desmond Elliott Prize. Joining her will be writer and comedian Viv Groskop, and Jonathan Ruppin of Foyles. The £10,000 Desmond Elliott Prize is for the year’s best debut novel. The 2014 winner was Eimear McBride’s A Girl Is a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Self, Amis, Faber among 80 Folio Prize nominees

The Folio Prize has revealed the 80 books put forward for consideration for the 2015 award. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mentoring helps close publishing 'chasm'

Mentoring for writers is essential as editors, publishers and literary agents become ever busier, authors have told The Bookseller, claiming that everyone in the publishing process benefits from writers having guidance from others in the industry who can act as a sounding board, and champion... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Shakespeare Folio found in France

A rare Shakespeare First Folio, regarded as the most important book in English literature, is discovered in a small French town. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2014-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Adichie to deliver first Folio Society Lecture

Novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is to deliver the inaugural Folio Society Lecture when The Folio Prize Fiction Festival returns next year. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Folio Society Tries To Raise Its Profile

Over the past 65 years, the Folio Society, a London-based publisher, has released nearly 2,000 titles, most artfully designed, updated reissues of modern classics and works from the canon with an emphasis on packaging, typography, and illustration. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The FOLIO: 100

Welcome to the 2014 FOLIO: 100 and 20 in Their 20s, our annual list of the magazine and media industry's innovators, entrepreneurial thinkers and disrupters. As it does each year, the list represents every facet of publishing from every corner of the industry—big and small publishers in the... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2014-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HUP Signs Book By Piketty's Mentor

Harvard University Press has signed a book called 'Inequality' by Sir Anthony B Atkinson, who mentored Thomas Piketty, author of the international bestseller 'Capital in the Twenty-First Century.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Folio Top Women: Maggie Murphy

Maggie joined PARADE in 2010 and was challenged to breathe new life into a Sunday magazine that has been around since 1941. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Folio Top Women: Maureen Slocum

As owner of Zoomba Group, Maureen Slocum publishes two successful B2Bs, Foodservice Equipment & Supplies (FE&S) and Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Folio Top Women: Josie King

Josie has been the leader of Innovation Enterprise, a CFO Publishing company, since its inception in 2009 and has led the compan Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Folio Top Women: Nancy Weber

Nancy Weber, a dynamic publishing industry marketing veteran, has a long history of creating results-oriented initiatives for Me Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2014-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Folio Top Women: Anna Bager

As VP & GM, Anna leads a board that consists of the publishers that bring in major ad dollars for the mobile market. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2014-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Folio Top Women: Kathy Savitt

With Savitt at the helm of the media business, Yahoo has reimagined its lifestyles content and launched new digital magazines: Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2014-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Folio Top Women: Amy Vaxman

When Amy Vaxman joined Hotel Management Magazine in 1994 as a young sales manager, she never imag- ined returning one day as its publisher-but it's a role she has now held since 2012. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2014-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Folio Top Women: Charlene Finck

Charlene is viewed as the content weapon behind the transformation of Farm Journal. With Charlene's guidance, Farm Journal produces the premier magazine in agriculture, the two most-watched TV programs across the industry, the number-one radio program, the most visited website, most events and more. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2014-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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