This month, hosts Becki and Sonnie chatted to Helen Bugler from the LDN publishing apprenticeship scheme about this unique route into publishing. When we say unique, we mean it! This is the only publishing apprenticeship scheme in the UK. Why only this one? How does it work? Who can apply? These and many more questions are answered in this episode. We hope you listen and enjoy! Learn more about the apprenticeship here: www.ldnapprenticeships.com/programme-l3-publishing-apprenticeship ..read more

Hosts Becki and Eleri chat to Laura from BookMachine about events, publishing courses, accessibility ... and scandals and cults ..read more

Hosts Phil and Doug share their book recommendations of the year and hear from some of our past guests ..read more

At Newgen we are proud to be able to work with many other publishers. Lived Places Publishing (LPP) is one of those and they have a wonderful mission to share. LPP are a higher education social sciences publisher who aim to create course readings that explore the intersection of social identity and place. They want their books to introduce a topic or subject area to students and engage them through real stories. In this episode, co-hosts Phil and Becki chat to David and Chris, the co-founders of LPP. Listen on to find out more about who this wonderful new publishing company is. If you are i ..read more

In this episode Phil and Eleri chat to Sam, the co-owner of Max Minerva's bookshop in Bristol, about what bookselling has been like over the last few years, what events they have planned and how they serve their community. If you're looking for some reading inspo, this is the episode for you ..read more

What is Bookshop Day? Sam Taylor from Max Minerva's bookshop in Bristol tells us about what it is and what his plans are for the day. Head down to your local bookshop on Saturday 9 October to see what they have planned ..read more

Phil and Becki chat to Aneeta Madhavan, the co-founder of Talking Cranes, about diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in the publishing industry. Listen to the end to find out what Aneeta's been reading recently ..read more

We're back! Listen on to hear some of our plans for our second series ..read more

Another bumper episode for you! This week we host not one but two guests for your delight. Nicole Vanderbilt, the UK MD of Bookshop.org, and Peter Donaldson, from the award-winning Red Lion Books in Colchester, join us to speak about the recent (and hugely successful) launch of Bookshop.org in the UK. We speak about how the pandemic has changed our expectations of the high street and what more we can do to shop ethically and we also let you know how you can win our first ever end of series grand prize! The Newgen Pubcast is presented by Phil and Clare with help behind the scenes from producer ..read more

Our guest this week is Matt Lewis, historian and author of Richard III: Fact and Fiction, who takes time out of presenting documentaries on Dan Snow’s History Hit to talk to us about being locked in the Tower of London after hours to get carried away about escapees and the infamous ‘Princes in the Tower’. He tells us about the ‘worst Christian who ever lived’, shares his route into publishing and beyond, and we talk about the upcoming Steve Coogan film about the discovery of Richard III’s bones in a Leicester car park. The Newgen Pubcast is presented by Phil and Clare with help behind the scen ..read more