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2024 British Book Design and Production Awards
The British Book Design and Production Awards took place on Wednesday 29 January 2025 at the De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms in Central London.
As one of the most prestigious and popular literary events of the year, the British Book Design and Production Awards recognize the excellence of the British book design and production industry by celebrating the year’s best books. The awards are designed to represent everything that is best in British book design and are seen as the flagship event in the industry’s year.
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Bestseller Awards January 2025
Nielsen BookData, in partnership with BolognaBookPlus, celebrated the annual Bestseller Awards on 20 January 2025 at the Ham Yard Hotel in London’s West End.
The Bestseller Awards, which were presented by Rebecca Jones, former BBC arts correspondent and chief news presenter, are the only awards based on UK volume sales data, recognizing all-time sales across print and ebook formats. The awards honour the authors whose books have sold more than 250,000 copies (Silver); more than 500,000 copies (Gold); and more than one million copies (Platinum). Among the authors recognized at the awards were Richard Osman, Bonnie Garmus, Julia Donaldson and Stanley Tucci.
In the Dissertation Showcase Award, three students from the Oxford International Centre for Publishing were recognized for the quality of their research projects: Richard Woolley, Helen Zeineh and Beth Pouncett. Richard received his award from David Nicholls, author of the bestselling One Day.
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Bob Woodings
1942 - 2024
Bob Woodings (R. B. Woodings), one of the early teachers on the publishing course at Oxford Brookes University, died on Thursday 5 December 2024, aged 82.
Bob graduated from Cambridge with a degree in English and immediately joined the newly-established University of East Anglia as a member of the Humanities Department, where he became an authority on Shelley. From there, Bob moved into publishing where he worked as a commissioning editor with Faber & Faber and Collins, before accepting an invitation from Oxford Polytechnic to set up and run their undergraduate publishing course. This started running in 1982 and is the original root from which the present day undergraduate and postgraduate courses at Oxford Brookes have grown.
Bob was an inspirational and inspired teacher, drawing on his own experience as a publisher and writer – his first book Shelley was published when he was only 26, and he was co-editor, with Alan Bullock, of the Fontana Dictionary of Modern Thinkers. He was also a shrewd and kind man, with a tremendous wit and sense of fun, which affected all those who came into contact with him, making him many life-long friends, who, like me, will be saddened to hear of his death.
Adrian Bullock
17 December 2024
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Logos special issue on literary festivals
Logos special issue on literary festivals
Announcing a special issue of the premier publishing journal Logos on literary festivals. Contributions are welcome from authors, academics, publishing professionals and festival organizers. For full details of how to contribute, see the downloadable file with the call for papers. We can also accept audio files.
We welcome papers about festivals from all parts of the world.
The issue is edited by Angus Phillips from the Oxford International Centre for Publishing and Dr Giulia Rossetti from the Business School at Oxford Brookes.
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Logos special issue on publishing in Africa
Small Is Beautiful: Africa’s independent book publishers
What does the future hold for Africa’s independent publishing sector? This Logos special issue brings together book publishers from across the continent and beyond to talk about their publishing passions. Through interviews with more than a dozen African publishers – many of whom are women – we hear about the challenges of running a dynamic publishing business on a shoestring. The special issue explores generational changes in publishing practices, asks if small is always beautiful, and offers a vision of hope for the future.
Angus Phillips is Editor-in-Chief of Logos and this special issue welcomes as guest editors Stephanie Kitchen, David Mills and Anshita Ail. Anshita is an alumna of the publishing programme at the Oxford International Centre for Publishing.
Follow this link to the special issue of Logos:
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Antonia Mackay’s Three M’others concludes its final show
On Friday 31st May, the Sheila Kitzinger Programme funded play, Three M’others showed its last performance at the North Wall Arts Centre, Summertown, Oxford. Offering a glimpse into the real, lived experiences of women as they embarked on their own maternal journeys in the face of a global pandemic, Three M'others concluded its two day run at the theatre to a packed auditorium.
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British Book Design and Production Awards 2023
Members of the print, publishing, and book production industries gathered at the De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms in London, on 24 January 2024, for a celebration of storytelling. Hosted by Anita Mangan, the graphic designer and book illustrator, the 2023 awards showcased the best talent in British book production across 18 categories celebrating everything from cover design to sustainability. The grand prize of Book of the Year went to Hurtwood for Out in the Cold, a stunning two-volume book showcasing Danie Ferreira's photography, beautifully presented in a screen-printed box.
The Awards are organized in association with the Oxford International Centre for Publishing, and Angus Phillips, Director of the Centre, presented the prize for the best Educational Book to Sensing Place for My Adventure with Alice.
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Dr Johnson to lead the Creative Industries Research Network at Brookes
We are happy to announce that Dr Miriam Johnson is now leading the Oxford Brookes Creative Industries Research Network (CIRIN).
Dr Johnson is a senior lecturer in media, journalism, and publishing at the Oxford International Centre for Publishing. Her research focuses on the intersection of technologies, performance, and the creative industries; alongside aspects of marketing including social media marketing and branding.
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Dr Potter is interviewed on BBC Radio Berkshire
Dr Jane Potter appeared on BBC Radio Berkshire on Remembrance Sunday 2023 and spoke about her research on Wilfred Owen's legacy and impact as a war poet (interview begins at 13:28 minutes).
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By the Book9 - 26 to 28 June 2024
We are delighted to announce that By the Book9 will take place from 26 to 28 June 2024 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
By the Book9
26 to 28 June 2024
University of Ljubljana
There is an online submission form for the receipt of paper abstracts.
Visit the conference page here for more details including the call for papers.
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