Uncovering Publishing

Chelsea Graham is a senior editor in audio at Bonnier working across our fiction list. She boasts a Master's degree in Publishing from the University of Derby. Before her role at Bonnier, she worked in audio at Bloomsbury and in editorial at two magazines. Last but very much not least, she is also the founder and Editor in Chief of The Publishing Post, which continues to be one of the best resourc...

Chelsea Graham is a senior editor in audio at Bonnier working across our fiction list. She boasts a Master's degree in Publishing from the University of Derby. Before her role at Bonnier, she worked in audio at Bloomsbury and in editorial at two magazines. Last but very much not least, she is also the founder and Editor in Chief of The Publishing Post, which continues to be one of the best resourc...

Josie Cassaglia is a Publicity Officer at Duckworth Books. She did the UCL Publishing Master’s alongside us, coming from the University of Kent and FU Berlin. Josie's picks: Three Women by Lisa Taddeo The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Catherine Webb The Rest is History (podcast)

Rhian Parry is a Welsh literary agency assistant at The Blair Partnership who did the MA with us at UCL. She’s also an agented author, !!Big Spoiler Alert for the CRESCENT CITY series by Sarah J. Maas!! Rhian's Picks The Secret History by Donna Tartt Book Lovers by Emily Henry My Lady Jane (series)

Gabriella Chipol is an Assistant Book-to-Film Scout at CTL Scouting. She’s also a published poet and works closely with the Gibraltarian Ministry of Culture and has participated in several documentaries showcasing her work. She joined CTL scouting in 2023 - she’s the resident BookTok and Romantasy expert, reading for both the English and Spanish markets. Gabriella's picks: Midnight Chicken: &...

Lily Kovacs is currently the Assistant to the Heritage Department at Curtis Brown. We talk about her experience in the UCL Publishing Master's programme, getting her first publishing role with Curtis Brown, and the world of heritage publishing. Lily's picks: Happy Place by Emily Henry A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles The Infernal Devices trilogy by Cassandra Clare

We graduated! We're working in publishing! In this season premiere, catch up with the cohosts, from where they are now to how they got there, plus a round two of all our publishing icebreakers. Books from our protracted book chat: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Vicious by LJ Shen Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max...

In the Season 1 finale, Dr. Francesca Coppa, co-founder of the Organisation for Transformative Works—the parent organisation of Archive of our Own (ao3)—talks the meaning of fandom, the value of the fanfiction space, the success of the OTW, and the transition from fanfiction to traditional publishing. Dr. Francesca Copa is currently a professor of English and director of women’s and gender studies...

Today we're chatting with Chris Liew, Complex Ebooks Producer for Penguin. What goes into making ebooks work smoothly? Why do we read in particular formats? Chris also shares his path into publishing and, as always, some excellent recommendations in our icebreakers. Chris' picks: Scholomance series by Naomi Novik (Series) Apollo Remastered (Book) Big Panda and Tiny Dragon (Book) Ori and the Blind...

This week, Polly Smith talks running events like the British Book Awards and FutureBook for The Bookseller, as well as her career from a young publishing hopeful to her place at the center of British publishing today. Polly Smith is Events Executive at the Bookseller. After graduating from Newcastle University with a degree in English Literature, Polly interned for the Publisher’s Association befo...

In this week's episode, Dr. Joe Cain talks the rise of open access, academic publishing with small and big presses, the relevance of data and online platforms, and authors as entrepreneurs. Joe Cain is an expert in the history of evolutionary biology with a recent focus on the history of eugenics a host of other related subjects. He seems tireless and endlessly energetic, publishing with Penguin,...

Sydney and Emma talk sad and ambitious predictions for the publishing industry in 2023, plus the best advice we've gotten about entering the industry over the past few busy months.

This week's episode features Zain Mahmood, head of e-commerce at Waterstones and one of the Bookseller's rising stars for 2021. Zain has worked at Waterstones for over 13 years where he started out as a weekend bookseller while going to university. We discuss career progression in bookselling, Prince Harry's new memoir, and Waterstones through the years. Zain's favorite book to give: Nothing to En...

This week's episode features Dan Kieran, bestselling author and co-founder of Unbound, an award-winning crowdfunding publisher. We discuss how to get out of your comfort zone, deal with failure, and approach the publishing industry with an authentic, disruptive mindset.

This week’s episode features Kelli Fairbrother, Co-founder and CEO of xigxag, a new integrated audiobook platform. We discuss coming into publishing from the tech industry as a dissatisfied consumer, the inevitable success of audiobooks, and how understanding tech can help you in your publishing career.

Welcome to Uncovering Publishing! This welcome episode introduces hosts Emma Kiesling and Sydney Allen and their goals in the publishing industry.