4 November 2022

Member news:

404 Ink are shortlisted for a Futurebook Award 2022 in the Team category for the 404 In(k)ternship scheme; The Fox of Glencoe from Scottish Mountaineering Press is the winner of the Mountain Literature Award (non-fiction); two Charco Press titles (out of six) are on the 2022 Queen Sofia Spanish Institute Translation Prize; and their title Brickmakers has been longlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation; and on the subject of Charco Press there was a great interview with co-founder Sam Mcdowell in Prospect Magazine recently.

And don't forget our New Books Scotland catalogue, launched at the Frankfurt Book Fair, (left) is out now - you can download a copy here.

• Publishing Scotland Board Elections - look out for postal ballot
• Notice of AGM - RSVP for 14 December 2022
• Scotland's National Book Awards - open for emerging publishers and publisher applications until 16 November
• Frankfurt Book Fair 2022 - Scotland collective stand
• Submit to Gardners Promotions - by 18 November
• Waterstones and Bookspeed Critical Path Schedules for 2023
• Top 20 bestselling Scottish books in Scotland charts
• Translation fund - round two open for applications
• Training news
• BooksfromScotland issue Beyond Borders, submit for next issues
• Book Week Scotland 2022 programme
• Greening the Industry - Creative Industries and the Climate Emergency
• News and events
• Opportunities
• Jobs

Best wishes,

Lucy

Lucy Feather

Membership Services Manager

Publishing Scotland Board Elections

The Publishing Scotland Board can have up to 12 trustees. There are five places elected directly from the PUBLISHER MEMBERSHIP; two places from the NETWORK MEMBERS; one optional place for the Chair of BookSource, three co-opted members plus the Chief Executive.  

We recently sent out a request for nominations, thanks to all who put themselves forward; they are:

Network x 2 

Jonny Gallant, Bookspeed

Andrea Joyce, Joyce Literary Agency

Publisher x 8

Ann Crawford, National Galleries

Jean Findlay, Scotland Street Press

Anna Glazier, Edinburgh University Press

Sara Hunt, Saraband

Laura Jones, 404 Ink

Gavin MacDougall, Luath Press

Gillian Macrosson, Witherby Publishing

Rebecca Wojturska, Haunt Publishing

Therefore we will be holding postal elections. Please watch out for the ballot papers coming to you in the post shortly. Please return the papers to us by post.

Notice of AGM - 14 December 2022

Notice of Annual General Meeting 2022

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company (Publishing Scotland) for 2022 will take place on Wednesday 14 December 2022, 1.30pm for the purpose of transacting the following business:



1. Minutes

To receive and approve the Minutes of the previous AGM held 25 November 2021. (Resolution 1)

2. To receive and adopt the Financial Statements, including the trustees’ report for the year ended 31 March 2022. (Resolution 2)

3. To re-appoint the auditors, Wylie and Bissett of 168 Bath St, Glasgow, G4 2TP and to authorise their remuneration. (Resolution 3)

4. To approve the appointment and co-option of trustees. (Resolution 4)

5. Other Business

To transact such other business as may be properly transacted at an AGM.

The meeting will be hybrid. When you register you will be sent a zoom link if you don’t want to attend in person. RSVP ESSENTIAL.



If you are able to attend, please rsvp to [email protected].

For more details on our governance see here.

Scotland's National Book Awards - publisher awards open for applications

Scotland's National Book Awards 2022, including the 2022 Publisher and Emerging Publisher Awards, supported by Publishing Scotland are open for applications. Apply by 16 November.

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Frankfurt Book Fair 2022 - Scotland stand

We were really pleased to get back to Frankfurt with our collective stand, hosting the following members:

Brownlee Donald Associates, Canongate Books, DC Thomson, Floris Books,

Andrea Joyce Rights, Leamington Books, Moonlight Publishing, Portobello Literary, Saraband, Scotland Street Press, Studies in Photography and Swan & Horn.

It was a busy stand and busy fair for us. Statistics from the Buchmesse quote 

93,000 trade visitors, 87,000 private visitors and 4,000 exhibitors from 95 countries.

We also held our annual drinks reception with sponsorship from Isle of Arran distillery and the Scottish Government in Germany, with additional music and spoken word.

Submit to Gardners Promotions - by 18 November

Gardners are looking for submissions for their December Select promotions.

Their themes for December are New Year, New You, Veganuary and Best of 2022.

Please submit your Promotional Grid to [email protected] by Friday 18 November 2022.

The promotional period for selected titles will be 1 December - 14 January, and you must only submit titles you're willing to give +5% discount on top of base terms. The discount will be claimed retrospectively after the promotion ends.

Please note, submissions are subject to approval, inclusion will be based on relevance, previous sales performance and availability. If your submissions do not match this criteria, Gardners may not include.

You can download the Gardners Promotional Grid here.

Waterstones and Bookspeed Critical Path Schedules for 2023

To give your publications the best sales potential, publishers should adhere to key accounts critical path deadlines. Make sure you present your new titles at these times to become a trusted sales partner.

You can download the critical path schedule for Waterstones and Bookspeed. See below for the schedules. Any queries contact Vikki Reilly.

Waterstones.

Bookspeed.

Top 20 bestselling Scottish Books in Scotland Chart

Welcome to this week's Top 20 Bestselling Scottish Books in Scotland chart. A Heart Full of Headstones by Ian Rankin stays in the top spot.

And we have some new entries geared towards the Christmas market: Sam Heughan’s Waypoints, Jenny Colgan’s The Christmas Bookshop and Val McDermid’s Christmas is Murder short story collection in paperback all make it in. I’m sure they will continue to hang around in the weeks ahead too.

NB. At the moment, these spreadsheets are for Publishing Scotland members only, and will only be shared via this bulletin. Please do not circulate. You can, however, use the information in them for marketing purposes.

Chart Criteria Reminder: Publishing Scotland receive the Top 250 bestselling titles across Scotland. We then curate chart to feature Scottish interest books by Scottish authors, or authors based in Scotland, books of Scottish setting and/or subject, and books published by publishers based in Scotland.

See the chart.

Translation fund - round two open for applications

This fund is administered by Publishing Scotland on behalf of Creative Scotland. The purpose of the fund is to support publishers based outside the United Kingdom with the payment of translation fees to translate Scottish writers. Funding will be offered in the form of a grant and it is for translation costs only. 

The next round is open with a deadline of 23 January 2023, please share this with your international counterparts.

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Training news

Last chance to sign up for the Further Proofreading course on 7 and 10 November. It won’t run again online until late next year so don’t miss out. There are also still places on November’s Introduction to Copy-editing and Introduction to Proofreading as well. The next free Harper Macleod webinar is on 22 November and is on Factual Publishing which covers crucial issues from defamation to data protection, and privacy law to rights clearance. 

We’ll have an update from the Training Committee in the next newsletter and will be adding the 2023 courses soon.

For details of all our courses, see the Publishing Scotland website. See also Events.

BooksfromScotland Beyond Borders - and submit for the next issue

This month's book recommendations inspire readers to get up and go beyond.

Thank you for all your submissions.

Read the issue.

Submit for future Issues:

• November/December – Festive Reading and Gifts

To submit or for enquiries please contact Vikki Reilly.

Book Week Scotland 2022 programme

Book Week Scotland's 2022 programme is themed around ‘Scotland’s Stories’

It will run online and in person between 14 and 20 November and is described as “the country’s biggest celebration of books and reading”.

Events throughout the week include an evening with Sally Magnusson sharing stories from four vibrant Scottish communities, and Book Shriek Scotland – a celebration of Scotland’s folklore presented by Kirsty Logan and Heather Parry, featuring storytellers and writers including Garth Marenghi. Scottish Book Trust will also be asking people to share what they’re reading during the week on a Reading Map of Scotland. 

A new book, Scotland’s Stories, has been published by Scottish Book Trust, featuring true stories from people across Scotland as well as exclusive contributions from published writers Angus Peter Campbell, Raman Mundair, Graeme Armstrong and Helen Fields. In total 70,000 copies of the book will be given out free during Book Week Scotland through libraries and community spaces, and it will also be available to read online and as an audiobook. 

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Greening the Industry -  Creative Industries and the Climate Emergency

Ahead of COP 27, this landmark new report from the Policy and Evidence Centre brings together for the first time a sector by sector overview of the creative industries, and the huge amount of activity taking place to work towards net zero.

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News

Prepress Projects now in employee ownership

Perth-based publishing services company Prepress Projects Ltd has announced that it is now entirely employee owned.

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Ingram Content Group UK Wholesale Services

Ingram is now offering wholesale options for books for any title currently supplied from its operations located in Milton Keynes. Booksellers have access to up to 10 million titles available to order directly from Ingram Wholesale Services, with more titles being added continuously.

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Building a New Scotland paper

The Scottish Government has published the third paper in its ‘Building a New Scotland’ series, titled A stronger economy with independence. There is a letter from Angus Robertson, Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture, explaining more about the paper with links and further supporting material on the Scottish Government website.

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BBC Scotland’s “The Big Scottish Book Club”. 

Ian Rankin, Kate Mosse and Lemn Sissay are among the authors to appear in the revamped new series. Bafta-winning actor Elaine C Smith, joins founder of the Women’s Prize Mosse and cop-turned-author Karen Campbell to launch the new format later this month on the BBC Scotland channel. Other authors lined up to appear include Rachelle Atalla, Mark Billingham, Jennifer Egan, Patrick Gale, Graeme Macrae Burnet, Armistead Maupin, Denise Mina, Chitra Ramaswamy, Bethan Roberts and Sarah Vaughan. The new eight-part series starts on the BBC Scotland channel on 30 October, 10 pm.

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Edinburgh’s literary women recognised

Edinburgh City of Literature Trust and Historic Environment Scotland (HES) are honouring five of Edinburgh’s overlooked women writers.

The five literary women were also social reformers, champions of women’s rights and instrumental in shaping Edinburgh’s history. Plaques have been awarded through Historic Environment Scotland’s Commemorative Plaque scheme for three of these women, and the Trust have hopes for a further two, on buildings in the city associated with Mary Brunton, Christian Isobel Johnstone, Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane, Lady Margaret Sackville and Rebecca West.

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Events

Push The Boat Out: 4 to 6 November

Edinburgh's International Poetry Festival will take place in the historic setting of Edinburgh’s Summerhall.

For the programme and booking, see the Push The Boat Out website.

A Write Highland Hoolie!: 11 to 13 November

The Mallaig Book Festival will be a joyous weekend celebration of books, music, fine food, and great craic. For more information, see the A Write Highland Hoolie! website.

Book Week Scotland: 14 to 20 November

For more about this annual celebration of books and reading taking place across Scotland, see the Scottish Book Trust website.

FutureBook: 18 November

Audiobooks, podcasts, recruiting and retaining talent, working with the tv industry, specialist markets, net zero, turning bookshops into community activists. Just some of the topics that will be discussed at this London and hybrid conference organised by The Bookseller.

Tarbert Book Festival: 26 November

Polly Pullar, Olga Wojtas, Morgan Cry, and Graeme Macrae Burnet are the authors taking part in this year's festival. See the Tarbert Book Festival website.

Opportunities

The Publishers’ Publicity Circle (PPC) mentoring scheme 2023

The PPC is opening applications to its mentoring scheme, which will begin in January 2023.  

Publicists of all levels are encouraged to apply to “brainstorm, develop and unlock their full potential” on everything from campaign planning and skill honing to career and personal growth. Deadline 30 November.

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Board Member Appointments: National Library of Scotland

Do you have a passion for Scotland’s cultural heritage and a desire to share your skills with the National Library of Scotland? The National Library of Scotland is looking for up to three new Members to join its Board. Deadline 25 November.

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Call for Applications: Funded Residencies 2023/24 at Cove Park

Cove Park's annual open call for applications to its programme of funded residencies in 2023/24 is live. National and international artists working in all art forms are welcome to apply. Deadline 5 December.

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London Book Fair Trailblazer Awards

Applications are now open for this year’s Trailblazer Awards. Created to celebrate the next generation of the UK publishing industry, those blazing a trail, you can now enter or nominate someone. Applications close 30 January 2023.

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Author International Travel Fund

There is no deadline, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis while there is an available budget for the quarter. With support from Creative Scotland, this fund has been established by Scottish Books International to support writers who have been invited overseas to promote their work.

Visit our opportunities page for more.

Jobs

Edinburgh University Press: Assistant Editor (6 month maternity leave cover) Apply by Friday 11 November 2022 for this full time, 6 months minimum maternity cover position in Edinburgh.

FLB Group: Diary Production Editor

Apply as soon as possible for this full-time, permanent position in Dalkeith.

John Murray Press: Marketing Executive

Apply by 16 November 2022 for this full-time permanent position based in London, Edinburgh, Newcastle, or Sheffield.

Hodder Education: Senior Commissioning Editor

Apply by the 18th of November 2022 for this full-time permanent position based in London, Edinburgh, Newcastle or Sheffield.



Visit our jobs page for more.