Behind the Books

Hello everyone!! I just wanted to come on here and say that I won't be active on this blog for the duration of my temporary role at Bloomsbury. I really just want to put everything I've got into this opportunity. It feels like the biggest and most pivotal step in my career so far, and I want to give it my absolute all. This blog was there through what felt like a never-ending period of job hunting. It gave me something to focus on when I had nowhere else to put my energy, and

Hello! This is my bi-weekly update on publishing. I hope you haven’t missed me too much, but here I am again with another catch-up for all you wonderful people who are dying to get into the industry just as much as I am. So, without further ado, here’s another segment of the blind leading the blind! I genuinely cannot believe I am typing this... I feel incredibly emotional having to come back to this realisation over and over again every time I think about it, but this week I

Hello! This is my bi-weekly update on publishing. I hope you haven’t missed me too much, but here I am again with another catch-up for all you wonderful people who are dying to get into the industry just as much as I am. So, without further ado, here’s another segment of the blind leading the blind! Big news, the biggest news: I’ve had an interview! Well, actually three, to be exact (it was a three-stage process) for a creative agency. The role was for a Marketing Account Exe

Hello! This is my bi-weekly update on publishing. I hope you haven’t missed me too much, but here I am again with another catch-up for all you wonderful people who are dying to get into the industry just as much as I am. So, without further ado, here’s another segment of the blind leading the blind! I’ve had a bit of a shuffle recently in how I work and when I work, and I’m starting to understand why I’ve been struggling at times: I’m craving structure more than I realised. B

Hello! This is my bi-weekly update on publishing. I hope you haven’t missed me too much, but here I am again with another catch-up for all you wonderful people who are dying to get into the industry just as much as I am. So, without further ado, here’s another segment of the blind leading the blind! Not much to report this time around, although I recently had my Hunterian Museum volunteer interview (more of a casual conversation), and it went really well. The establishment an

Hello! This is my bi-weekly update on publishing. I hope you haven’t missed me too much, but here I am again with another catch-up for all you wonderful people who are dying to get into the industry just as much as I am. So, without further ado, here’s another segment of the blind leading the blind! This last week was a fun one, and I don’t get to say that often. A lot happened, not all publishing-wise, but publishing-adjacent. First things first: a small but very pleasant th

Hello! This is my bi-weekly update on publishing. I hope you haven’t missed me too much, but here I am again with another catch-up for all you wonderful people who are dying to get into the industry just as much as I am. So, without further ado, here’s another segment of the blind leading the blind! Over the past week, I had a really enjoyable task to work on while staying in touch with the social media manager of an independent publishing house. She had asked me to reach out

Hello! This is my bi-weekly update on publishing. I hope you haven’t missed me too much, but here I am again with another catch-up for all you wonderful people who are dying to get into the industry just as much as I am. So, without further ado, here’s another segment of the blind leading the blind! Since the fair, things have been much calmer. I’ve spent the time catching up with the connections I made, seeking out opportunities from those conversations, and updated my Linke

Hello! This is my bi-weekly update on publishing. I hope you haven’t missed me too much, but here I am again with another catch-up for all you wonderful people who are dying to get into the industry just as much as I am. So, without further ado, here’s another segment of the blind leading the blind! Hello, hello! This post is a bit later than planned, but things were so hectic at the beginning of March, I honestly couldn’t believe it. It was busy in a positive sense, and I ha

Hello! This is my bi-weekly update on publishing. I hope you haven’t missed me too much, but here I am again with another catch-up for all you wonderful people who are dying to get into the industry just as much as I am. So, without further ado, here’s another segment of the blind leading the blind! I feel like I had so much to share last time that there’s naturally not as much overflowing now, but I’m eagerly counting down to the London Book Fair, where I’ll be volunteering!

I’m writing this one quite late because… wow, a lot happened. To go through it all: I had meetings with both connections, the Senior Acquisitions Manager and the Editorial Director, and it was brilliant. Even just talking to them makes you feel so much closer to the whole process. It’s nice to feel like you have people on your side, or at least “seeing” you. Its progress, especially when most of the time it feels like you’re wading through mud while everyone else is in a firs

I recently had a meeting with my mentor, and we covered a lot. The SYP mentorship has been incredibly valuable, not only in terms of guidance, but also for opening doors and helping me make meaningful connections. Even though it might feel like a small step, the publishing industry is very close-knit, so being introduced and recognised really does matter. I shared a list of people whose careers I admire and who I felt would be helpful to speak with. In response, my mentor kin

Hello! This is my bi-weekly update on publishing. I hope you haven’t missed me too much, but here I am again with another catch-up for all you wonderful people who are dying to get into the industry just as much as I am. So, without further ado, here’s another segment of the blind leading the blind! Nothing too urgent to report, which is why this update has come a little late, I hadn’t had much going on with my journey into the industry for a while. I’ve only just started app

All is quiet on the western front this week. Most of my focus has been on my part-time job, and even the mentorship has been quiet, probably because the new year is approaching and everything is just… busy. I suppose this is a good moment for a little recap. The new year is on the horizon, and looking back feels almost necessary. It’s been a trying time, busy, but also strangely quiet. For some reason, being unemployed feels like a kind of humiliation ritual. And pursuing you

Hello! This is my bi-weekly update on publishing. I hope you haven’t missed me too much, but here I am again with another catch-up for all you wonderful people who are dying to get into the industry just as much as I am. So, without further ado, here’s another segment of the blind leading the blind! Sorry for this being a late one, I’ve been sick, so I’ve given up on everything except sleeping, showering, and eating… though two of those also feel like a chore at the moment. T

Hello! This is my bi-weekly update on publishing. I hope you haven’t missed me too much, but here I am again with another catch-up for all you wonderful people who are dying to get into the industry just as much as I am. So, without further ado, here’s another segment of the blind leading the blind! This week was Working in Publishing Week , with many major publishing houses and publishing-focused organisations hosting events, webinars, and posts designed to help publishing h

Hello! This is my bi-weekly update on publishing. I hope you haven’t missed me too much, but here I am again with another catch-up for all you wonderful people who are dying to get into the industry just as much as I am. So, without further ado, here’s another segment of the blind leading the blind! Nothing much to report this week, really. I’ve been applying here and there, casting the net quite wide, but still to no avail. It’s disheartening, to say the least. I spoke to my

Hello! This is my bi-weekly update on publishing. I hope you haven’t missed me too much, but here I am again with another catch-up for all you wonderful people who are dying to get into the industry just as much as I am. So, without further ado, here’s another segment of the blind leading the blind! Another two weeks have flown by, and this time I actually have some real information, proper intelligence, not just me rambling and hoping I make sense or actually help anyone (in

Hello! This is my bi-weekly update on publishing. I hope you haven’t missed me too much, but here I am again with another catch-up for all you wonderful people who are dying to get into the industry just as much as I am. So, without further ado, here’s another segment of the blind leading the blind! Not much has changed on the job front; I’m still applying every day and putting myself out there. On the bright side, I recently recorded a podcast episode with a journalist from

Hello! This is my bi-weekly update on publishing. I hope you haven’t missed me too much, but here I am again with another catch-up for...