Frances Pinter and publishers in Ukraine: a story of civilisation triumphing over strife

Frances Pinter is a well-known publisher in the international academic publishing community. Her career took her to Central and Eastern Europe in the nineties where she worked for George Soros’ foundation. Wondering how western publishers might extend a helping hand to Ukrainian publishers now, she recently set up SUPRR (Supporting Ukrainian Publishing Resilience and Recovery).ContinueContinue reading “Frances Pinter and publishers in Ukraine: a story of civilisation triumphing over strife”

Pewter at Gold: an interview with Annika Bennett

Q: You’ve been working for Gold Leaf for almost ten years now – you’ve nearly reached your pewter anniversary! Previously you worked for several large academic publishing companies. What was it like to move from a senior role in a company where you were in charge of a team to working for yourself? A: AtContinueContinue reading “Pewter at Gold: an interview with Annika Bennett”

Opening up about Open Access: interview with Brigitte Shull

Q: What stage do you think Open Access has reached today? A: I’m so glad that it’s no longer “why” for Open Access, but “how”. A large cross-section of the publishing industry had to keep on making the case for OA and the process seemed endless. Now we can direct our energies exclusively towards buildingContinueContinue reading “Opening up about Open Access: interview with Brigitte Shull”

Advocates for Open Access!

The vital partnership between publishers and libraries in an open access landscape: new initiatives, new business models and a glimpse into the future 28 September 2023, 15.00-16.30 CET(2pm-3.30pm BST) Webinar hosted by Gold Leaf, sponsored by De Gruyter After the success of the first two De Gruyter 2023 quarterly webinars, we are proud to announceContinueContinue reading “Advocates for Open Access!”

New website, new academic year and National Read a Book Day

New website Today we unleash our new website upon an unsuspecting world! And will wait with excitement for seismic reactions across the globe. To be a little more serious, we have spent much of the summer thinking about our logo and our website and how we want them to represent us and what we do.ContinueContinue reading “New website, new academic year and National Read a Book Day”