22 years of Gold Leaf: an interview with Linda Bennett

An interview with Linda Bennett, conducted by Frances Pinter Frances: Gold Leaf was founded in 2001. Your current work is mainly in the area of scholarly publishing, but you’ve had a career in the wider book trade. Would you like to say something about your past? Linda: Working in scholarly publishing combines elements of allContinueContinue reading “22 years of Gold Leaf: an interview with Linda Bennett”

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”

Belated New Year’s Greetings!

Happy 2022 from Gold Leaf!  We apologise for not having sent our new year’s greetings sooner. We are not offering excuses for being so tardy, but if we were, we could claim that we have been waiting to get more of a grip on the lie of the land as the new year swings intoContinueContinue reading “Belated New Year’s Greetings!”

Librarians: the quiet and unsung professionals battling Covid every day

We have heard a great deal about front line workers this year – nurses and doctors and all those working for the NHS and its counterpart national and medical organisations throughout the world; teachers; members of the armed forces; delivery men; and those who toil at jobs in retail when they’re allowed to go toContinueContinue reading “Librarians: the quiet and unsung professionals battling Covid every day”