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”
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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”
London Book Fair 2023
This year’s London Book Fair took place between 18th and 20th April at Olympia (still my favourite venue of the four I have experienced). Annika and I attended on the first and second days. We agreed it was one of the most enjoyable and productive LBFs we have been to for several years. It hadContinueContinue reading “London Book Fair 2023”
A holistic approach to sustainability – Oekom Verlag
Oekom is the German “publishing house for Ecological Communication”; it was founded in 1989 and has made the topics of ecology and sustainability its focus ever since. Originally it published the journal “politische ökologie” (“political ecology”) and has built on this to become a publisher of 12 journals and approx. 70 other publications annually. TheContinueContinue reading “A holistic approach to sustainability – Oekom Verlag”
Is the British education system racially prejudiced?
This is a delicate topic, but as it’s so much in the news at the moment, we thought we ought not to ignore it. There is, of course, a mountain of statistics to support the assertion that our education system is stacked against people from BAME communities, but also other evidence to illustrate that blackContinueContinue reading “Is the British education system racially prejudiced?”
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