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Science Fiction and Fantasy (SFF) in the UK has grown by 54% in the last five years according to Nielsen Bookscan and #Fantasycon brings together writers, readers, artists and publishers to celebrate this exciting genre. Below Fantasycon guest of honour and Tor Publisher Bella Pagan talks to Lauren McMenemy from the British Fantasy Society on her role, the SFF genre and how it's evolving. #fantasycon2024 #SFF #sciencefictionandfantasy #romantasy #horror #sffcommunity https://lnkd.in/exhfyGkc

Yesterday we celebrated one year since we acquired business publisher Harriman House with a presentation from managing director Myles Hunt and celebratory cake and fizz. Its great to be working with such a fantastic, expert team and we look forward to building on their already impressive growth in the next year and beyond. #harrimanhouse #publishing #businesspublishing #globalpublishing #growth

World Book Day has announced 2025's brilliant new line up of £1/€1.50 books including Who's in Acorn Wood? by Julia Donaldson ans Axel Scheffler (Macmillan Children's Books). World Book Day gives children a chance to benefit from the life-changing superpower of reading. It’s all about encouraging children to read their way, to find the fun and enjoyment it brings. World Book Day worked with 10 schools this year to help them decide the 2025 selection of £1/€1.50 books. Children can use their World Book Day £1/€1.50 token to get one of these brilliant reads for free between 13 February and 23 March 2025. https://lnkd.in/evhaDYUB #worldbookday #worldbookday2025 #wbd2025 #readingforpleasure #booksforeveryone

A fantastic piece by Tom Tivnan in The Bookseller today on the incredible success of Long Island by Colm Tóibín (Picador) in Ireland. "Tóibín’s Long Island—a  return to both the characters  of his all-time bestseller, Brooklyn, and to Picador after publishing eight novels with Viking—easily claimed the  overall Ireland number one thus far in 2024, shifting just over 34,000 copies, 12,000 more than the next bestseller. "In fact, Long Island’s ICM performance outstripped its UK volume sales (31,000). One out of every 150 people in Ireland have bought a copy of Long Island this year; that same ratio in Britain would generate sales of 446,000 units." Bríd Enright, Pan Macmillan Sales Director, commented: "Colm has continued to do events and publicity all around the country since publication and Cormac Kinsella has more lined up this Autumn. We have had continued support from major retailers like Eason, Dubray, Bookstation, and WH Smith Travel Ireland, alongside independent bookshops. Long Island has been the book of the summer (and of the year so far!) and is definitely the must-read book in Ireland. "It looks set to carry on right up to Christmas and beyond." #icm #irishconsumermarket #bestsellers #Picador #LongIsland #ColmTóibín #irishbookmarket https://lnkd.in/ePzD7_EQ

72% of employers are concerned about the level of soft skills - such as communication and presentation - among school, college and university leavers. That's one of many reasons we're proud to support The National Literacy Trust's latest report 'Building confident communicators: How the government can help every child find their voice.' The report includes 10 policy proposals - from early years to employement - to support every child, irrespective of their background, to find, develop and express their authentic voice and develop the oracy skills they need to thrive. Addressing oracy education is critical to tackling social immobility, as poor oracy skills are disproportionately concentrated among young people from lower socio-economic backgrounds By working together, we can empower every child with the oracy skills they need to thrive. In support of the report Briony Grogan commented: "The strength of a candidate’s oral communication plays a pivotal role both in their success in securing that first job, but also in advocating for themselves and progressing their career at a later stage. Publishing is a business built on the strength of its relationships and so oracy skills will always be valued highly. We are proud supporters of the National Literacy Trust and it’s fantastic to see their Early Words Matter campaign bring attention to the link between language and literacy." Find out more about the report: https://lnkd.in/eev66RAP

Last week we bid farewell to Phillippa 'Pips' McEwan after 35 years at Pan Macmillan. Thank you to Nicholas Clee for this fantastic write-up of Pips' leaving party on BookBrunch. https://lnkd.in/epqRRXk8

The wonderful Philippa 'Pips' McEwan, publicity director at Pan, will be retiring at the end of the month after a 45 year career in publishing (including 35 years at Pan Mac). Over the years Pips has worked with names including Dick Francis, Lynda La Plante, Sue Grafton, Max Hastings, Kenneth Clarke, Dame Floella Benjamin, Eddie Jaku and Jack Straw, and more recently with authors including Jeremy Bowen, Ken Follett, Robert Hardman and the late C J Sansom. Lucy Hale, m.d. of Pan said: "I have had the pleasure and privilege of working with [Pips] from my early days at Pan up until the present day and, during all of that time, she has upheld the highest standards of author care and professionalism executing some landmark brilliant campaigns. I, and the whole team at Pan Macmillan, will miss her enormously." https://lnkd.in/ePJbjRvy

We're proud to be headline sponsors of the Black British Book Festival as it prepares to return for its fourth year. 💫 This year’s line up includes Grammy-winning recording artist Eve, with her autobiography Who’s That Girl? A Memoir, mother of the house Diane Abbott, and journalist and presenter Charlene White. 🏢 The festival will take place on Saturday, 5th October 2024 at the Barbican Centre in London. 🎫 Tickets will be on sale from 21st August 2024. https://lnkd.in/eYyAEmjD #blackbritishbookfestival #publishing #books #representation

'I'm always on the lookout for stories that are escapist and inclusive; that carve out a space for all readers. As an editor, ensuring representation for all in the truest and most authentic way is something I am always working towards'. As part of the BookBrunch Ask an Editor series Charlie Castelletti talks to Lucy Nathan about - 🚪Getting into publishing 🙌 The importance of representation 📚 The astonishing comeback of YA ✏ Being an author aswell as an editor Read here 👇 #askaneditor #careersinpublishing #workinpublishing #representation #YA https://lnkd.in/ePyXcxVi

It is with great sadness that we share the news that bestselling author Elaine Everest died, aged 70, on Friday 16th August. Everest hailed from North West Kent and grew up listening to stories of the war years in her hometown of Erith, which features in her Sunday Times bestselling Woolworths Girls series. The Woolworths Girls was published by Pan Macmillan in 2016 and since then, Everest has written a further fifteen historical saga novels set around World War II. Lucy Hale said: 'We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Elaine Everest, whose heartwarming tales of love, resilience and community spirit have captured the hearts of hundreds of thousands of readers. Not only was Elaine a supremely talented storyteller; she was also an incredibly hard-working author who loved connecting with her readers, and who we all loved working with.  "We at Pan Macmillan are honoured to have published wonderful 14 novels from Elaine and we were all looking forward to celebrating the publication of A Christmas Wish at Woolworths together this year. We are thinking of her husband Michael and all those closest to her at this difficult time.' https://lnkd.in/gcCs6-sb