Julie Vuong

4 weeks ago | thebookseller.com | Julie Vuong

"No stone puns” was the directive Kristie De Garis sent to her editors when discussing the writing of her memoir, Drystone. With apologies to the author, it is an instruction I am rather less successful at than her publisher, Polygon (an imprint of Birlinn), an indie based in Edinburgh that also publishes the author of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, Alexander McCall Smith, and Booker Prize-shortlisted novelist Graeme Macrae Burnet.

1 month ago | thebookseller.com | Julie Vuong

You are viewing your 1 free article this month. Login to read more articles. Features According to Keren Williams, one-third of Candy Jar’s full-time publishing team, there is a lot going on at the indie right now.

Feb 28, 2025 | thebookseller.com | Julie Vuong

Catherine Cho and Katie Greenstreet discuss flying the flag for new authors who appeal on both sides of the pond. In what feels like a distinctly British setting on the top floor of Waterstones Piccadilly, with its view across to Big Ben and the city’s spires, the Star-Spangled banner is flying.

Oct 27, 2024 | thebookseller.com | Julie Vuong

Publishers don’t always make good booksellers, but for four years the team behind Little Toller Books made a pretty good job of it—particularly when you consider the circumstances of launching the shop just a few days before the second 2020 lockdown. As a retailer, it arrived with publishing pedigree. Since 2008, husband-and-wife duo Adrian and Gracie Cooper had built a solid reputation as a respected indie based in Bridport with a knack for seeking out exceptional nature writing.

Oct 16, 2024 | thebookseller.com | Julie Vuong

An understandable bond forms when two people join a company at the same time. When Seren Adams and Kat Aitkens met as newcomers at United Agents (UA) they formed a connection that would develop over nine years. Now, the long-time and likeminded colleagues have taken their friendship further, hanging both their names above the door of the newly minted Lexington Literary Agency, which launched in July.