It’s been an eventful and busy week. Publishers Association reception at the House of Commons On Monday I attended the Publishers Association’s summer reception at the House of Commons. Around 160 senior figures from the world of publishing as well as some politicians were there. All the speakers were asked Read more…
This week has been a bit different for me as I’ve been at the Independent Publishers Guild (IPG) spring conference for two days. It has been great to have an in-person event, something we haven’t been able to do for two years. The IPG has over 600 members (publishers and Read more…
Welcoming Sidra Ansari to our family of authors! I’m delighted to announce that Sidra Ansari has agreed to write 100+ Fun Ideas for Creative Writing in the Classroom‘. As you’d expect from someone who loves to inspire her pupils to do their best creative writing, Sidra has chosen some wonderfully Read more…
Here is what has been happening in the office this week. We’ve been working hard on our new website We’ve spent many hours this week checking the functionality of our new website. We hope it will be ready to go live in the next week or two. The main reason Read more…
We are going to be bringing out more Boost Spelling Skills books We have been very pleased with the success of Judy Arden’s book, Boost Spelling Skills, which provides fun strategies for improving children’s spelling skills. It focuses especially on the spelling skills introduced in Key Stage 1 and is Read more…
Here is what has been happening in the office last week. We’ve been shortlisted for Education Publisher of the Year 2022 On Monday we were delighted and honoured to find out that we’ve been shortlisted for the IPA Education Publisher of the Year award for the second year in a Read more…
Here is what was happening in the office last week. How many books would you guess are published in the UK per day? I was shocked to read that 167,262 new or revised titles were published in the UK in 2021. That’s an average of 458 new titles per day Read more…
Here is what has been happening in the office last week. Another big cover reveal! Last week I shared the news that Developing Reading Comprehension Skills Years 5-6: Contemporary Children’s Literature is at the printers. This week I am delighted to be able to share with you the cover for Read more…
Here is what was happening in the office last week. Cracking English Grammar in Key Stage 2 I’m delighted to say that Cracking English Grammar in Key Stage 2 is at the printers. I’m really looking forward to seeing the printed copies towards the end of next week. The ebook Read more…
Here is what has been happening in the Brilliant Publications’ office over the last week. Where is your nearest bakery? Did you know that, in Paris, 94% of people live within 5 minutes of a bakery? (In case you are interested, I learned this fact this morning from a recently Read more…