Miscellany Archives - Bookcareers

Guidance for Job Applications

Apr 1, 2022 | Miscellany

In case you didn’t realise, the video on Guidance for Job Applications (still linked below) is an APRIL FOOL. However, we have over 160 podcast episodes on CVs, Covering Letters, Application Questions and Interviews, as well as covering all aspects of job...

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Mar 20, 2016 | Miscellany, Publishing

Last week I lectured at both Bangor University (to students on the E Publishing Course) and the University of Ireland, Galway (students studying for an MA in Literature and Publishing) with only a day in between. I could have separated these two trips a by...

We’re moving!

Aug 13, 2015 | Miscellany

With immediate effect our new office address is:- bookcareers.com Kemp House 152 City Road London EC1V 2NX Tel 0333 088 0388

We care about your career.

Apr 1, 2015 | Miscellany

UPDATED We’re not really changing our name, but you would be surprised as to how many people do refer to us bookcarers. We guess that demonstrates the importance of proofreading. April Fool! —– A number of people keep getting our name wrong, and...

COMPETITION! Win a place on a new course

Mar 6, 2014 | CV Advice, Interview Advice, Job Hunting, Miscellany, Publishing, Training

UPDATE: CONGRATULATIONS TO Zarina who tweets as @canadian_turtle for coming up with the best suggestion – How to job search in book publishing. Bookcareers.com will shortly be launching a one-day course on how to job search in publishing. It will...

Does Richard Charkin have any demons?

Mar 8, 2013 | Careers Guidance, Miscellany, Publishing

Here is the final post for National Careers Week. Many moons ago I bumped into Richard Charkin at a Society of Young Publishers conference. At the time he had just taken over at Macmillan Publishers (he is currently Executive Director of Bloomsbury Publishing)....