Inspired by Publishing Podcast

Ensuring mental health and wellbeing at work has become a top priority for many companies, so in today's podcast we chatted with Ashley Lodge, Mindfulness Lead across Pearson and Mental Health and Wellbeing Senior Publisher, UK School at Pearson on the importance of mental health and well-being at work especially through his specialism, mindfulness, and the benefits of it for both individuals and organisations. 

In this episode of our Inspired by Publishing Podcast we chat with Kate Smith from Wiley, who is also a Certified Coach, Mentor and supporter of talent. We were fascinated to hear more from Kate about "parental coaching", an initiative, which originally stemmed from the response to the Gender Pay Gap legislation. This could certainly go a long way to helping support individuals with their career aspirations, whilst retain and create a more equitable workplace. 

Welcome to Friday of #WorkinPublishing Week! In the podcast today we chatted with Consultant, Shalini Bhatt, all about the various support available for those first getting into publishing! So take a listen to find out where you can find an extra bit of help and guidance. 

We are very excited to be bringing you a mini podcast series all this week full of wonderful topics to prepare you to #WorkinPublishing. We are now over halfway into #WorkinPublishing Week, and today our podcast is focussing on the different sectors in publishing and our Managing Consultant, Helen Harradine's favourite words transferable skills! Find out how you can #workinpublishing by listening to this podcast! 

It's day three of #WorkinPublishing Week. We are very excited to be bringing you a mini podcast series all this week full of wonderful topics to prepare you to #WorkinPublishing. This morning we are bringing you some amazing insight from our Junior Consultant, Alice Bidetti, on how to make your application stand out, from your CV, your covering letter and YOU!

It's day two of #WorkinPublishing Week. We are very excited to be bringing you a mini podcast series all this week full of wonderful topics to prepare you to #WorkinPublishing. This morning we are very excited to be celebrating Temps Tuesday by chatting with our Consultant on the Temps desk, Rhiannon Griffiths about temporary opportunities and her top tips for interviews.

Welcome to day one of #WorkinPublishing Week! We are very excited to be bringing you a mini podcast series all this week full of wonderful topics to prepare you to #WorkinPublishing. This morning we are kick starting this off with our Associate Director Esme Richardson, talking about where to start…   

In this episode of our Inspired by Publishing Podcast we chat with Richard Charkin, CEO & Founder of Mensch Publishing. Richard has held executive positions at numerous high profile publishing companies, before deciding to embark on a new adventure in setting up and running Mensch Publishing. We are eager to hear about what it is like to start and run a small independent press, the challenges he’s faced and overcome along the way, and any advice he can share for others looking to do the same.

Today on our Inspired by Publishing Podcast we are joined by Tasha Mellins-Cohen, Director of Publishing at Microbiology Society.  Tasha chats with us about a VERY important topic currently being debated in scholarly publishing which is that of Open Access and Plan S.

On today's podcast we welcome Jon White from MakeMatic. He will will be talking to us today about bridging the gap between technology and cross-media content industries, the difference between various content types as well as new technologies available, and which are most relevant to the publishing sector.

Today on the podcast our Managing Consultant Helen Harradine chats with Georgia Goodall, 2019 UK Chair of the SYP & Editorial Assistant at Welbeck Publishing Group, to learn all about the Society of Young Publishers, her journey to being involved and what she does as the UK Chair, where the committees are based, how people can get involved, upcoming events including the SYP Conference and how they help people get into the industry as well as get ahead in their careers. 

Today on the podcast we chat with Matthew Jones, VP of Content Acquisition and Strategy at Perlego, all about subscription models and the opportunities available to publishers. 

Our podcast today is about hiring from outside the publishing industry. We are delighted to welcome our guest, Craig Haward, Talent Acquisition Partner EMEA for McGraw-Hill Education. Craig has been working across the e-Learning and Academic Publishing industry for a number of years but he joined the publishing industry from the software sector. Today we chat with him about the opportunities and challenges that the publishing sector faces when hiring talent, thinking specifically about hiring from outside the industry. Opinions expressed are solely Craig Haward's own and do not express the views or opinions of Craig Haward's employer. 

Our podcast today is about freelancing in the publishing industry. We are delighted to welcome our guest, Suparna Sengupta, a Freelance publishing pro. Suparna has built up a very successful Freelance career working on an international level for a variety of prestigious organisations. Today she shares with us her insight into life as a freelance publishing professional to hear from her about how to build a successful career. 

Our podcast today is on metadata, the meaning and the impact this has on the publishing industry. We are delighted to welcome our guest, Merlin Fox, Senior Commissioning Editor at World Scientific Publishing.   

Our podcast today is on spotting the latest trend in publishing and keeping ahead of the market, with particular focus on the Trade sector. We are delighted to welcome our guest, Mark Searle, Publisher at The Bright Press, of the Quarto Publishing Group.  

Our podcast today is on being disability confident in the workplace and how to break down the barriers. We are delighted to welcome our guest, Simon Holt, Senior Acquisitions Editor at Elsevier and Chair of Elsevier Enabled, a group representing Elsevier employees with disabilities, working together to increase inclusion across the publishing industry.     

Our podcast today is on audiobook publishing, and we are delighted to welcome our guest, Jo Forshaw, Audiobook Publishing Consultant to hear about her work with audiobook publishing from her prior successes at HarperCollins' to helping publishers transform audio into a core digital asset and revenue generator, as well as her thoughts on audiobook publishing in the industry today.

Our podcast today is with Aki Schilz, Director at The Literary Consultancy, where we'll be discussing entry-level publishing roles and job transparency.

Our podcast today is focussing on the changing workforce and how publishers are adapting to this. During the week we attended the Publisher's Association's annual AGM, so we are delighted to welcome our guest, Emma House, Deputy CEO at The Publisher's Association to share with us her thoughts on what the year ahead, and beyond, may hold for the publishing industry.

As part of our 20th Anniversary celebrations, we sponsored the People Development Stream at London Book Fair. We organised and chaired a couple of seminars, today we bring you our Building an Inclusive and Diverse Workforce for the Future seminar.

After a successful week at London Book Fair, our podcast today is focussing on Publishing priorities and the focus for the industry this year, as well as looking ahead to hear what the future might hold, with Nigel Roby, Owner and Chief Executive of The Bookseller.

This year is the 20 year anniversary of Inspired Selection and to celebrate this we are proud to produce a podcast. For today’s podcast we hear about the crucial role played by Rights in publishing, and with the London Book Fair fast approaching we discuss how best to prepare for the biggest event of the year, with Amy Joyner, Head of Rights & Licensing at Kogan Page!

We kicked off our 20th year celebrations with a campaign at London Book Fair this year where we sponsored the People Development Seminar stream. Whilst we covered many subjects in the stream, one of the most notable, and sell out events was our Women in Leadership seminar.