Kim Walker
@kim_a_walker_
Editorial Director @PenguinUKBooks | Trustee @charlestontrust | Mentor @_Creativeaccess | formally @ManchesterUP & Zed Books
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https://www.penguin.co.uk/company/publishers/penguin-press 26-09-2012 12:56:35
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Really enjoyed speaking at #Redux2024 on University Press Trade Publishing - many thanks to our brilliant panel Kim Walker Maria V and Kate Farquhar-Thomson Princeton University Press
π Announcement π I'm thrilled to be working with Kehinde Andrews and Dionne Taylor (Dr Dionne Taylor) on their groundbreaking book, 'The Black Studies Textbook: Beyond the Academy'. πβ¨ The book will be published by Manchester University Press in 2026. Stay tuned!
Grasssnakes, hares & hedehogs - so excited to receive this manuscript!!! #britishfolklore Ceri Houlbrook Owen Davies
We spoke to The Bookseller about our decision to bring forward the publication of 'Act now' by The Common Sense Policy Group, so voters can read the book before heading to the polls on July 4th. The book will now publish on June 25th. Read the piece here π #generalelection
Announcement π’Iβm thrilled to be working with Hayley Flynn @skylinermcr on her new book about Manchesterβs iconic Northern Quarter. The book will be published by Manchester University Press in 2025. Stay tuned!
Fantastic to see Barbara Comyns chosen as London Review Bookshop's Author of the Month for June: londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/booklists/auth⦠Pick up a copy of @avrilhorner1's pioneering biography of Comyns that reveals the journey of a woman who experienced hardship & single-motherhood before the age of 30.
"We are in need of a new Beveridge Report, and 'Act Now: A vision for a better future and a new social contract' aspires to fill that void." Jamie Driscoll writes in response to the #Labour manifesto about alt principles for real change in Prospect: prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/electβ¦
To coincide with the release of Suranne Jones' brilliant new documentary, we're delighted to be reissuing 'The Malleus Maleficarum', translated and edited by Peter Maxwell-Stuart, which features in the programme. Find out more & pre-order your copy here: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526181473/
ACT NOW "..any honeymoon an incoming Labour government hopes to enjoy is likely to be very short. ... the ideas in this Report can form a basis for united campaigning by trade unions and other social movements seeking real solutions to the mess we are in." labourhub.org.uk/2024/06/25/a-rβ¦
Thank you Manchester University Press for the poster of my forthcoming book, which is a lovely birthday gift. It's spurring me on to finish the proof. The book is out on November 19th, not long after James Baldwin would have turned 100...
Sigrid Rausing, publisher of Granta Magazine and Granta Books, has been appointed vice president of The Charleston Trust, which has also appointed Kim Jones OBE, the creative director of Dior Men and Fendi Womenswear and Couture, to the same role π thebookseller.com/news/sigrid-raβ¦
Congratulations to Daniel Susskind who has been shortlisted for the FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award 2024 for Growth: A Reckoning #BBYA24 ft.com/content/27f60eβ¦