Uncovering Publishing

Sydney Allen and Emma Kiesling
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'Uncovering Publishing' interviews prominent figures of the UK publishing industry. Cohosted by Emma Kiesling & Sydney Allen.

  1. 30/12/2025

    Chelsea Graham on the Publishing Post & more: Part 2

    Chelsea Graham is a senior editor in audio at Bonnier working across our fiction list. She boasts a Master's degree in Publishing from the University of Derby. Before her role at Bonnier, she worked in audio at Bloomsbury and in editorial at two magazines. Last but very much not least, she is also the founder and Editor in Chief of The Publishing Post, which continues to be one of the best resources for publishing hopefuls--and it doesn’t cost a dime. She's also a regular speaker for the Society of Young Publishers and the recipient of the London Book Fair Trailblazers award.

    Chelsea Graham on the Publishing Post & more: Part 2

  2. 30/12/2025

    Chelsea Graham on the Publishing Post & more: Part 1

    Chelsea Graham is a senior editor in audio at Bonnier working across our fiction list. She boasts a Master's degree in Publishing from the University of Derby. Before her role at Bonnier, she worked in audio at Bloomsbury and in editorial at two magazines. Last but very much not least, she is also the founder and Editor in Chief of The Publishing Post, which continues to be one of the best resources for publishing hopefuls--and it doesn’t cost a dime. She's also a regular speaker for the Society of Young Publishers and the recipient of the London Book Fair Trailblazers award. Chelsea's Picks: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin None of This is True by Lisa Jewell (Audiobook!) Shag, Married, Annoyed (podcast)

    Chelsea Graham on the Publishing Post & more: Part 1

  3. 30/12/2025

    Publicity with Josie Cassaglia

    Josie Cassaglia is a Publicity Officer at Duckworth Books. She did the UCL Publishing Master’s alongside us, coming from the University of Kent and FU Berlin. Josie's picks: Three Women by Lisa Taddeo The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Catherine Webb The Rest is History (podcast)

    Publicity with Josie Cassaglia

  4. 30/12/2025

    Agenting with Rhian Parry

    Rhian Parry is a Welsh literary agency assistant at The Blair Partnership who did the MA with us at UCL. She’s also an agented author, !!Big Spoiler Alert for the CRESCENT CITY series by Sarah J. Maas!! Rhian's Picks The Secret History by Donna Tartt Book Lovers by Emily Henry My Lady Jane (series)

    Agenting with Rhian Parry

  5. 30/12/2025

    Scouting with Gabriella Chipol

    Gabriella Chipol is an Assistant Book-to-Film Scout at CTL Scouting. She’s also a published poet and works closely with the Gibraltarian Ministry of Culture and has participated in several documentaries showcasing her work. She joined CTL scouting in 2023 - she’s the resident BookTok and Romantasy expert, reading for both the English and Spanish markets. Gabriella's picks: Midnight Chicken: & Other Recipes Worth Living For by Ella Risbridger A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

    Scouting with Gabriella Chipol

  6. 30/12/2025

    Heritage Agenting with Lily Kovacs

    Lily Kovacs is currently the Assistant to the Heritage Department at Curtis Brown. We talk about her experience in the UCL Publishing Master's programme, getting her first publishing role with Curtis Brown, and the world of heritage publishing. Lily's picks: Happy Place by Emily Henry A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles The Infernal Devices trilogy by Cassandra Clare

    Heritage Agenting with Lily Kovacs

  7. 15/09/2023

    We work in Publishing!

    We graduated! We're working in publishing! In this season premiere, catch up with the cohosts, from where they are now to how they got there, plus a round two of all our publishing icebreakers. Books from our protracted book chat:Fourth Wing by Rebecca YarrosVicious by LJ ShenSix of Crows by Leigh BardugoThe Atlas Six by Olivie BlakeThis is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstoneand many more...Keep an eye out this season for great interviews with new entrants to the publishing world, plus some other exciting surprise guests!

    We work in Publishing!

  8. 02/06/2023

    Dr. Francesca Coppa on Fanfiction

    In the Season 1 finale, Dr. Francesca Coppa, co-founder of the Organisation for Transformative Works—the parent organisation of Archive of our Own (ao3)—talks the meaning of fandom, the value of the fanfiction space, the success of the OTW, and the transition from fanfiction to traditional publishing.Dr. Francesca Copa is currently a professor of English and director of women’s and gender studies at Muhlenberg College, She co-founded the organisation for transformative works, the company behind archive of our own, in 2007. She currently contributes to the Transformative worlds and cultures journal, and in communications for the OTW, she does background on fandom to journalists. She is a published author of several books, most recently of The Fanfiction reader: folk tales for the digital age and Vidding: a history. Dr. Coppa's recs and picks:- Sue Townsend's Adrian Mole series- The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt- Blue Heaven by Joe Keenan

    Dr. Francesca Coppa on Fanfiction
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'Uncovering Publishing' interviews prominent figures of the UK publishing industry. Cohosted by Emma Kiesling & Sydney Allen.

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  • Creator
    Sydney Allen and Emma Kiesling
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2025
  • Episodes
    16
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Sydney Allen Emma Kiesling 2022
  • Show Website
    Uncovering Publishing