About this episode

Jack Butler and Barbara Poelle discuss comparative publishing trends in the UK and US with host Victoria Selman.

Season 10, Episode One: Industry Experts: Jack Butler (publisher) & Barbara Poelle (agent) #OnTheSofawithVictoria Jack Butler, publishing director at Sphere Little Brown, and Barbara Powell, founder of One Word Literary, discuss comparative publishing trends in the UK and US. Victoria Selman is a Sunday Times and Amazon Charts #1 bestselling thriller author. She has written a number of critically acclaimed novels including the hit Ziba MacKenzie series and Truly Darkly Deeply...

People in this episode

Host: Victoria Selman

Guests: Jack Butler, Barbara Poelle

Topics covered

• publishing trends
• UK and US publishing
• literary agents
• industry experts
• thriller authors

Keywords

• publishing
• literary agent
• thriller
• UK
• US
• industry trends
• Victoria Selman

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sphere Little Brown, One Word Literary

Books & works: Ziba MacKenzie series, Truly Darkly Deeply

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