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Ellie Masterman

I don’t like literary fiction: I just don’t know what I do like.

On my MA course this year, we did a book-only Secret Santa. With each participant specifying their personal reading preferences online…

Jun 6, 2020

I don’t like literary fiction: I just don’t know what I do like.

Jun 6, 2020

Ellie Masterman

Censorship and the Not-So-Free Marketplace of Ideas

The liberal position on censorship can be defined effectively by this quote from Voltaire:

Mar 1, 2020

Censorship and the Not-So-Free Marketplace of Ideas

Mar 1, 2020

Ellie Masterman

In defence of ‘cancel culture’.

This week, in The Spectator, Isobel Hardman asked, ‘Is Andrew Sabisky an example of cancel culture?’. ‘Cancel culture’ is the name given…

Feb 25, 2020

In defence of ‘cancel culture’.

Feb 25, 2020

Ellie Masterman

Means of Production: Branding and the Left Book Club

The 1930s saw the establishment of the Left Book Club by Victor Gollancz. In this decade Allen Lane also launched Penguin Books, an…

Feb 24, 2020

Means of Production: Branding and the Left Book Club

Feb 24, 2020

Ellie Masterman

Open Access: For Life, Not Just For Coronavirus?

In light of the deadly disease sweeping the world, major scholarly publishers have announced that they are making research on the 2019…

Feb 18, 2020

Open Access: For Life, Not Just For Coronavirus?

Feb 18, 2020

Ellie Masterman

What diversity initiatives in publishing are actually up against

Publishing is an extremely white and middle-class industry. 85.8% of publishing staff is white, while 18.8% went to private school…

Feb 16, 2020

What diversity initiatives in publishing are actually up against

Feb 16, 2020

Ellie Masterman

‘Rewriting the book on writing books’: technology and tension in European publishing history

In the twenty-first century, it seems strange to think of the print book as a technology. Yet, as this parody ‘launch’ from Horrible…

Feb 11, 2020

‘Rewriting the book on writing books’: technology and tension in European publishing history

Feb 11, 2020

Ellie Masterman

Why children’s publishing needs gender-diverse books, now.

In December, The Bookseller announced that Jessica Love will release a sequel to her acclaimed children’s book, Julian is a Mermaid, in…

Feb 11, 2020

Why children’s publishing needs gender-diverse books, now.

Feb 11, 2020

Ellie Masterman

#Bookstagram: wake up and smell the coffee?

A crisp, white duvet. An oak-wood breakfast tray. A steaming flat white. These are familiar hallmarks of #bookstagram, just one of the…

Feb 4, 2020

#Bookstagram: wake up and smell the coffee?

Feb 4, 2020

Ellie Masterman

Ten Books That Shaped My Decade 2010–2019

I always look forward to New Year. I really enjoy the introspection of making resolutions and reflecting on things that have happened over…

Dec 19, 2019

Ten Books That Shaped My Decade 2010–2019

Dec 19, 2019

Ellie Masterman

Ellie Masterman

MA Publishing alumna and open access fan, working in science publishing. Occasionally reviews books or music, if you’re lucky.

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