Daisy Chain Shortlisted for the Paul Torday Memorial Prize!
Hello, dear Reader! We're delighted to announce that Daisy Chain by Justine Gilbert has been shortlisted for the prestigious Paul Torday...
A Sip of Claret News - May 2024
Hello, dear Reader! Operation Ark by Pen Farthing has been fantastically reviewed by The Daily Beast, and Steve Sheppard has written an...
Confessions of an Accidental Pantser | by Steve Sheppard
Before you rush to complain about a decline in the levels of moral turpitude in writing-related blogs, I'm not referring to nether garments.
Squaring the Circle of Comedy Thrillers
In our latest blog, the publisher, Katie Isbester, writes on Poor Table Manners by Steve Sheppard and the difficulty of mixing genres....
A Brief Extract from Those Absent by Jill Culiner
Publication day for our first release of 2024 is fast approaching! Those Absent On the Great Hungarian Plain by Jill Culiner will be out...
Confessions of a Female Publisher
To support our Library appeal, Katie Isbester delves into the positive effects of reading at an early age and the inspiration it...
Claret Press Christmas Newsletter 2023
It's been a busy-but-fun year for us at Claret Press. We've been joined by Alex Green as editorial assistant and Ines Palmer, who is...
Nasio Trust: Africa Needs Not Just Greater Literacy, But Also More Publishers
To support Nasio Trust's Library appeal, Katie Isbester, publisher of Claret Press, explores the importance of publishers in creating the...
AI. What's it good for?
Katie Isbester, publisher of Claret Press and founder of Clapham Publishing Services, had an interesting experience with AI over the...
What Are Graphic Novels and Why Should I Care?
So let's start out with a confession. I don't really like graphic novels. I flip the pages so fast I give myself paper cuts. I find them...
