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New Publisher for Contemporary Welsh Fiction
Darren Floyd has recently established Stratosphere Books, a new publisher which aims to publish Welsh contemporary fiction (think Jonathan Coe, Margaret Atwood, Douglas Coupland, Julian Barnes). It will print new, up and coming and established Welsh writers writing in English, bringing Welsh writing to a global audience.
Darren plans to publish the first book by March 2009 with four more following in the first year and is currently looking for novels to publish and voluntary staff.
Submissions of work should comprise three chapters, a covering letter and synopsis. Applications for assistance should focus on the following vacant positions of Marketing Manager, Sub Editor and Distribution Manager. Although the roles would initially be voluntary, Darren plans for them to become waged in the first year of trading. They would make an ideal first step into the world of publishing.
All enquiries to darrenfloyd666@hotmail.com.
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