Scribe’s London office is celebrating promotions for four of its staff: Molly Slight is now Editorial and Publicity Manager, Adam Howard is now Publicist, Sophie Leeds is Digital Marketing Coordinator, and Sarah Braybrooke is stepping up to become Managing Director.
With its head office in Melbourne, Scribe established a London office in 2013, and since then has seen success with titles such as Gut by Giulia Enders, Dark Money by Jane Mayer, Mrs Engels by Gavin McCrea, and Nightmare in Berlin by Hans Fallada. Scribe UK is distributed by Faber and Faber, and as of the beginning of last year became a full member of the Independent Alliance, a development that has proved a crucial conduit to success.
Henry Rosenbloom, Scribe’s founder and publisher, says 'I’m delighted with the rapid progress of Scribe UK and our staff’s achievements here - so much so that it’s inspired me to our expand our presence in the US. We've moved our North American sales and distribution to Consortium, and have contracted with a US-based marketing and publicity team to support each title on our list — in some cases, with fully fledged publicity campaigns and author tours. This is an exciting development for us and our authors. Our first list with Consortium will appear in the fall season.’
Philip Gwyn Jones, Publisher-At-Large for Scribe UK, says 'I am so delighted about being part of Scribe’s phenomenally quick ascent to media and trade prominence, prize shortlistings galore, and notable sales growth in the UK — chiefly because it demonstrates that, despite the naysayers, it is still entirely possible for a new independent publishing house to win the attention of booksellers, journalists, festivals, and readers by sticking to the immemorial virtues: editorial ambition and integrity; strikingly inventive design and production; intelligent, responsive publicizing of the books; a sense of proportion; and oodles of unsleeping dedication and diligence.’