Freight Books was an independent publisher based in Glasgow. It published books for an English speaking readership,[1] including award-winning literary fiction, poetry, illustrated non-fiction and humour.[2] Freight Books was named Scotland's Publisher of the Year 2015[3] by the Saltire Society.[4] Freight Books published the debut novel of Martin Cathcart Froden, the winner of the 2015 Dundee International Book Prize.[5]
The company was founded as an imprint of Freight Design by Adrian Searle in 2011. The publisher increased its output each year, at its peak publishing 35 titles in 2016,[6] with notable publications including Gutter magazine, a Scottish magazine of new writing established in 2009 (and still in existence), Jellyfish by Janice Galloway and the international bestseller The Hairdresser of Harare by Tendai Huchu.[7][8]
Freight Books acquired Cargo Publishing in September 2015.[9][10]
In April 2017 Searle left the business citing "differences over strategic direction" between himself and fellow director Davinder Samrai.[11] Two months later Freight Books was offered for sale through the Publishing Scotland website.[12] The company was finally liquidated that December and it disappeared from the Scottish Publishing scene after failing to find a suitable buyer. Authors left the publishing house with unpaid royalties.[13]
Notable authors and works
edit- Jim Carruth:
- Killochries (2015), shortlisted for the Saltire Society Literary Award in Poetry
- Janice Galloway:
- Jellyfish (2015), shortlisted for the Saltire Society Literary Award in Literary Fiction, long-listed for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award[14]
- Pippa Goldschmidt:
- Tendai Huchu:
- The Hairdresser of Harare (2013), voted an Observer Top Ten African Book 2012[17]
- Kirstin Innes:
- Anneliese Mackintosh:
- Any Other Mouth (2014), Winner of the Green Carnation Prize for LGBT Literature 2014, shortlisted for the Saltire First Book Prize 2014, shortlisted for the Edge Hill Prize 2015, short-listed for the Saboteur Best Short Story Collection Award 2015, longlisted for the Frank O'Connor Short Story Award 2014[19]
- J David Simons:
- A Woman of Integrity (2017)
Prizes
edit2015: Freight won publisher of the year by the Saltire Society.[20]
2015: Killochries by Jim Carruth shortlisted for the Saltire Society Scottish Poetry Book of the Year Award.[21]
2015: Lifeblood by Gill Fyffe shortlisted for the Saltire Society Scottish Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award.[22]
2015: Jellyfish by Janice Galloway shortlisted for the Saltire Society Scottish Fiction Book of the Year Award.[23]
2015: Fishnet by Kirsten Innes won the Guardian Not the Booker Prize.[24]
2012: The Falling Sky by Pippa Goldschmidt was runner-up in the Dundee International Book Prize.[25]
2012: Furnace by Wayne Price longlisted for the Frank O'Connor Prize and nominated for the Saltire Scottish First Book of the Year.[26]
2010: Gutter won the Chairman's Award at the Scottish Design Awards.[27]
References
edit- ^ "Freight Books Homepage". Freight Books. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ^ "Freight Books Titles". Freight Books. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ^ "Freight Books wins Saltire Society Publisher of the Year 2015". Freight Books. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ^ "Publishing". www.saltiresociety.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ^ "Dundee International Bookprize". www.dundeebookprize.com. Archived from the original on 2016-02-02. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ^ "Freight Books". Publishing Scotland. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ^ "Freight Books | Books from Scotland". Books from Scotland. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
- ^ "Publishing Scotland - Scottish publishing industry network body". www.publishingscotland.org. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
- ^ "Freight Books buys Cargo Publishing | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
- ^ "Publishing Scotland - Scottish publishing industry network body". www.publishingscotland.org. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ^ "Co-founder of Glasgow publisher quits".
- ^ "Freight Books in talks to sell | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
- ^ Flood, Alison (2017-12-06). "Freight authors aghast as former publisher sets up new imprint". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
- ^ "Jellyfish by Janice Galloway - Freight Books". freightbooks.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
- ^ "The Falling Sky by Pippa Goldschmidt". Freight Books. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ^ "The Need for Better Regulation of Outer Space by Pippa Goldschmidt - Freight Books". freightbooks.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
- ^ "The Hairdresser of Harare by Tendai Huchu - Freight Books". www.freightbooks.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
- ^ "Signed copies of Fishnet by Kirstin Innes - Freight Books". freightbooks.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
- ^ "Any Other Mouth by Anneliese Mackintosh - Freight Books". freightbooks.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
- ^ "Publishing". www.saltiresociety.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ^ "Literature". www.saltiresociety.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ^ "Literature". www.saltiresociety.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ^ "Literature". www.saltiresociety.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ^ "Not the Booker prize | Books". the Guardian. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ^ Goldshmidt, Pippa; Hershman, Tania; Gebbie, Vanessa (2015-09-28). Goldschmidt, Pippa (ed.). I am Because You are: An Anthology of New Writing Celebrating the Centenary of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. Place of publication not identified: Freight Books. ISBN 9781910449264.
- ^ "Dr Wayne Price | Staff Profile | The University of Aberdeen". www.abdn.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ^ "Freight Books | Books from Scotland". Books from Scotland. Retrieved 2016-04-28.