International Women's Day 2021
8 March 2021
International Women's Day on 8 March
2021 is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and
political achievements of women. And these include women creatives of course with many women's
achievements to be celebrated in writing and publishing.
Here at Publishing Scotland we are
celebrating international women's day with our inspiring and strong
women in publishing - a fabulous 50% of the
publishers in Scotland are owned or managed by women, and
a significant proportion of our network members
are run or led by women:
Publishers
404 Ink | Acair | AilsaPress | Barrington Stoke | Black
Wolf | Charco Press | Clan Books | Cranachan | Curly Tale |
Dionysia | Fledgling Press | Floris Books | Gaelic Books Council |
Glasgow Museums Publishing | Hallewell | Hodder Gibson | Jasami
Publishing | Kate Davies | Kitchen Press | Luna Press Publishing |
Monstrous Regiment | Muddy Pearl | National Galleries of Scotland
Publishing | National Museums of
Scotland Publishing | Sainted Media | Saltire Society |
Saraband | Scotland Street Press | Serafina Press | Squaw Pies |
Stirling Publishing | Swan and Horn | The Wee Book Company |
Thunderpoint Publishing | Witherbys | Wild Goose
Network members / freelance businesses
ASLA | The BA | Central Proofreading | Indie Authors
World | JC Consultancy | Kerrie Moncur Design & Typesetting |
Sharon McTier Creative Publishing Services | Miriam Rune PR |
Raspberry Creative Type | Rowan Tree Publishing | Mairi Sutherland
editorial
Writers
Here are just a few recent books by and/or about women in
case you need some reading inspiration:
And on BooksfromScotland.com Linda Cracknell writes of the
inspiration behind her new novella The Other Side of Stone, a historical
fiction story that centres around a cotton mill in Perthshire. In
the novella, we follow the lives of a 19th century stonemason, a
rural suffragette and a modern day architect to explore the themes
of the industrialisation of rural Scotland and the struggles for
women's rights.
Book Trade
The Bookseller of 8 March 2021 has a good
round up of how the book trade is marking International Women's Day
(IWD) 2021 in lockdown with a series of talks, promotions and
essays from leading authors.