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SMALL PRESS OF THE YEAR


OVERVIEW                               


COMMA PRESS The North England regional winner picked up several


prizes and shortlistings in 2019—including at the FutureBook Awards for its podcast—and gave voice to many neglected overseas and regional British writers. Trade sales were its best ever.


 


JACARANDA The London co-winner has been championing diver-


sity in publishing long before it became a mainstream concern, and got a lot of attention for its #TwentyIn2020 initiative for black British authors. It pushed out into non-fiction and YA books too.


OTTER-BARRY BOOKS Sales of the Midlands category


winner's inclusive picture, information and poetry books jumped by 25%, and highlights included Migrations, featuring the work of 50 illustrators around the world, and the launch of a young reader series.


Really Decent Books


REALLY DECENT BOOKS The South-west England winner


has built a list of around 250 titles since launching eight years ago, and secured some major new trade accounts and partnerships in 2019. Half of its turnover now comes from overseas.


TINY OWL Tiny Owl is a London co-winner, and another


passionate supporter of under- represented BAME voices. It tripled turnover and generated record rights sales in 2019, also extending its publishing programme and sharpening up its design and marketing work.


SANDSTONE PRESS The Scotland winner also won Saltire


Society Scottish Publisher of the Year last year. It won the International Booker Prize for Jokha Alharthi‘s Celestial Bodies, and capitalised superbly on the opportunities that followed.


JUDGES' VERDICT


 


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SEPTEMBER PUBLISHING The East and South-east


England winner has estab- lished a distinctive brand and voice in just four years in business, and added children’s books and international distri- bution to its fiction and short stories list in 2019.


FIREFLY PRESS Firefly Press is the Wales winner and one of four


children’s specialists here. Its focused frontlist of a book a month had a high hit rate, with top sellers including Catherine Fisher’s The Clockwork Crow, and it built momentum in backlist and rights sales.


THE LILLIPUT PRESS Ireland's winner is modest about its


significant impact on Ireland’s culture over 35 years. It added a book a month to its backlist of more than 500 titles, includ- ing its first Eason’s bestseller from Seamus Mallon, and many bold débuts.


JOKHA ALHARTHI PICKED UP THE


INTERNATIONAL BOOKER FOR SANDSTONE PRESS

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