Oliver Malcolm is a UK publishing consultant with over 20 years’ experience across sales, strategy, editorial and leadership at Penguin Random House, HarperCollins and Hachette. A former board member in the UK and Australia, he advises publishers, agents and authors through consultancy, training and confidential negotiations, drawing on work with authors such as George R. R. Martin and Stephen King.
Tomorrow, he joins the show to discuss the state of the publishing industry, including debates over politics and free expression in publishing and the controversy that occurred around J.K. Rowling.
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