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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]

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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

Prizes

2015: 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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Freight Books Homepage". Freight Books. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Freight Books Titles". Freight Books. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Freight Books wins Saltire Society Publisher of the Year 2015". Freight Books. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Publishing". www.saltiresociety.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  5. ↑ "Dundee International Bookprize". www.dundeebookprize.com. Archived from the original on 2016-02-02. Retrieved 2016-04-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ↑ "Freight Books". Publishing Scotland. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "Freight Books | Books from Scotland". Books from Scotland. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  8. ↑ "Publishing Scotland - Scottish publishing industry network body". www.publishingscotland.org. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  9. ↑ "Freight Books buys Cargo Publishing | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  10. ↑ "Publishing Scotland - Scottish publishing industry network body". www.publishingscotland.org. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  11. ↑ "Co-founder of Glasgow publisher quits".
  12. ↑ "Freight Books in talks to sell | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  13. ↑ Flood, Alison (2017-12-06). "Freight authors aghast as former publisher sets up new imprint". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2017-12-08.
  14. ↑ "Jellyfish by Janice Galloway - Freight Books". freightbooks.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  15. ↑ "The Falling Sky by Pippa Goldschmidt". Freight Books. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  16. ↑ "The Need for Better Regulation of Outer Space by Pippa Goldschmidt - Freight Books". freightbooks.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  17. ↑ "The Hairdresser of Harare by Tendai Huchu - Freight Books". www.freightbooks.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  18. ↑ "Signed copies of Fishnet by Kirstin Innes - Freight Books". freightbooks.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  19. ↑ "Any Other Mouth by Anneliese Mackintosh - Freight Books". freightbooks.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  20. ↑ "Publishing". www.saltiresociety.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  21. ↑ "Literature". www.saltiresociety.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  22. ↑ "Literature". www.saltiresociety.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  23. ↑ "Literature". www.saltiresociety.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  24. ↑ "Not the Booker prize | Books". the Guardian. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  25. ↑ 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.
  26. ↑ "Dr Wayne Price | Staff Profile | The University of Aberdeen". www.abdn.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
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