Freight Books

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

  • 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
  • Pippa Goldschmidt:
    • The Falling Sky (2013), runner-up in the 2012 Dundee International Book Prize
    • The Need for Better Regulation of Outer Space (2015), longlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award
    • I Am Because You Are (2015), as an editor
  • Kirstin Innes:
    • Fishnet (2015), Winner of the Guardian Not the Booker Prize

Prizes

2015: Freight won publisher of the year by the Saltire Society.[14]

2015: Killochries by Jim Carruth shortlisted for the Saltire Society Scottish Poetry Book of the Year Award.[15]

2015: Lifeblood by Gill Fyffe shortlisted for the Saltire Society Scottish Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award.[16]

2015: Jellyfish by Janice Galloway shortlisted for the Saltire Society Scottish Fiction Book of the Year Award.[17]

2015: Fishnet by Kirsten Innes won the Guardian Not the Booker Prize.[18]

2012: The Falling Sky by Pippa Goldschmidt was runner-up in the Dundee International Book Prize.[19]

2012: Furnace by Wayne Price longlisted for the Frank O'Connor Prize and nominated for the Saltire Scottish First Book of the Year.[20]

2010: Gutter won the Chairman's Award at the Scottish Design Awards.[21]

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.
  6. ↑ "Freight Books". Publishing Scotland. Archived from the original on 17 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "Freight Books | Books from Scotland". Books from Scotland. Archived from the original on 2016-01-28. 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. Archived from the original on 2016-04-03. 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. ↑ "Publishing". www.saltiresociety.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2016-05-13. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  15. ↑ "Literature". www.saltiresociety.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2013-11-18. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  16. ↑ "Literature". www.saltiresociety.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2013-11-18. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  17. ↑ "Literature". www.saltiresociety.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2013-11-18. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  18. ↑ "Not the Booker prize | Books". the Guardian. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  19. ↑ 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.
  20. ↑ "Dr Wayne Price | Staff Profile | The University of Aberdeen". www.abdn.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  21. ↑ "Freight Books | Books from Scotland". Books from Scotland. Archived from the original on 2016-07-19. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
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