awful quality on these photos, sorry!
A few weeks ago I was fortunate enough to
visit Penguin Books HQ on The Strand in central London thanks to my creative
writing tutor!
The building was very big and very fancy
and of course there was books everywhere you turned. Penguin Classics, Puffin
Books, and Hamish Hamilton… the list goes on.
That’s one thing I learnt that day- Penguin
itself is made up of several imprints covering a wide range of topics and
genres. So Fig Tree for instance, focuses on books that are 'fresh, distinct, well written, clever, entertaining
and sometimes funny’. Hamish Hamilton on the other hand, seeks creative pieces
of literary world from all the corners of the world.
I really appreciated that the whole floor
plan of Penguin was very open plan. Each imprint wasn’t locked away behind a
door meaning everyone can communicate easily. PR can get in touch with
marketing, marketing can go over and talk to art and design and so on.
I found out useful information about
getting published and working in publishing during the day at Penguin, which
has given me a small head start in (hopefully) working in the creative
industry.
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