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词条 Freight Books
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  1. Notable authors and works

  2. Prizes

  3. References

Freight Books is a former Scottish independent publisher based in Glasgow. Freight publishes fiction for an English speaking readership,[1] and publishes award-winning literary fiction as well as non-fiction.[2] Freight Books was named Scotland's Publisher of the Year 2015[3] by the Saltire Society.[4] Freight Books will publish the debut novel of Martin Cathcart Froden, the winner of the 2015 Dundee International Book Prize.[5] The winner of the Dundee International Book Prize in 2016 will also be published by Freight Books.[6]

The company was founded as an imprint of Freight Design by Adrian Searle in 2001. The publisher has increased its output each year, now publishing 35 titles per year on average,[7] with notable publications including Gutter magazine, a Scottish magazine on new writing, Jellyfish by Janice Galloway and the international bestseller The Hairdresser of Harare by.[8][9]

Freight Books acquired Cargo Books in September 2015.[10][11]

In June 2017 Freight Books was offered for Sale through the Publishing Scotland website.[12]

In December 2017 Freight Books is finally liquidated and will disappear from the Scottish Publishing scene after failing to find a suitable buyer. Authors left with unpaid royalties. [13]

Notable authors and works

  • Jim Carruth:
    • Killochries (2015), shortlisted for the Saltire Society Literary Award in Poetry
  • 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[14]
  • Pippa Goldschmidt:
    • The Falling Sky (2013), runner-up in the 2012 Dundee International Book Prize[15]
    • The Need for Better Regulation of Outer Space (2015), longlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award[16]
    • I Am Because You Are (2015), as an editor
  • Tendai Huchu:
    • The Hairdresser of Harare (2013), voted an Observer Top Ten African Book 2012[17]
  • Kirstin Innes:
    • Fishnet (2015), Winner of the Guardian Not the Booker Prize[18]
  • Anneliese Mackintosh:
    • Any Other Mouth (2014), Winner of the Green Carnation Prize for https://www.amazon.co.uk/Because-You-are-Celebrating-Relativity/dp/1910449261LGBT Literature 2014, shortlisted for the Saltire First Book Prize 2014, shortlisted for the Edge Hill Prize 2015, short-listed for the Saboteur Best Short Story Collection Award 2015, longlisted for the Frank O'Connor Short Story Award 2014[19]

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]

References

1. ^{{Cite web|url = http://www.freightbooks.co.uk|title = Freight Books Homepage|date = |access-date = 22 January 2016|website = |publisher = Freight Books|last = |first = }}
2. ^{{Cite web|url = http://www.freightbooks.co.uk/books.html|title = Freight Books Titles|date = |access-date = 22 January 2016|website = |publisher = Freight Books|last = |first = }}
3. ^{{Cite web|url = http://freightbooks.co.uk/freight-books-wins-saltire-society-publisher-of-the-year-2015.html|title = Freight Books wins Saltire Society Publisher of the Year 2015|date = |access-date = 22 January 2016|website = |publisher = Freight Books|last = |first = }}
4. ^{{Cite web|url = http://www.saltiresociety.org.uk/awards/literature/publishing/|title = Publishing|website = www.saltiresociety.org.uk|access-date = 2016-04-28}}
5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.dundeebookprize.com/winner2015.htm|title=Dundee International Bookprize|website=www.dundeebookprize.com|access-date=2016-04-28}}
6. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.writers-online.co.uk/news/latest-news/novel-writing-contest-dundee-international-book-prize|title=Novel writing contest: Dundee International Book Prize|website=www.writers-online.co.uk|access-date=2016-04-28}}
7. ^{{Cite web|url = http://www.publishingscotland.org/what-we-do/members/publisher-members/freight-books/|title = Freight Books|date = |access-date = 22 January 2016|website = |publisher = Publishing Scotland|last = |first = }}
8. ^{{Cite web|title = Freight Books {{!}} Books from Scotland|url = http://booksfromscotland.com/publisher/freight-books/|website = Books from Scotland|access-date = 2016-01-22|language = en-US}}
9. ^{{Cite web|title = Publishing Scotland - Scottish publishing industry network body|url = http://www.publishingscotland.org/what-we-do/members/publisher-members/freight-books/|website = www.publishingscotland.org|access-date = 2016-01-22}}
10. ^{{Cite web|title = Freight Books buys Cargo Publishing {{!}} The Bookseller|url = http://www.thebookseller.com/news/freight-books-buys-cargo-publishing-312030|website = www.thebookseller.com|access-date = 2016-01-22}}
11. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.publishingscotland.org/news/freight-books-takes-over-cargo-publishing/|title=Publishing Scotland - Scottish publishing industry network body|website=www.publishingscotland.org|access-date=2016-04-28}}
12. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/freight-books-talks-sell-567636|title=Freight Books in talks to sell {{!}} The Bookseller|website=www.thebookseller.com|language=en|access-date=2017-06-19}}
13. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/dec/06/freight-authors-aghast-as-former-publisher-sets-up-new-imprint|title=Freight authors aghast as former publisher sets up new imprint|last=Flood|first=Alison|date=2017-12-06|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-12-08|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}
14. ^{{Cite web|title = Jellyfish by Janice Galloway - Freight Books|url = http://freightbooks.co.uk/jellyfish-by-janice-galloway.html|website = freightbooks.co.uk|access-date = 2016-01-22}}
15. ^{{Cite web|url = http://www.freightbooks.co.uk/the-falling-sky-by-pippa-goldschmidt.html|title = The Falling Sky by Pippa Goldschmidt|date = |access-date = 22 January 2016|website = |publisher = Freight Books|last = |first = }}
16. ^{{Cite web|title = The Need for Better Regulation of Outer Space by Pippa Goldschmidt - Freight Books|url = http://freightbooks.co.uk/the-need-for-better-regulation-of-outer-space-by-pippa-goldschmidt.html|website = freightbooks.co.uk|access-date = 2016-01-22}}
17. ^{{Cite web|title = The Hairdresser of Harare by Tendai Huchu - Freight Books|url = http://www.freightbooks.co.uk/the-hairdresser-of-harare-by-tendai-huchu.html|website = www.freightbooks.co.uk|access-date = 2016-01-22}}
18. ^{{Cite web|title = Signed copies of Fishnet by Kirstin Innes - Freight Books|url = http://freightbooks.co.uk/fishnet-by-kirstin-innes-p628.html|website = freightbooks.co.uk|access-date = 2016-01-22}}
19. ^{{Cite web|title = Any Other Mouth by Anneliese Mackintosh - Freight Books|url = http://freightbooks.co.uk/any-other-mouth-by-anneliese-mackintosh.html|website = freightbooks.co.uk|access-date = 2016-01-22}}
20. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.saltiresociety.org.uk/awards/literature/publishing/|title=Publishing|website=www.saltiresociety.org.uk|access-date=2016-04-28}}
21. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.saltiresociety.org.uk/awards/literature/|title=Literature|website=www.saltiresociety.org.uk|access-date=2016-04-28}}
22. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.saltiresociety.org.uk/awards/literature/|title=Literature|website=www.saltiresociety.org.uk|access-date=2016-04-28}}
23. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.saltiresociety.org.uk/awards/literature/|title=Literature|website=www.saltiresociety.org.uk|access-date=2016-04-28}}
24. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/series/not-the-booker-prize|title=Not the Booker prize {{!}} Books|website=the Guardian|access-date=2016-04-28}}
25. ^{{Cite book|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Because-You-are-Celebrating-Relativity/dp/1910449261|title=I am Because You are: An Anthology of New Writing Celebrating the Centenary of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity|last=Goldshmidt|first=Pippa|last2=Hershman|first2=Tania|last3=Gebbie|first3=Vanessa|date=2015-09-28|publisher=Freight Books|isbn=9781910449264|editor-last=Goldschmidt|editor-first=Pippa|location=Place of publication not identified|language=English}}
26. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.abdn.ac.uk/sll/people/profiles/w.price|title=Dr Wayne Price {{!}} Staff Profile {{!}} The University of Aberdeen|website=www.abdn.ac.uk|access-date=2016-04-28}}
27. ^{{Cite web|url=http://booksfromscotland.com/publisher/freight-books/|title=Freight Books {{!}} Books from Scotland|website=Books from Scotland|language=en-US|access-date=2016-04-28}}

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