From the heart
Archetype Books takes great care to ensure authors feel respected and supported. We provide fair-deal contracts and maintain close contact with our authors throughout the publishing process. We offer consultancy at every stage of production, and training and guidance in social media.
Sustainability is important to us and we have high environmental standards. Our paper is certified by the Forestry Stewardship Council and we work with printers who use renewable electricity and recycle their waste.
Sustainability is important to us and we have high environmental standards. Our paper is certified by the Forestry Stewardship Council and we work with printers who use renewable electricity and recycle their waste.
Team
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Kylie Fitzpatrick
Kylie has been a professional editor for twenty years and a literary consultant for Cornerstones and Writers & Artists (Bloomsbury). She is the author of four novels published in eleven languages. Kylie has worked in script development for the BBC, Australian Broadcasting Commission and Beyond Productions, and has lived and worked in Europe, the US, Australia and the UK. She has a Masters and Doctoral degrees in Creative Writing and, until 2018, was a tutor and lecturer on the world-leading Creative Writing Degree and MA courses at Bath Spa University. |
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Barbara Mellor
Barbara's career in publishing spans over forty years, starting as a senior editor at Weidenfeld & Nicolson. As a freelance editor and literary translator based in Scotland and France, she works with publishers, authors and public institutions in Europe, the US and the UK. Her work has been nominated for a number of prestigious awards, and her critically acclaimed translation of Agnès Humbert's Résistance: Memoirs of Occupied France (Bloomsbury) was an international bestseller published in fifteen editions. A member of the Royal Historical Society and the Society of Authors, she has given many talks and interviews in the print media, on BBC Radio 4 and at literary festivals. |
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Michael Phillips
Michael is the founding director of Archetype Design, a graphics consultancy based for forty years in London, then in Oxford. A passion for environmental issues and social equity has led Archetype to work for many national and international charities, NGOs and SMEs. A compelling love for both art and books led naturally to designing books for packagers and publishers. This experience has morphed into the setting up of Archetype Books. |
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Jack Ryan-Phillips
Jack joined Archetype Design fresh from achieving a first class honours in Digital Media. His talents as a designer, married with his ease in the digital world, has made him invaluable to the consultancy. He is a founding director of Archetype Books and brings a deep understanding of social media that is crucial for authors to be able to find their audiences. |
What our authors are saying
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Where would this whole endeavour be without Archetype Books? They transformed what promised to be a circumspect family undertaking into a highly professional operation. The resulting book is testimony to the care devoted to every detail of the design and production process.
P. S. Lightfoot |
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Archetype Books were instrumental in giving me the courage to contemplate a new publication and they have had a clear vision from the start of how beautiful it could look. They have overseen the meticulous editing and photography, and dealt with all the print issues - from proofing and printing to getting a number of pallets delivered down my country lane.
Bill Sewell |
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Writing a book felt like a monumental task but Archetype Books made it feel achievable. They met me personally and talked through what I wanted to create and what resulted was beyond my expectations. They made the process so easy and well organised, turning my amateur beginnings into a highly professional end product. I am so pleased we became not only author and publisher but friends.
Val Stones |
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