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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]

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

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  • 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 LGBT 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]
  • J David Simons:
    • A Woman of Integrity (2017)

Prizes

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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

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  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. 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.
  27. ^ "Freight Books | Books from Scotland". Books from Scotland. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
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