{"id":3661,"date":"2022-02-20T20:07:50","date_gmt":"2022-02-20T20:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.co.uk\/?p=3661"},"modified":"2022-03-04T20:37:30","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T20:37:30","slug":"book-review-theyll-never-read-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.co.uk\/book-review-theyll-never-read-that\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: They’ll never read that!"},"content":{"rendered":"
About a year into my first stint in publishing, at SPCK (whom I now work for again but exclusively focusing on IVP), we were told one day that a legend of the Christian publishing world was joining us, to work on some projects. As a non-publishing person by background (I just like books!) I did not realise at the time just how appropriate, whether or not I like all his books or ideas, that appellation is for Tony Collins. At what would be his final SPCK Christmas party, I got a volume of Betjeman poems from the secret santa sack – the reader will guess who put that in there.<\/p>\n
Tony Collins will need no introduction to some – to others, it might be worth mentioning publishers like Hodder, Kingsway, SPCK and Lion. Chances are, if you are a Christian and speak or read English, you’ve probably read a book that he’s been involved in.<\/p>\n
This could have been quite an introspective book – but the authors charm, writing skills and frankly hilarious and fascinating story mean that it is a book that deserves a wider readership than you might imagine. However, I think this is a book that I will reread every couple of years, because Tony’s observations about publishing and hard-won experience of editing in particular are valuable and not often captured in this sort of format.<\/p>\n
For a sample of what I mean:<\/p>\n
I could share more quotes, but I’ll leave it there. This is both an enjoyable autobiography of sorts, and a book about publishing and particularly editing. There were things I disagreed with, a few moments I wasn’t quite sure what was going on, and a good deal of laughter. This book was a joy to read and I’m glad it exists. If this review has piqued your interest, then you’d probably appreciate reading it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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