New narrative nonfiction [podcast]

The Oxford Comment

The Oxford Comment is a monthly podcast featuring insights from Oxford University Press authors, editors, and more.

July 20^th 2018

After the 2008 recession, print book sales took a hit, but now BookScan has recorded consistent growth in print book sales year over year for the past five years. What has been driving these sales? Surprisingly, adult nonfiction sales. Covering topics from history, politics and law, nonfiction saw a growth of 13 percent during the last fiscal year.

On this episode of The Oxford Comment we take a look at what has narrative nonfiction turning the industry on its head. Host Erin Katie Meehan sat down with bookstore owner Angela Maria Spring and a selection of esteemed Oxford authors to discuss the emerging trends of diversity and education in publishing.

Featured image credit: “books-literature-library-bookstore-2211342” by PublicCo. CC0 via Pixabay.

Episode 46 of The Oxford Comment was hosted by Erin Katie Meehan, Senior Marketing Manager at Oxford University Press.

This episode was produced by Nicole Piendel (Executive Producer/Editor), Mackenzie Cutruzzula, Marissa Lynch, Katelyn Philips, Victoria McPherson, Tom Carson, Madeline Woda, and Julia Baker.

We'd like to thank our guests Simon Winchester (The Meaning of Everything), Dan Drezner (The Ideas Industry), Patricia Fara (A Lab of One’s Own), Leigh Fought (Women in the World of Fredrick Douglas), Jeffrey Stewart (The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke), Mary Schmidt Campbell (An American Odyssey), Philip Nel (Was the Cat in The Hat Black?), and Angela Maria Spring (owner of Duende District Bookstore).

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