Freight Books
{{Short description| Defunct British publisher}}
Freight Books was an independent publisher based in Glasgow. It published books for an English speaking readership,{{Cite web|url = http://www.freightbooks.co.uk|title = Freight Books Homepage|date = |access-date = 22 January 2016|website = |publisher = Freight Books|last = |first =}} including award-winning literary fiction, poetry, illustrated non-fiction and humour.{{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 =}} Freight Books was named Scotland's Publisher of the Year 2015{{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 =}} by the Saltire Society.{{Cite web|url = http://www.saltiresociety.org.uk/awards/literature/publishing/|title = Publishing|website = www.saltiresociety.org.uk|access-date = 2016-04-28}} Freight Books published the debut novel of Martin Cathcart Froden, the winner of the 2015 Dundee International Book Prize.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dundeebookprize.com/winner2015.htm|title=Dundee International Bookprize|website=www.dundeebookprize.com|access-date=2016-04-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202103111/http://www.dundeebookprize.com/winner2015.htm|archive-date=2016-02-02|url-status=usurped}}
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,{{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 =}} 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.{{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}}{{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}}
Freight Books acquired Cargo Publishing in September 2015.{{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}}{{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}}
In April 2017 Searle left the business citing "differences over strategic direction" between himself and fellow director Davinder Samrai.{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15243447.co-founder-of-glasgow-publisher-whose-authors-include-irvine-welsh-quits-suddenly/|title=Co-founder of Glasgow publisher quits}} Two months later Freight Books was offered for sale through the Publishing Scotland website.{{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}} 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.{{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}}
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{{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}}
- Pippa Goldschmidt:
- The Falling Sky (2013), runner-up in the 2012 Dundee International Book Prize{{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 =}}
- The Need for Better Regulation of Outer Space (2015), longlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award{{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}}
- I Am Because You Are (2015), as an editor
- Tendai Huchu:
- The Hairdresser of Harare (2013), voted an Observer Top Ten African Book 2012{{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}}
- Kirstin Innes:
- Fishnet (2015), Winner of the Guardian Not the Booker Prize{{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}}
- 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{{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}}
- J David Simons:
- A Woman of Integrity (2017)
Prizes
2015: Freight won publisher of the year by the Saltire Society.{{Cite web|url=http://www.saltiresociety.org.uk/awards/literature/publishing/|title=Publishing|website=www.saltiresociety.org.uk|access-date=2016-04-28}}
2015: Killochries by Jim Carruth shortlisted for the Saltire Society Scottish Poetry Book of the Year Award.{{Cite web|url=http://www.saltiresociety.org.uk/awards/literature/|title=Literature|website=www.saltiresociety.org.uk|access-date=2016-04-28}}
2015: Lifeblood by Gill Fyffe shortlisted for the Saltire Society Scottish Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award.{{Cite web|url=http://www.saltiresociety.org.uk/awards/literature/|title=Literature|website=www.saltiresociety.org.uk|access-date=2016-04-28}}
2015: Jellyfish by Janice Galloway shortlisted for the Saltire Society Scottish Fiction Book of the Year Award.{{Cite web|url=http://www.saltiresociety.org.uk/awards/literature/|title=Literature|website=www.saltiresociety.org.uk|access-date=2016-04-28}}
2015: Fishnet by Kirsten Innes won the Guardian Not the Booker Prize.{{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}}
2012: The Falling Sky by Pippa Goldschmidt was runner-up in the Dundee International Book Prize.{{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}}
2012: Furnace by Wayne Price longlisted for the Frank O'Connor Prize and nominated for the Saltire Scottish First Book of the Year.{{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}}
2010: Gutter won the Chairman's Award at the Scottish Design Awards.{{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}}