Preena Gadher on why getting away from the desk should be a business priority
The leaves are changing colour and for many creative industries, autumn is one of the busiest times of the year, as it is for us. But as we knuckle down, we also prioritise getting away from our desks as a team to explore what else is happening in the world. It’s so easy to get […]
Shortlist for 2021 Royal Society Science Book Prize revealed
Six titles providing fresh insights on major global issues and illuminating little-known, remarkable subjects are shortlisted for the prestigious prize for popular science writing. Two books tackle bias in science, joining a runaway bestseller on the surreal world of mushrooms and an account of the life of a modern-day astronomer. A detective story into extraordinary […]
Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting retains Riot for a second cycle
We are delighted to be partnering, once again, with one of the UK’s leading property companies Bruntwood and the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, on the next Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting. Following a successful first year, in which we helped the Prize achieve a 115% uplift in entrants (the highest number of entrants overall in the […]
Read Hour launches in the UK with support of Moomin characters
The hugely successful Finnish literacy initiative, Read Hour, is coming to the UK for the first time in 2021, thanks to Finland’s most successful literary export, the Moomins. Celebrated on UN International Literacy Day, Read Hour was created by the Children and Youth Foundation with a mission to encourage people to spend just one hour of their […]
Preena Gadher on how to create a GOLD standard company culture in 6 steps
Riot awarded gold accreditation by Investors in People This month, we received the wonderful news that we had been awarded GOLD accreditation by Investors in People. Going from zero to gold is “unprecedented” according to our assessors; we’d never entered the accreditation scheme previously and so went in blindly, simply reporting all the things that […]
Aardman and Gurinder Chadha to collaborate on ‘a high concept, Bollywood-inspired animated movie’
The multi-award-winning independent animation studio, Aardman (Chicken Run, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, The Pirates, Arthur Christmas), and the critically acclaimed film director Gurinder Chadha OBE (Bend It Like Beckham; Bride and Prejudice; Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging; Viceroy’s House; Blinded by the Light) have announced that they are partnering on a […]
Judging panel for 2021 Royal Society Science Book Prize announced
“Science communication has always been very important, to entertain, inform and inspire. This has never been more relevant than this year.” – Professor Luke O’Neill #SciBooks The five-strong judging panel for this year’s Royal Society Science Book Prize, sponsored by Insight Investment, is revealed today, Wednesday 21st July 2021. The Prize – which celebrates the […]
A.K. Blakemore wins Desmond Elliott Prize 2021 with “stunning” debut The Manningtree Witches
The National Centre for Writing (NCW) has today announced A.K. Blakemore’s The Manningtree Witches as the winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize 2021. The historical fiction novel, praised by judges as “clever and unexpected”, is chosen as the best first novel across the UK and Ireland this year from a strong shortlist which also featured […]
Celebrating Windrush Day
22 June 2021 is the fourth national Windrush Day, and 73 years since the SS Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury Docks in Essex in 1948, carrying the first Caribbean migrants to the UK. They were invited to help re-build Britain after the Second World War. As a daughter of the Windrush Generation – those who […]
Winners of 2021 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals announced
Poet and novelist Jason Reynolds secures first Carnegie Medal win for Look Both Ways (Knights Of) Author and illustrator Sydney Smith wins second Kate Greenaway Medal for Small in the City (Walker Books) Manjeet Mann’s debut novel Run Rebel (Penguin Random House Children’s) and Sharon King-Chai’s Starbird (Two Hoots) take home the Shadowers’ Choice Awards […]
