A charismatic and visionary conductor, Sir Mark Elder has been one of Britain’s most important and influential musicians for half a century. His work in raising English National Opera and the Hallé to international excellence has no parallel in British music history.
Baron Christopher Tugendhat is a politician, journalist and businessman who formerly directed brands such as Rio Tinto and Eurotunnel. A History of Britain Through Books is Christopher’s fourth literary work and explores political and social change from 1900 to 1964 through the lens of literature. An innovative exploration of history, Tugendhat’s upcoming book has already received acclaim from award-winning authors, hailed as ‘a rare species’ by John Bew and a ‘tour-de-force’ by Lucy Riall.
Tails.com provide carefully curated recipes for dogs, delivering millions of meals a month to doggies’ front doors. The whitefox team have helped their Head Vet Sean McCormack develop and create a beautiful, bespoke cookbook… for dogs. Featuring bestselling author and nutritional expert Annabel Karmel, The Happy Dog Cookbook is filled with paw-some photographs and 24 seasonal recipes, attraction the attention of dog-loving influencers such as Luke Arthur Wells and Sophie Stanbury.
Founder of Investment Bank AB and the Ekskäret Foundation, Tomas Björkman is an entrepreneur, financier and real estate developer. Björkman collaborated with socio-political research think tank Perspectiva to publish The World We Create, an exploration and analysis of history which offers insight into how we can create a more sustainable and meaningful world moving forwards.
Recipient of a PHD in metallurgy, author Eduard Shyfrin’s passion for science inspired his debut children’s book Travels with Sushi in the Land of the Mind. Beautifully illustrated throughout, Travels with Sushi is a nail-biting adventure story that explores quantum physics and classic morality. Described as ‘Flatland crossed with The Pilgrim’s Progress‘ by bestselling author and Financial Times reviewer James Lovegrove, Travels with Sushi is a fantastic bedtime story for children of all ages.
Richard Curtis described bestselling The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse as ‘a wonderful work of art and a wonderful window into the human heart’, and he’s not the first to be a fan of Charlie’s work. Charlie Mackesy has had a hugely successful career as an artist, which has included working with Nelson Mandela in 2006 to produce a collaborative set of lithographs. The whitefox team worked with Ebury at Penguin/RandomHouse to produce Charlie’s debut book, filled with powerful messages and stunning illustrations.
Corinne Michaela Flick, Founder and Chair of socio-political research think tank Convoco! authors the latest in a series of thought-provoking books. The Multiple Futures of Capitalism explores the future of our economic system, reflecting Convoco’s work in platforming the exchange of innovative ideas and debate amongst industry leaders.
Laurence Myers signed David Bowie and Billy Ocean, he looked after the Rolling Stones and threw Rod Stewart out of his office. More recently he was the Executive Producer on Judy, the Judy Garland biopic starring Renée Zellweger. He has a fair few stories up his sleeve and whitefox helped him to tell them. Hunky Dory (Who Knew?) has gained coverage in the Observer, Evening Standard and Rolling Stone magazine
David Sellu was a surgeon with a distinguished record extending over forty years. In 2010 a patient died under his care and he was falsely imprisoned, only to win his appeal after fifteen months in prison. whitefox helped David tell his story in his own words for the first time. Did he Save Lives? A Surgeon’s Story was featured in the Observer and on Guardian Podcasts, helping his story garner the attention it deserved and landing the book in the top ten Amazon bestsellers of its genre. It is now being re-printed for the third time.
Former Nike vice president Lisa MacCallum collaborated with former Nike creative director Emily Brew to bring you Inspired INC., the ultimate guide to creating a company the world will get behind. With worldwide concept launches in London, New York City and Portland, Oregon, Inspired INC. has become an innovative marketing tool for Inspired Companies when presenting to potential clients and at conferences such as EAT.
Dave Buonaguidi is a British advertising maverick well known for launching the world’s first advertising co-operative St Luke’s in 1995. With dozens of blogs written over the course of an exciting career, a huge network in advertising and a love of screen printing, Dave had a wealth of material for his first book. whitefox provided him with the expertise he needed to maintain creative control over his project and create a unique and beautifully illustrated book. Dave now has the ultimate content marketing tool for his creative agency, a mentoring tool for his conferences and a portfolio of stunning artwork.
Collaborating with national entrepreneur network Tech Nation, former BBC News reporter and WIRED journalist James Silver brings together the voices of the UK’s top tech entrepreneurs in Upscale: What it takes to scale a startup by the people who’ve done it.
Tech Nation value initiative, ambition and innovative ideas. As a self-publishing startup, whitefox suited Tech Nation’s needs perfectly and were able to guide them through the publishing process whilst ensuring they maintained creative control. Since publication Upscale has seen huge success, appearing in Forbes and on the bookshelves of Britain’s top entrepreneurs.
Dubbed the ‘Delia of business’ by WeAretheCity, Erica Wolfe-Murray worked with whitefox to create a thought-provoking business book. Simple Tips Smart Ideas offers everything a CEO, manager or entrepreneur could need. Erica’s book is filled with advice, tips, and even spaces for you to write down your own thoughts and ideas. whitefox provided Erica with full editorial support, page design, eBook conversation and sales representation.
Influencer, PETA ambassador and RSPCA campaigner Lucy Watson is at the forefront of vegan and environmental activism. whitefox provided photography and design services to Sphere Books in order to produce award-winning Feed Me Vegan and Feed Me Vegan: For All Occasions. Feed Me Vegan was named PETA’s best vegan cookbook in 2017 and has been featured in Marie Claire, the Telegraph and the Evening Standard.
This Morning‘s resident therapists and life coaches Nik and Eva Speakman have been working together since 1992 to provide support and advice to high-profile clients. whitefox worked with the Speakmans to produce The Key: to Upgrading Your Life. Shortly after publication the Speakmans were approached by Orion Publishing, with whom they secured a publishing deal, going on to sell 25,000 copies of their book in just six months.
Prue Leith has called Jane Lovett’s food ‘great to look at and eat’ and everyone else seems to agree! After publishing her first book Make It Easy Cookbook via a traditional publishing house, Jane knew she had the network and insight to self-publish the second time around. With support from whitefox, Jane was able to match the popularity of her first book, implementing a successful digital Waterstones promotion and hosting a fantastic launch event to make The Get-Ahead Cook a success.
whitefox were asked to help create How To Be Chief Executive of Your Own Life by Mike Wilson, joint founder of St. James’s Place Wealth Management. The book is a combination of memoir, self-help and business wisdom gleaned over a long career by a much-admired leader and entrepreneur. Alongside the main hardback edition, whitefox also created a pocket version of the same book, distilling the top tips and takeaways from each chapter.
whitefox collaborated with world-renowned coffee expert James Hoffmann, founder of Square Mile Coffee, to produce a highly illustrated, deluxe hardback edition of his successful blog. The Best of Jimseven is a collection of curated pieces exploring coffee from every angle and is essential reading for anyone who is passionate about coffee.
Will the thief in the shadows steal your memories while you sleep? How will James fare in a life-size intergalactic game of snakes and ladders against aliens and pirates? Will Tora be able to fix the reactor and save Salvage City with her AI cat sidekick? These are just some of the characters you will meet in these Twilight Tales that tease at the boundaries where magic meets science and anything that can happen in-between.
Award-winning academic, environmentalist and former Chief Scientist of BP, Bernie Bulkin collaborated with whitefox on his latest book Solving Chemistry. The book combines anecdote, analysis and science to argue that chemistry as a discipline is now complete, or ‘solved’. whitefox provided Bernie with full editorial support, page design/typesetting, distribution, eBook conversion, marketing and printing.
Voted one of the Top 10 most innovative companies in robotics three years in a row, California-based AI and robotics specialists Anki published Create with Cozmo to be sold alongside Cozmo, a robot that helps children learn how to code. Create with Cozmo is filled with colour illustrations and designs, along with easy-to-read instructions for parents and children. whitefox was responsible for organising the writing, editing, design and printing of Create with Cozmo.
whitefox were asked to devise and present a publishing strategy for the Head of Guidebooks at English Heritage. This included facilitating consumer research and exploring specific relationships with new publishing partners for collaborative projects. The first of these was the ‘compact but comprehensive’ guidebook to the Blue Plaques of London in conjunction with September Publishing.
Bye Bye Banks? by James Haycock and Shane Richmond delves into the myriad effects tech startups have on the banking industry. whitefox collaborated with the authors to produce their book, providing them with editorial, project management, internal design and printing services.
Domino is a little black and white dog who lives in an old cottage with her mother, Tara. She belongs to Jack and his family and goes for walks every day. But one day she runs away from Jack and squeezes down a rabbit hole. Stuck underground beneath a tangle of tree roots, Domino is desolate. Will Jack and Tara be able to find her? And if they do, how will they get her out? The true story of a brave little dog and her miraculous adventure.
whitefox has been integrally involved in Octopus’s brilliant Cracking Science series – short, engaging titles that form a scintillating introduction to some of science’s most fascinating subjects. whitefox worked closely with authors, editors, illustrators and designers to help bring these highly illustrated books to market.
Andrew Jennings is a senior retail executive with more than 45 years of leadership experience with some of the world’s most respected high-end, speciality department stores, including Harrods, Holt Renfrew and Saks Fifth Avenue. In Almost Is Not Good Enough he shares his secrets on how retailers can remain relevant in this fast-paced and dynamic industry. whitefox worked with Andrew, providing editorial, design, print, production and sales services.
whitefox collaborates closely with Head of Zeus, the 2017 Independent Publisher of the Year, across this impressive and ever-expanding list. Working on everything from commercial fiction to cookery, polemic to YA, whitefox provides key editorial, indexing and other services. Our in-house attention to quality-control and integrated work processes make us a valued strategic partner to this fast-growing publisher.
whitefox worked closely with Ebury editors to help launch Pop Press, a new list of commercial non-fiction. We helped to prepare pitch material for the London Book Fair, then produced ten illustrated titles within six months. With Tattoo Street Style, we worked alongside author and curator Alice Snape to shape the book, arrange photo shoots in eight locations around the world using ten different photographers, collect, transcribe and translate interviews, and design a beautiful finished product.
Shemin Nurmohamed is CEO for Pitney Bowes, France, and has also held several CFO, Director and VP roles at Fortune 500 companies. For her first book, Outshine, whitefox assembled and managed a team of highly skilled and experienced freelancers to provide editorial, design, print, production and sales services. Outshine tells you everything you need to know about becoming an effective business leader.
Paul Hoffman, bestselling author of the Left Hand of God trilogy, approached whitefox via his agent to work on his latest novel, Scorn. whitefox gave Paul access to a full range of publishing services, from editorial and design to PR and marketing, ensuring the book was made available through all online channels and promoted in UK high street retailers.
whitefox created a bespoke book in celebration of OC&C’s 25th anniversary. A talented whitefox team helped to edit and design a beautiful hardback volume. whitefox then agented the book to Pearson Education, which subsequently published mass market paperback and digital editions.
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