This month we’re in commissioning and development mode, while Do Breathe and Do Beekeeping are in the hands of copy-editors and designers (out May).  Finding new voices and conceiving books that otherwise might not get published is what really motivates us. Usually the authors aren't 'famous', many aren't even writers...

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  When does a Startup stop being a 'startup'? How many books form a fully-fledged series? These are some questions for us to ponder as we emerge from a busy few months of editing, designing, printing and shipping. We gave a running high-five to our first anniversary back in May. And...

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This spring, as we Brits emerge from a damp winter with record rainfall, our heads have most definitely been turned by the golden glow of Australia as preparations hot up for the inaugural Do Lectures taking place later this month.  And we have more exciting news to share....

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Anyone who has attended the Do Lectures knows that some of the best bits happen inbetween the talks. It’s in the pub or over dinner when you fall into conversation with a fellow attendee. Only when they get up on stage the next day do you realise they...

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Last month we found ourselves up on the third floor of a dusty Victorian warehouse towards East London.  The building was once the headquarters of lead and glass merchants, George Farmiloe & Sons, one of Clerkenwell’s longest established firms. We were exhibiting at Best of Britannia - a 3-day...

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This year’s Do Lectures in Wales was a bit different. For the first time the event was themed – Do Startup. Early on the attendees were divided into groups and asked to start a business. We landed in a group captained by Mark Shayler whose brief was ‘How...

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We met James Victore last year in the wilds of Wales. He had left his studio in Brooklyn to come and speak at the Do Lectures . We knew that James had been disrupting the art world for years, but the question was: would he be willing to help us...

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It began when we realised that the people who have spoken at the Do Lectures are the kind of people who should be writing books. So we can read them. They are the game changers. The people whose ideas, passion, creativity and drive are already changing the world...

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