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The Latest Breaking News from Jude Cook

Not OK? Booker winner Flesh ignites debate about state of masculinity

Toxic male behaviour of David Szalay’s protagonist reflects real-world concerns about a ‘crisis of masculinity’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2025

‘Men need liberation too’: do we need more male novelists?

As a small press launches dedicated to new male fiction, authors including Anne Enright and Nikesh Shukla ask if men are really being pushed out of publishing

The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2025

Who Gets A Book Deal? Luke Bateman’s Success Puts Publishing Inequality In The Spotlight

Luke Bateman’s book deal has sparked major debate on BookTok, raising questions about privilege and diversity in publishing.

Pedestrian.tv · May 29, 2025

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A new publisher is focussing on books by men – but is this necessary?

ANALYSIS: Men are outnumbered by women on bestseller lists, writes Julian Novitz

The Independent UK · May 6, 2025

A new publisher will focus on books by men. Are male writers and readers under threat?

A new publisher, Conduit Books, founded by UK novelist and critic Jude Cook, will focus on publishing literary fiction and memoirs by men: at least initially. Conduit is currently seeking its launch title, “preferably a debut novel by a male UK novelist under 35”. It aims to publish three books…

The Conversation · May 6, 2025

Do we really need more male novelists?

There may not be obvious successors to the likes of Martin Amis and Salman Rushdie among today’s hotshot young writers. But is a new publisher dedicated to ‘overlooked’ male voices necessary?

The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2025

New independent press to focus on male writers

Conduit Books will not ‘seek an adversarial stance … but the emphasis at first will be on ambitious, funny, political and cerebral fiction by men that is being passed by’

The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2025

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