As we mentioned in our first blog post (thank you, librarians!) today is Thanksgiving. Amy did her thanks on behalf of everyone at Hot Key to librarians — but we’re all grateful for smaller things in our own ways.Here is what the Hot Key staffers have to be grateful for:
Sarah Odedina – I am hugely thankful for book jackets! These wonderful entrées to the world of the story. I know it is said you can’t judge a book by its cover but you definitely can buy one because of the cover. Look at Maggot Moon, Narcopolis, the edition from Vintage of I Capture The Castle, No Matter What. These beautiful jackets – and so many more – make you want to pick up the book and enjoy what is inside. Actually really I am thankful for book designers whose alchemy makes it all come true.
Meg Farr – Very thankful for my gorgeous wonderful family!
Cait Davies – For having this amazing job working with some of the most talented and creative people I’ve ever met. I am insanely thankful for that.
Becca Langton – I am thankful for being warm in winter – dry feet, a soft bed and the someone who will make me tea.
Jet Purdie – I am thankful for… my daughter’s health.
Emily Thomas – I am very thankful for my sturdy bedside table, which is bearing the weight of a huge crackling radio, a half drunk glass of water, some diamante earrings, a box of earplugs, and a leaning-tower-of-Pisa pile of novels to read: all my favourite things.
Jon Perdoni – I am thankful for all the good food in Clerkenwell.
Kate Manning – I am thankful for the fact that I am in a career that I love.
Sara O’Connor – I am thankful for all my fabulous colleagues who put up with me being American. You are the best team in publishing.
What are YOU thankful for?
Happy Thanksgiving Sara! (And Amy!)
Thankful that the written word is not an endangered species, in spite of an ever-increasing technological revolution, that people still crave stories to escape into.
Much agreed!