Mensch News
AI, Publishing and the Road Ahead
On the 23rd June 2026, Richard Charkin was a keynote speaker for BookTech Collective. He spoke about the role and responsibilities of a publisher, and where AI fits into this in a modern and global publishing world. Essential for anyone working in publishing or in an...
New partnership with GraphicMEMOIRBlog
Mensch Publishing is delighted to announce a new partnership with Jonathan Sandler, producer of GraphicMEMOIRBlog, for the identification and publication of the best new titles in this vibrant and growing market....
Peering Over the Parapet
For his forthcoming book, All Rights Reserved, Richard Charkin is taking a crack at predicting the future of publishing—and he’s inviting you to do the same. Three years ago, I published My Back Pages, an undeniably personal history of publishing (improved and edited...
SONNY launches on 24th March
Sonny: Love with no limit by Guy Kennaway will be released on 24 March 2026. [£15 paperback, ISBN 978-1-912914-86-9] ‘We welcome this book. Our wish is for people to read it with an open mind and maybe to alter their viewpoint and think differently when considering...
Sense and sustainability
Mensch Founder, Richard Charkin, was featured in an article on PoD-based publishing in Future Book Magazine today. “The whole catalogue is now available in print and e-book on the basis of just-in-time responsive technology. I am paying roughly twice per copy by using...
Mensch to publish its first graphic memoir
Richard Charkin, Founder of Mensch Publishing, commented: “Publishing a graphic memoir is something of a departure for Mensch, as it is not a genre we had previously explored. But when we saw Andrew Squire’s moving and beautifully illustrated manuscript we simply had...
Lower Environmental Impact Sparks New Partnership For Mensch and Ingram
CEO and Founder of Mensch Publishing, Richard Charkin, has today announced that all Mensch titles will be produced and distributed using PoD technology and decentralised distribution, in partnership with Ingram Content Group from 1st December. Charkin, who is also...
Mensch to publish Delia Smith’s You Matter
Multi-million bestselling author issues a call for the Examined Life
Mensch will publish British television host and cookbook writer Delia Smith’s new book, You Matter, in March 2022.
Mensch Publishing 2020
I have received 96 submissions since Mensch was announced. I have replied to every one, more than ninety, in the negative but I hope politely. The vast majority were for novels and should probably have been self-published (nothing wrong with that). In the end I managed to publish four authors in the first year.