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Sonali Misra is a Lecturer on the MA Publishing and BA (Hons) Magazine Journalism and Publishing courses at London College of Communication. She engages with publishing and literature as an industry professional, academic, researcher, and author.
Sonali worked for multinational and Big-5 education and trade book publishers in India, such as Scholastic and Hachette, in editorial and product (sales) roles. In 2018, she co-founded an international digital literary magazine, The Selkie Publications CIC, which promotes and publishes voices minoritised on the basis of gender, ethnicity, sexuality, socioeconomic class, disability, etc. Sonali has engaged with the British publishing scene as Co-chair of the Society of Young Publishers Scotland, a member of the Writers Advisory Board of Literature Alliance Scotland, and an advocate in literary and publishing landscapes.
Her research examines the postcolonial impact of the British publishing industry upon the Indian industry as well as India’s writers and readers due to the cartelisation of Anglophone trade publishing. She has presented academic papers at conferences in Europe and Australia and will convert her thesis into a monograph upon completion of her PhD. She is also interested in book piracy and copyright; the impact of media on sociocultural identity; entrepreneurship and independent presses; and combining creative and critical forms to conduct research. Prior to joining UAL, Sonali supervised master’s students across Publishing Studies, Digital Media and Communication, and Media Management as Lecturer and Associate Lecturer at the University of Stirling and Northumbria University, respectively. She was also Research Assistant to Prof Eikhof at the University of Glasgow on a Film and Media project.
Sonali is a published author. Her debut nonfiction book, 21 Fantastic Failures: and what their stories teach us, was published in 2020. Her short stories, personal essays, features and reviews have appeared in British, Canadian and Indian print anthologies as well as digital magazines.
One of her essays won The National Library of Scotland’s Fresh Ink programme and was added to the Library Archives. It was also shortlisted for the Anne Brown Prize by the Wigtown Book Festival and the BBC. She won a scholarship and a 4-week UNESCO City of Literature writing residency in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 2022.
In 2023, she was named a Scottish Book Trust’s New Writers Awards winner for her work-in-progress YA fantasy novel. She has conducted creative writing workshops in the UK, Sweden and India.
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