Publisher in the Spotlight: Red Comet Press

In February the launch of a new children’s press was announced: Red Comet Press. Today we welcome the press’s founder Angus Yuen-Killick to tell us more…

Claire Storey: Angus, thanks so much for agreeing to answer some questions for World Kid Lit. We’re very excited to hear about a new children’s publishing company that will be regularly featuring translations. Could you tell us a bit about your new venture? What age groups will you be publishing for?

Angus Yuen-Killick: Hello Claire, thanks for your enthusiasm for my new venture. Red Comet Press, is the result of spending so much time in lockdown and reflecting on which new path to take at this point in my career. I have always admired my colleagues running their own independent presses and started my own publishing career at one many years ago in the UK. I am naturally entrepreneurial and felt compelled to take this step as the pandemic lockdown seemed the perfect moment to incubate a new project. I am blessed to have so much support from my husband, Mike, who is handling creative direction, production and marketing, and a raft of freelancers who work on royalties, bookkeeping, copyediting, contracts, social media, publicity etc. So many people have raised their hand to help, it has been very encouraging, and the Red Comet team is making it all possible. The focus of the publishing will be picture books, but I am also looking at some projects for older readers such as early chapter books and middle grade novels. I just need to land the right books that speak to me and I can see their potential. It may take time.

Read the full WorldKidLit interview HERE