The Bookshaped podcast is presented by book industry expert Colin Midson and looks at those special books that come along once in a while: the ones that change the way we think about books, reading and publishing.

Our first series will be taking on the biggest phenomenon of all and celebrating 25 years of the Harry Potter books. Colin started his career in publishing at Bloomsbury in the late 90s and will be providing an insider’s account of what happened in those first few years when an unknown children's book about a boy wizard went on to become a multi million copy bestselling phenomenon.

He'll talk to the principle characters and the decisions they made before Harry reached our bookshelves as well as well as trying to answer the million dollar question: why were they so successful?

Harry Potter 25 Years - the first bookshaped podcast - will be landing in late June. It’s presented and produced Colin Midson with help from Falmouth University’s School of Communication

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