{"id":3324,"date":"2020-09-16T10:51:39","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T09:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/?p=3324"},"modified":"2026-09-16T11:21:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T10:21:56","slug":"beyond-academia-a-pgr-alumni-journey-from-comparative-literature-to-independent-publishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/2020\/09\/16\/beyond-academia-a-pgr-alumni-journey-from-comparative-literature-to-independent-publishing\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Academia: A PGR Alumni Journey from Comparative Literature to Independent Publishing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PhD Programme:<\/strong> Comparative Literature<\/p>\n<p><strong>Completed:<\/strong> 2018<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>What has your career path looked like since completing your PhD?<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Researcher and Reviewer &#8211; European Literature Network (Oct 2018 &#8211; Apr 2019)<\/li>\n<li>Researcher for TV production &#8211; BRYNCOED PRODUCTIONS LTD (Nov 2018 &#8211; Jul 2019)<\/li>\n<li>Lecturer &#8211; University of Kent (Jan 2020 &#8211; Jun 2020)<\/li>\n<li>Freelance Translator &#8211; Fiverr (Jan 2020 &#8211; Oct 2020)<\/li>\n<li>Manuscript Reader, translatory &#8211; Freelance (Oct 2020 &#8211; Dec 2021)<\/li>\n<li>Publisher &#8211; H\u00e9lo\u00efse Press (Jul 2021 &#8211; present)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>What is your current job title?<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Publisher at H\u00e9lo\u00efse Press (my own company)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>How would you describe your current role in one sentence?<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I set up H\u00e9lo\u00efse Press in 2021, a boutique publishing house focused on literary fiction by women across the world. I run the press from my garden office. Our books have been longlisted and shortlisted for multiple prizes, and been covered in mainstream media.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>How did you find your career opportunities, and what application or interview tips would you like to share?<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I created my own company and am self-employed.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>What advice and reflections would you like to share with current students, particularly those considering a transition from a PhD into a non-academic role?<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My tip would be to acquire professional experience while doing the PhD, as in preparing a parallel into the job market.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: inherit;font-family: inherit;font-size: 24px\">Which skills developed during your PhD do you use in your current role?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Literary knowledge,<\/li>\n<li>Editing<\/li>\n<li>Reading different languages<\/li>\n<li>Public speaking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PhD Programme: Comparative Literature Completed: 2018 What has your career path looked like since completing your PhD? &nbsp; Researcher and Reviewer &#8211; European Literature Network &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/2020\/09\/16\/beyond-academia-a-pgr-alumni-journey-from-comparative-literature-to-independent-publishing\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65655,"featured_media":3325,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[312387],"tags":[312393],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3324"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3324"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3327,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3324\/revisions\/3327"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}