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16.04.15 CAREERS & JOBS CAREERS & JOBS Last day!
Today is the day we pack up our stands, but not just yet. If you haven’t managed to come and say hello to us on stand 2C10 or it’s your only day here, please do come and find out about The Bookseller. Did you know that when the London Book Fair started in 1971 The Bookseller had already been around for 113 years?
The Q&A today is from the wonderful Children’s Book Chat who are all students at UCL on the MA Publishing course this year. They have been helping The YA Book Prize team with some brilliant social media marketing and PR and are keen to break into the world of children’s publishing.
Please see below for the last “What’s On” and follow @Jobsinbooks. Have a great day! Maria Vassilopoulos, @MariaVbooks
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WHAT’S ON AT THE FAIR
WHAT CAN UNIVERSITIES DO FOR THE PUBLISHING INDUSTRY? OLYMPIA ROOM GRAND HALL 14.30–15.30 Panel: Mark Carden, publishing recruiter and consultant; Emma House, director of publisher relations for the Publishers Association; and Stephanie Hall, resourcing manager HarperCollins. Chaired by Dr Alison Baverstock.
CREATIVITY, CODING AND COMMERCIAL SAVVY—FUSION SKILLS FOR A FUTURE IN PUBLISHING? OLYMPIA ROOM GRAND HALL 16:00-17:00 Panel: Angus Phillips, director of the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies, Oxford Brookes University; and Emma Barnes, managing director, Snowbooks.
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QUESTIONS WE ASKED...
Children’s Book Chat @Childrenchat,
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Who are Children’s Chat? We are seven students on the MA Publishing course at University College London, who are seeking careers in publishing—from marketing and publicity, editorial, agenting to rights. We interview authors and industry members, review children’s books (from picture books, to YA, to apps) and write commentary pieces on the industry.
Why children’s publishing? It’s an exciting part of the industry at the moment—with steady growth year on year. As the generation who grew up with Harry Potter we all love YA literature, plus everyone knows the true readers of YA are 20-somethings like us! By working in this sector we are investing in the future—the readers of tomorrow will keep the rest of the industry alive and it is a great opportunity for creativity and innovation.
Who gets the group vote in the YA Book Prize shortlist and why? We all have our favourites but the general consensus is that Half Bad by Sally Green or Only Ever Yours by Louise O’Neill. (We promise we wrote this before the YA Book Prize winner was announced!) Only Ever Yours is fantastic at capturing female relationships and worries, as well as providing a really strong commentary on societal attitudes towards women today. It really affected us. Half Bad was exciting, raw and new, and we cannot wait to get our hands on a copy of the sequel Half Wild.
What are your favourite children’s books? We all of course love Harry Potter, but we all have different backgrounds and heritage (with two Americans and one Brazilian) so have had different reading experiences growing up. Lucy—The Chronicles of Narnia by C S Lewis, or more recently We Were Liars by E Lockhart; Amy—The Animal Ark Collection by Lucy Daniels; Amanda—Shel Silverstein poetry collections; Rachel—Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt; Sundeep—Ally’s World by Karen McCombie; Caitlin—Naughty Amelia Jane by Enid Blyton or Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson; and Steph—Charlotte’s Web by E B White.
What next for the world of children’s publishing? We think that with more and more children becoming digitally literate from a young age, apps have particular potential in the children’s sphere. The next generations will be digital natives and demand more from their entertainment. Further to this we believe that enhanced e-books and other experimentation with format to increase interactivity will become more popular.
In the picture (from left, top row) Sundeep Kullar, Lucy Broughton [@lucyybroughton], Amanda Amen, Rachel Mazza [@mazzie191], Amy Davies [@amy_davies]. Bottom row Stephanie Winkler, Caitlin Mehta [@caitlinmehta].
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