Meet the Speakers


Dr Alice Curry Lantana Publishing Founder and publisher


Alice is the founder and publisher of Lantana Pub- lishing, an award-winning independent publishing company that was nomi-


nated for the Bologna Prize for Best Children’s Publisher of the Year 2017. A former academic lecturer and free- lance editor, Alice won this year’s Kim Scott Walwyn Prize, an award given to a woman working in the book trade who has made an exceptional contribution to the industry.


@lantanapub


Dr Ger Graus OBE KidZania


Director of education, UK & global


Ger began his teaching career at Taverham High School in Norwich. Later, as an adviser for Man- chester City Council, he


was responsible for the introduction of modern languages into primary schools. In 2007, he was named the founding chief executive of the Children’s Uni- versity. Ger was awarded an honorary doctorate by Staffordshire University in 2011, made an adjunct fellow by the University of Adelaide in 2013, and awarded an OBE in 2014 for services to children. He joined KidZania in 2014.


Catherine Johnson Author


Catherine has written many books for young readers, including Carn- egie-nominated and YA Book Prize-shortlisted The


Curious Tale of The Lady Caraboo, and Sawbones, which was also nominated for the Carnegie Medal and won the Young Quills award for historical fiction. She also writes for TV and film, recently working on the big-screen production “Bullet Boy”. Her latest book is Blade and Bone.


@catwrote


Daphne Lao Tonge Illumicrate


Founder and owner


Daphne is a lifelong bib- liophile and the founder of Illumicrate, the UK’s first subscription company for YA and crossover titles.


She enjoys unique, beautifully written books, fantasy and speculative fiction and a good graphic novel. She blogs at WingedReviews.com, loves tea, first editions and fictional princes. Daphne lives and works in London.


Kath Ludlow Four Engage Managing director


Kath is one of the UK’s leading brand content strategists, with over 25 years’ experience. After a spell as editorial direc-


tor at content specialist Forward, she co-founded Legend Engage in 2013 and developed its insight methodology tool Mapper360TM, which was short- listed for Best Use of Insights at The Drum’s Social Buzz Awards. The outfit was acquired by Four in March and rebranded as Four Engage, an agency


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that delivers insights and campaigns. @kathludlow


Phil Henderson Asda


Books buying manager


Phil is the buying man- ager for books at Asda and a council member of the Booksellers Associa- tion of the UK & Ireland.


After graduating with a degree in His- tory from the University of Glasgow, Phil joined ASDA and, in the past 20 years, he has worked in most of its non-food retail areas, before moving into books three years ago. Having found the publishing industry, he says he never wants to leave...!


Allie Esiri Writer, editor


Allie is a former stage, film and TV actress, described by Tatler as a “poetry pow- erhouse”. Her collection A Poem for Every Night


of the Year was a phenomenal success. Allie is an accomplished host of events, and has done so for the Cheltenham Literary Festival, the Sunday Times Edu- cation Festival, the Oldie Soho Literary Festival and the Hay Festival. Her plat- form at the National Theatre in Novem- ber 2016, with special guests Samuel West and Hattie Morahan, was a sell-out success.


@allieesiri


Dotti Irving Four Colman Gety Managing director


Dotti is the managing director of Four Colman Getty; she was the founder and chief executive of Colman Getty (established


Ian Hudson DK


Worldwide chief executive officer


Nadine Kaadan Author, illustrator


Nadine is an award- winning children’s book author and illustrator. Her book Answer me, Leila! won the Anna Lindh Prize


in 2011. Her latest title, The Jasmine Sneeze, is one of the first children’s books published in the UK to touch on Syria’s culture and heritage in a period of history marred by war. Nadine has been invited to speak at several international book fairs, and her work was recently featured in a BBC short film and in CNN’s Connect the World programme.


@nadinekaadan


Ian was appointed DK c.e.o. in 2016. He began his career in publishing at mag-


azine publisher Marshall Caven- dish, where he became European director. Ian joined Random House in 1992, and later became deput group c.e.o. He was part of the team that successfully completed the deal to merge Pen- guin and Random House in 2013. Post merger, Ian was appointed to two roles: c.e.o. of PRH Inter- national (English Language) and deput c.e.o. of PRH UK. @ianhudson13


Nick Marsh Wonderbly


Vice-president of product


Nick is vice-president of product at Wonderbly (née LostmyName), a tech and storytelling start-up that creates personalised


books for children. Nick has a back- ground in design and entrepreneurship, with experience of hiring and leading multidisciplinary teams of designers, software engineers, researchers and strategists to develop new products and services, for big companies and small start-ups—and his own ventures.


@wonderbly


in 1987) before its integration into the larger FCG company. With an extensive contacts base spanning arts, culture, business and the media, her areas of interests are brand-building, awards and handling partnership deals on behalf of clients. Dotti, a director of the Deborah Rogers Foundation, regularly features in PR Week’s Power Book and in The Bookseller 100.


Marian Thérèse Keyes Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Libraries Senior executive librarian


Marian, a senior execu- tive librarian with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Libraries, co-produces the annual Mountains to


Sea dlr Book Festival. She was formerly reviews editor of Inis magazine, and served as president of the Irish Society for the Study of Children’s Literature from 2011–13.


Ron Fogelman Writer, producer and rights specialist


Ron is an established film and media executive, writer and producer, work- ing across the spectrum of traditional and new media.


He is currently producing a stage ver- sion of the acclaimed CBS TV show “The Twilight Zone”. His consultancy and rights advisory business supports major corporations, independent producers and trade bodies operating in the international film, TV, stage and new media industries.


Cristina Fuentes La Roche Hay Festival


International director


Cristina oversees Hay festivals in Peru, Mexico, Colombia, Spain and Den- mark. She was previously the director of national


events at Canning House, promoting cultural understanding between Latin America and the UK. During her time at Hay, Cristina has developed and directed a series of projects promoting emerging talent from around the world, partnering with UNESCO on its World Book Capital initiative.


@cfuenteslaroche


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Tamara Macfarlane Tales on Moon Lane Owner


Tamara is the owner of Tales on Moon Lane, an award-winning children’s bookshop based in Herne Hill, south London. She


combines running the bookshop with writing children’s books, and has just launched Moon Lane Ink CIC, a social enterprise focused on raising equality in children’s books.


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