EVENTS


Helen Monks Takhar Author


Helen has a two-book deal with HarperCollins in the UK and with PRH in the US. Her début novel, generation-gap thriller Precious You, will be published in hardback as a lead title in Spring 2020. She is currently writing her second novel and adapting Precious You for TV with her husband, screenwriter and producer Danny Takhar.


FutureBook Live 2019 Meet the speakers


Ellis Moore Bolinda


Ellis has worked in the audiobook industry for five years, specialising in audiobook acquisitions across the trade and library market. Awarded a place in The Bookseller’s Rising Stars in 2017, Ellis currently works as rights and content manager at Bolinda Publishing, the world’s largest indepen- dent audiobook publisher.


Sara O’Connor Consonance


Sara worked in children’s books for 13 years and is now a software devel- oper. She was named a Bookseller Rising Star in 2014 for her innovative digital work at Hot Key Books and co-founded the Undiscovered Voices project. She now works at Consonance, building the software she wished she could have used when she worked in publishing.


Derek Owusu Writer, poet and podcaster


Derek collated, edited and contributed to SAFE: On Black British Men Reclaiming Space, a timely anthology explor- ing the experiences of black men in Britain, and has recently signed a two- book deal with Stormzy’s #MerkyBooks. His novel- in-verse, That Reminds Me, will be published this month.


Master class


Stephen Page Faber


Stephen began his career in bookselling before moving into publishing. In 1994 he joined Fourth Estate, becoming manag- ing director in 2000. In 2001 he joined Faber as c.e.o. and in 2006 Faber won Publisher of the Year at the British Book Awards, and has since won Independent Publisher of the Year in 2011, 2018 and 2019.


Mark Pearson Libro.fm


Mark is the c.e.o. and co-founder of Libro.fm, the digital audiobook plat- form for more than 800 independent bookstores. Prior to that he was a publisher at Pear Press. He lives in Seattle where he enjoys running in the rain, playing tennis when the sun makes an appear- ance, over and undercook- ing food and reading the New York Times.


Jonathan Phillips Penguin Random House


Jonathan is head of Penguin Connect at Penguin Random House UK: his team connects businesses and their people with world-class authors and the ideas that make a difference to inspire personal and professional growth.


David Prescott Blackwell’s


David started at Blackwell’s in Nottingham Trent in 1995. He was shop manager at vari- ous stores, climbing up the ladder as regional manager to become head of operations. In 2011 David became m.d. of retail divisions, since 2013 he has been chief executive.


Gail Rebuck Penguin Random House


Baroness Rebuck sits on the Penguin Random House global board and Bertelsmann’s manage- ment committee. Between 1991-2013 she was chair and c.e.o. of Random House. Gail launched World Book Day, Quick Reads and, more recently, Books Are My Bag. She is currently senior inde- pendent director at the Guardian Media Group.


Alice Revel Ampersand Books Co


Alice is the founder of Ampersand Book Co, which makes reading relevant and exciting for contemporary society by connecting people with real books and real experiences. Ampersand’s stable of brands includes Reposed, Books + Beer and My Book Moment.


Amanda Ridout Boldwood Books


Amanda founded Boldwood Books—an independent global multi- format fiction publisher— in February 2019. Before that she was c.e.o. of Head of Zeus, which was named Independent Publisher of the Year in 2017. Previously m.d. of Phaidon, HarperCollins and Headline, she has more than 35 years’ experience in publishing.


Rhian Roberts BBC


Rhian has worked in TV and radio and is devoted to all new platforms that let us experiment with the way we tell stories and share facts. She’s worked at many BBC radio stations, and across a range of genres.Her podcast commissions include “Beyond Today”, “Fortunately” and “You’re Dead To Me”.


Angela Robertson Good thinking


Angela has over 20 years’ publishing experience. Formerly director of publicity and events at Canongate, and now freelance, she has produced tours for many authors including Nick Cave, Noel Fielding, Ray Winstone, Matt Haig, Colin Firth and Ian Rankin. In 2018, she founded Edinburgh Wellbeing Festival.


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Miriam Robinson The Bookseller


Miriam consults, writes, chairs events and manages projects across publishing and beyond. She is programme direc- tor for The Bookseller’s Marketing & Publicity Conference, and past clients include Balvenie, Penguin Random House, The Good Literary Agency, Quarto and Redstone Press.


David Roper Heavy Entertainment


David is a former journal- ist and BBC arts corre- spondent who founded Heavy in 1992, making it the leading digital content producer in the publishing world, with seven studios in Soho. He is also a crime-fiction author, with a TV series pending.


David Roth-Ey HarperCollins


David is executive publisher of the literary division of HarperCollins, comprised of 4th Estate and William Collins. He has recently overseen the creation and launch of two new imprints: TLS Books, in partnership with the Times Literary Supplement, and HarperVia, an imprint dedicated to works in translation.


Becky Sage Interactive Scientific


Becky is Interactive Scientific (iSci) c.e.o., and an Innovate UK Women in Innovation winner. She is passionate about using digital approaches to make science more accessible to more people. iSci’s immersive technol- ogy helps science learners to understand scientific concepts with ease.


Ben Saul-Garner Rebel Book Club


Ben is the co-founder of Rebel Book Club, where every month in five cities, more than 700 subscribing members read one non-fiction book and meet up to discuss and extract maximum value from it—washed down with a book-inspired cocktail.


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