09:00 Registration & coffee


09:25 Welcome


Nigel Roby Publisher & c.e.o., The Bookseller Fiona Noble Children’s previewer, The Bookseller


Session One


The Big Tent: Publishing for everyone in today’s divided world


09:30 Running


order Sessions in blue take place on the Main Stage; those in green are running in the separate Inside the Tent room.


Key Note


Raise the roof: Putting on a show to wow all children


Catherine Bell Co-m.d., Scholastic UK


09:50 The balancing act: Weighing up the best options for taking a story beyond the book


Alice Burden & Jamila Metran Children’s media consultants


10:10 Unicorns, awesome friendly kids and fings: The print market overview Kiera O’Brien Charts & data editor, The Bookseller


10:30 Share a story: World Book Day 2020 title launch


Panel


Kirsten Grant Director, World Book Day & special guests


Session Two


Roll up, roll up: Reaching the crowd


11:30–12:00 The role of the high street in children’s entertainment


Pete Selby Head of books, W H Smith Carrie Morris Owner, Booka Bookshop


11:30–12:00 Panel


Who is publishing YA, who is it for and why is it proving so difficult?


Chair Caroline Carpenter Web editor & YA Book Prize chair, The Bookseller Daphne Lao Tonge Founder, Illumicrate Denise Johnstone-Burt Executive editorial director, Walker Books Sam Bradbury Editor, Hodder & Stoughton


Room switch


12:05–12:20 Teenagers and their spending habits in today’s evolving world Jonathan Watson CPO, The Insights People


12:05–12:30 Quiz the reviewers: How to gain more media space for children’s books


Chair Kiera O’Brien Nicolette Jones Children’s book reviewer Imogen Russell Williams Children’s book reviewer Georgina Atwell Founder, Toppsta


12:20–12:30 Creating the next generation of readers: Books for babies


Coffee break & networking 10 6th September 2019


Jill Coleman Director of children’s books, BookTrust Annie Crombie Director of programmes & partnerships, BookTrust


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