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Events coordinator – Waterstones Cambridge

Waterstones Cambridge is home to tens of thousands of books and contains the finest Children’s books department in the area. Having recently undergone a comprehensive refurbishment that breathes new life throughout the shop we are now looking to build an events programme that reflects our vibrant and engaging space. We are looking for a new [...]
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Publicity Assistant – Quercus

Quercus is looking for a Publicity Assistant to join its busy press office on a one-year fixed term contract. This entry-level position is ideal for someone looking to get into publishing PR. You will have demonstrable interest in publishing and an awareness of how PR can affect the success of a book. You will be [...]
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Press Officer – Quercus

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Quercus publicity department for a Press Officer who will be responsible for their own authors and campaigns. The successful candidate will have at least eighteen months’ experience working in publishing publicity. This job is ideal for those who have already started taking responsibility for their own campaigns and [...]
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Publicity and Marketing Executive – Little Tiger Group

Our small, dynamic communications team is seeking a creative and energetic Publicity and Marketing Executive. Reporting to the Brand Director, the successful applicant will be responsible for planning and managing attention grabbing, integrated publicity and marketing campaigns. We are looking for someone with 1-2 years experience in publicity or marketing. You will have a passion [...]
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Publicity Manager – Cornerstone

Are you a publicist looking for a new challenge? We are seeking a talented and enthusiastic Publicity Manager to join our award-winning PR team. If you love variety in your role – from fiction to household names such as Tim Peake – this could be the perfect job for you. Your role will be to [...]
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Work experience – W. W. Norton

Are you looking to kick start your publicity career in publishing in a small friendly publishers in Soho? We are looking for motivated people to do work experience this spring/summer. Applicants should be passionate about books and media. Responsibilities will vary from research, developing media lists, proof reading and drafting media copy with the publicity [...]
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Publicity Manager (FTC Maternity Cover) – Vintage

We have an exciting opportunity for a talented publicist to join the Vintage publicity team, part of the Penguin Random House Group, the world’s largest book publisher, from mid-June 2018 for a maternity cover. As Publicity Manager you will be working on a wide range of fiction and non-fiction titles from across Vintage’s critically acclaimed [...]
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London Book Fair events

PPC/BMS Annual London Book Fair Seminar 2018 Wednesday 11th April, 1-2pm ‘Doing It Live: Taking book campaigns to the next level’ The BMS & PPC will explore the ways in which publishers are using digital platforms to create and share original and engaging live content to grow audiences and add a new dimension to campaigns. [...]
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March meeting – the Guardian

March meeting: Tuesday 27th March, Foyles Our March meeting will be on the subject of the GUARDIAN. It will be held on Tuesday 27th March at Foyles, Charing Cross Road. Doors will open at 12.45pm and tickets will cost £10. Speakers: Sian Cain – Books Site Editor and Review Abigail Radnor – Features Editor, Weekend [...]
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February 2018 – Observer

Ursula Kenny (Deputy Features Editor/Books Editor, New Review) 70% of her coverage involves books in some capacity The books pages are now bigger and there is more space for books coverage, including an author interview every week DO send Ursula and Jane catalogues as soon as you can, they go through them together They are [...]
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Senior PR Manager / PR Manager (maternity cover) – Bonnier

If you want to work for a publisher with a difference, we want to hear from you! Do you know your vloggers from your reality TV stars? The sporting heroes of the moment to the best-selling music artists? We work with them all. Can you juggle press on an A-list celebrity campaign one minute and [...]
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February meeting – the Observer

February meeting: Tuesday 27th February, Foyles Our February meeting will be on the subject of the OBSERVER. It will be held on Tuesday 27th February at Foyles, Charing Cross Road. Doors will open at 9.45am and tickets will cost £10 including refreshments. Please note this is a morning meeting. Speakers: Emma Cook – Commissioning Editor, [...]
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January 2018 – Financial Times

Jonathan Derbyshire – Comment Liz Jobey – Magazine Rebecca Rose – Books Griselda Murray Brown – Arts   Jonathan Derbyshire – Comment Jonathan.derbyshire@ft.com Commissions Comment and Opinion 6 days a week Large in-house staff; very few slots available Closely tied to the news cycle so not interested in promotional cycle Pitching to the story Broad [...]
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PPC Annual Awards Winners 2017

The Publisher’s Publicity Circle (PPC) is delighted to announce the winners of the PPC Annual Awards for 2017. The Awards took place in London on Monday 5th February, and are presented to the publicists responsible for the best PR campaigns from 2017. The panel of judges this year were chaired by Steven Cooper at Waterstones, [...]
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Riot and PRH win PPC fourth quarterly for LA BELLE SAUVAGE

Katy MacMillan-Scott (Riot), Laura Curtis (Riot), Adele Minchin (Riot), Alice Broderick (PRH Children’s) and Harriet Venn (PRH Children’s) have won the PPC fourth quarterly award for their campaign for Philip Pullman’s LA BELLE SAUVAGE. Judge, Steven Cooper of Waterstones, said: ‘I don’t think it was guaranteed that the publication of La Belle Sauvage would be [...]
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BA/PPC Speed Dating Session at LBF

The Booksellers Association and the PPC are repeating the popular BA/PPC Speed-dating Session at this year’s London Book Fair. This year it will take place on Wednesday 11th April from 1pm to 3pm. The session is a great opportunity to meet and build relationships with booksellers, extend the reach of your author tours, or establish [...]
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PPC Annual Awards Shortlist 2017

The PPC is delighted to announce the shortlist for the PPC Annual Awards, given for the best campaigns carried out by publicists in 2017. This year we are introducing two new categories – one for Academic titles, sponsored by Nielsen in memory of Mo Siewcharran who was a supporter of the PPC for many years and one [...]
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YALC WORKING GROUP MEMBERS – APPLICATIONS FOR NEW MEMBERS NOW OPEN

The YALC Working Group is a small collection of publishing professionals working on YA fiction who help to support YALC in an advisory capacity. The working group position is something that is live year-round, but most active from January-July. An outline of what this responsibility entails can be found here but largely it [...]
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January meeting – the Financial Times

January meeting: Monday 29th January, Foyles Our January meeting will be on the subject of the FINANCIAL TIMES. It will be held on Monday 29th January at Foyles, Charing Cross Road. Doors will open at 12.45pm and tickets will cost £12 including cake and a hot drink. Please note the new price per head for the [...]
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Elaine Egan wins PPC third quarterly award

The winner of the PPC third quarterly award was announced at our meeting at Foyles on Tuesday 21st November. Alice O’Keeffe from the Bookseller was judging the entries for this quarter. Winner: Elaine Egan for Hot Mess by Lucy Vine ‘Elaine’s campaign was a wonderful example of a publicist’s passion for a title publishing into [...]
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PPC Launches Second Year of its Book Publicist Mentoring Scheme

The Publishers’ Publicity Circle is delighted to announce the second year of its mentoring scheme, which this year is open to publicists of all levels and will start after the enrolment process in January 2018. In 2017, the PPC enlisted five mentors with outstanding campaign experience from across the industry. The five were individually matched [...]
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November meeting – PPC Award Winners’ Masterclass

November meeting: Tuesday 21st November, Foyles Our November meeting will be a special PPC AWARD WINNERS’ MASTERCLASS. Come along to hear three winners of last year’s annual PPC Awards share the details of their winning campaigns including tips on filling out the submission form – it will be an inspiring session. It will be held [...]
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October 2017 – Monthly Magazines

Olivia Cole, GQ – olivia_cr_cole@yahoo.co.uk Helena Lee, Harper’s Bazaar – helena.lee@harpersbazaar.co.uk Olivia Marks, Vogue – olivia.marks@condenast.co.uk Charlotte Williamson, Woman & Home – charlotte.williamson@timeinc.com   Olivia Cole – GQ Olivia is the freelance Literary Editor for GQ. She writes for the Drop Section. GQ covers a lot of books as Dylan Jones (editor) is a big [...]
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September 2017 – YA press and events

Emily Drabble – Head of Children’s Book Promotion and Prizes at Booktrust Anna James – Freelance writer, Journalist and Event Chair Rachel Mellor – Artistic Programming Assistant at The Southbank Centre   Emily Drabble emily.drabble@booktrust.org.uk Used to be Guardian books site editor. Booktrust concentrates on the age range of 0-12 for its core output but [...]
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July 2017 – Mail on Sunday

Marilyn Warnick Marilyn – has since retired from the Mail on Sunday, notes should still be relevant for what they are looking for. She’s been there for 18 years. She looks after serial rights, book interviews and general features across all categories. Send all books to Marilyn and she will forward them on to individual [...]
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October meeting and Christmas save the date

October meeting: Monday 23rd October, Foyles Our January meeting will be on the subject of MONTHLY MAGAZINES. It will be held on Monday 23rd October at Foyles, Charing Cross Road. Doors will open as usual at 12.45 and tickets will cost £15 including a sandwich lunch. Speakers: Olivia Cole, GQ Helena Lee, Harper’s Bazaar Charlotte Williamson, Woman & Home [...]
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Junior Publicist Training Day 2017

Booking is now open for the 2017 Junior Publicists’ Training Day. It will be held on Friday 17th November at HarperCollins, The News Building, London Bridge. We ask that you arrive at 9am to pick up passes and get through security ready for a prompt 9.30am start. The day should be finished at around 5.15pm. [...]
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September meeting – YA press and events

September meeting: Monday 25th September, Foyles *please note this is a morning meeting* Our September meeting will be on the subject of YA PRESS AND EVENTS. It will be held on Monday 25th September at Foyles, Charing Cross Road. Doors will open at 9.30am and tickets will cost £15 and include pastries, juice and tea/coffee. Speakers: [...]
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Third Quarterly Award open for submissions

The deadline for the Third Quarterly Award 2017 (covering books published in June, July and August) is Friday 29th September 2017, so please make sure you’ve submitted your entries before then. Completed forms should be sent to: Becky Short, PPC Quarterly Awards, Transworld Publishers, 61-63 Uxbridge Rd, London W5 5SA The entry form and our handy ‘Dos [...]
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Second Quarterly Award 2017 – the results

The standard of submissions for the second quarterly award was so high that we have two winners for this quarter.  Sandra Taylor, Head of PR & Events for Waterstones, was judging this award and felt these two very different campaigns were both equally worthy of being awarded the winning campaign. The Hate U Give by Angie [...]
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June 2017 – The Telegraph

Rachel Cocker – rachel.cocker@telegraph.co.uk Victoria Harper, Features Director – victoria.harper@telegraph.co.uk Iona Maclaren, Books – iona.maclaren@telegraph.co.uk Tom Ough, Weekend Lifestyle – tom.ough@telegraph.co.uk Laura Powell, Magazine – laura.powell@telegraph.co.uk Victoria Harper Features Director Works on the positioning of the paper Operates as 7 day paper – daily features, news review on both Saturday and Sunday Integrated online content [...]
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May 2017 – BBC Radio 4

Dymphna Flynn, Front Row and Bookclub – Dymphna.Flynn@bbc.co.uk Nicola Holloway, Open Book – Nicola.Holloway@bbc.co.uk Lucinda Montefiore, Woman’s Hour – Lucinda.Montefiore@bbc.co.uk Karen Holden – BBC World Service Book Club – Karen.Holden@bbc.co.uk   Dymphna: Looks after Front Row and also the R4 Bookclub. Bookclub is presented by Jim Naughtie and goes out on [...]
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April 2017 – The Times

Louise France, Magazine Jack Malvern, News Reporter Robbie Millen, Literary Editor   Robbie Millen, Literary Editor Robbie.millen@thetimes.co.uk The Saturday Times circulation is now at 490,000 copies. The Times is the only paper that’s circulation is on the up and has risen by 4.8% in the past year. The books pages are review focused. This month [...]
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Anna-Marie Fitzgerald wins the British Book Awards 2017 Publicity Campaign of the Year

The PPC would like to congratulate Anna-Marie Fitzgerald on winning Publicity Campaign of the Year at the British Book Awards for her campaign for The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry (Serpent’s Tail). The award is sponsored by The Publishers’ Publicity Circle. The judges said the success of The Essex Serpent ‘shows what can happen when [...]
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First Quarterly Award 2017 – the results

We are delighted to announce the winner of the PPC Award for the first quarter of 2017.  The submissions were judged by Alice O’Keefe of the Bookseller. Winner: Katie Brown (project manager) & Phoebe Swinburn (assisting) of Headline for One Pound Meals: Delicious Food for Less by Miguel Barclay Alice said: This quarter saw some very strong [...]
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March 2017 – BMS joint event, London Book Fair

The Publishers Publicity Circle and Book Marketing Society joint event at the London Book Fair was absolutely packed and this year the subject was The Visual Life of Campaigns.  Thanks to everyone who came – you can follow the conversations #visualcampaigns but some brief notes below if you weren’t able to attend: Preena Gadher chaired [...]
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February 2017 – free sheets

Alice-Azania Jarvis – Features Director, ES Magazine Alexandra Jones – Commissioning Editor, Stylist Jenny Stallard – Commissioning Editor, Metro   Alice-Azania Jarvis, Features Director – ES Magazine Alice.jarvis@standard.co.uk / https://twitter.com/aliceazania / https://www.instagram.com/aliceazania/ ES Magazine is the glossy sister publication of the Evening Standard. It is the first supplement of the weekend appearing [...]
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PPC to team up with Book Marketing Society at London Book Fair

Join us at the London Book Fair for our annual joint event with the Book Marketing Society where we will be asking what is the trick to creating emotive and memorable campaign moments that spark a narrative in the reader’s imagination, long before they open a book. In a session entitled The Visual Life of [...]
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January 2017 – online media

Sarah Biddlecombe – Stylist Online – sarah.biddlecombe@stylist.co.uk Anna Fielding – Emerald Street – anna.fielding@shortlist.com Chelsey Pippin – Buzzfeed – chelsey.pippin@buzzfeed.com Sarah Shaffi – The Bookseller and Stylist Online – sarah.shaffi@thebookseller.com   Sarah Biddlecombe, Stylist.co.uk Stylist Online receives over 16 million global page views per month, 8 million of those are from the UK. They have one million unique UK users and their [...]
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PPC Annual Awards 2016 winners announced

The Publisher’s Publicity Circle (PPC) is delighted to announce the winners of the PPC Annual Awards for 2016. The Awards took place in London on 13th February, and are presented to the publicists responsible for the best PR campaigns from 2016. This year two new categories were introduced, one for debut titles, sponsored by The Times [...]
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THE PPC ANNUAL AWARDS SHORTLIST

The PPC is delighted to announce the shortlist for the PPC Annual Awards, given for the best campaigns carried out by publicists in 2016. This year we are introducing two new categories – one for debut titles: fiction, non-fiction and poetry, sponsored by The Times & The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival and one for [...]
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January meeting and 2017 dates for your diary

January meeting: Monday 23rd January, Foyles Our January meeting will be on the subject of ONLINE MEDIA. It will be held on Monday 23rd January at Foyles, Charing Cross Road. Doors will open as usual at 12.45 and tickets will cost £15 including a sandwich lunch. Speakers: Anna Fielding – Emerald Street Chelsey Pippin – BuzzFeed Sarah Biddlecombe – [...]
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BookGig to sponsor the PPC Christmas Party

We’re delighted to have BookGig sponsoring the PPC Christmas Party this year. BookGig is an events platform that connects readers to the authors they love, featuring hundreds of book and author events across the UK. It features many types of events, from author talks and Q&As, to readings and signings, book launches, workshops [...]
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Christmas Party 2016

This year’s Christmas party is being held on Wednesday 7th December at Waterstones Piccadilly and is kindly being sponsored by BookGig. Tickets are £20 for members and if you would like to attend please email Madeline on publisherspublicitycircle@gmail.com. Please ensure you have booked and paid in advance, either by cheque or BACs. [...]
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November 2016 – the Guardian

Notes from November PPC meeting: The Guardian Steve Chamberlain – Deputy Editor, Family Rob Fearn – Assistant Editor, G2 Charlotte Northedge – Editor, Review and Magazine Apologies – Archie Bland – Commissioning Editor, Saturday Guardian   Steve Chamberlain: steve.chamberlain@theguardian.com Steve is the Deputy Editor on Family. Family is not a parenting section. They like to [...]
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London Book Fair Announces Final Conference Line-Up

The London Book Fair and the Publishers Association have announced that AMV BBDO’s Philippa Field, who was behind Maltesers’ award-winning Paralympics advertising campaign featuring actors with disabilities, will be speaking at the Building Inclusivity in Publishing Conference on 15 November. Discussing the Maltesers TV advertising campaign, which aired on Channel 4 during the Paralympics and [...]
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Announcing the PPC mentoring scheme

November 2016 Dear all, I am delighted to let you know that the Publishers Publicity Circle will be launching its first mentor scheme at the beginning of 2017. We have a wealth of expertise within the PPC membership and would like to provide an opportunity for members to benefit from the wide range of experience, [...]
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November meeting and Christmas Party save the date

Due to cancellation of the October 17th meeting because of flooding at Foyles, we have re-arranged the Guardian meeting for Tuesday 15th November. Doors will open as usual at 12.45 and tickets will cost £15 including a sandwich lunch. Anyone who booked a place at the October meeting will automatically be rolled over to November [...]
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Third Quarterly Award 2016 – the results

Winner: Ruth Waldram for The Girls (Chatto & Windus) Summary: The Girls was undoubtedly one of the books of the summer; pretty impressive for a literary fiction hardback debut by an American author with very limited time in the UK. Ruth’s all-encompassing campaign left no stone unturned and The Girls was absolutely everywhere. The planning for the campaign started 16 months ahead of [...]
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Junior Publicists’ Training Day

Booking is now open for the 2016 Junior Publicists’ Training Day. It will be held on Thursday 10th November at Penguin on The Strand from 9.30am – 4.30pm. The day is open to junior publicists (publicity assistants, press officers, etc) to give them a solid introduction to publicity at the start of their career. We will confirm the [...]
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September 2016 – YA Press

Notes from September PPC meeting – YA Press   Charlotte Eyre, Children’s Editor – The Bookseller / Y.A. Prize Laura Fulton, Books Channel Editor – Maximum Pop! Claire Norman, Acting Deputy Editor – Top of the Pops Magazine Katherine Woodfine – YALC   Charlotte Eyre: charlotte.eyre@bookseller.com   She covers: YA News Acquisitions. Topical features [...]
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Second Quarterly Award 2016 – the results

Winner: Lucy Mann for Goodnight Spaceman by Michelle Robinson (Puffin) Summary: How can you not reward a campaign that sends a book into space?  Coordinating an interview and a story time from space, alongside the UK Space Agency, is no mean feat and the publicist for Goodnight Spaceman did this with deft skill.  She did a great job at leveraging the [...]
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July 2016 – Television

Notes from July PPC meeting – Television   Tom Fenner, BBC One The One Show – tom.fenner@bbc.co.uk Sam McAlister, BBC Two Newsnight – samantha.mcalister@bbc.co.uk Anja Popp, Channel 4 News – anja.popp@itn.co.uk   Tom Fenner: The end of 2016 sees the 10th anniversary of The One Show. The One Show is the introduction [...]
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September meeting – YA press

September meeting: Tuesday 20th September, Foyles Our September meeting will cover YA press. It will be held on Tuesday 20th September at Foyles, Charing Cross Road. Doors will open as usual at 12.45 and tickets will cost £15 including a sandwich lunch. Full line up to be announced next week but speakers will include Maximum Pop! and Top of [...]
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June 2016 – BBC Radio 2

Notes from June PPC meeting – Radio 2 Joe Haddow – Mayo and Book Club, Joe.haddow@bbc.co.uk John Dutton – Steve Wright, John.dutton@bbc.co.uk Helen Thomas – Arts Editor, Chris Evans and Arts Show with Jonathan Ross   John Dutton: Guest booker for Steve Wright, Fearne Cotton, Mayo drivetime and Chris Evans Breakfast Show For Drivetime he [...]
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May 2016 – Arts News Stories

Notes from May Meeting: Arts News Stories  Speakers: Mark Brown, Arts Correspondent, Guardian – mark.brown@theguardian.com Robert Dex, Arts Correspondent, Evening Standard – Robert.dex@standard.co.uk Hannah Furness, Arts Correspondent, Telegraphs – Hannah.furness@telegraph.co.uk Rehema Figueiredo, Arts and Showbiz Reporter, Daily Mail – rehema.figueiredo@dailymail.co.uk   Robert Dex – Evening Standard They are looking for a compelling [...]
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First Quarterly Award 2016 – the results

Winner: Being a Beast / Hannah Ross & Valentina Zanca (Profile) Summary: An astutely planned campaign that ensured the publicity for this very unusual nature book was always serious and that the book was never satirised. Hannah & Valentina’s media strategy was clever – accepting the first interview and serial in the Guardian rather than the [...]
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Second Quarterly Award

The deadline for the second Quarterly Award is Friday 24th June. For information on how to apply, please check under ‘Awards’.
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March 2016 – The Sunday Times

Notes from March Meeting: The Sunday Times Speakers: • Jasmine Gardner, Style Magazine – jasmine.gardner@sundaytimes.co.uk • Josh Glancy, News Review – josh.glancy@sundaytimes.co.uk • Nicolette Jones, Children’s Books Editor – nicolette.jones@btinternet.com • Audrey Ward, Sunday Times Magazine – Audrey.ward@sundaytimes.co.uk   Josh Glancy, News Review / Josh.glancy@sundaytimes.co.uk There are a number of opportunities within News Review – [...]
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February 2016 – The Telegraph

Notes from February Meeting: The Telegraph   Speakers: • Iona McLaren, Deputy Literary Editor – iona.mclaren@telegraph.co.uk • Laura Powell, Stella and Saturday Magazine – laura.powell@telegraph.co.uk • Olivia Parker, Commissioning Editor, Weekend – olivia.parker@telegraph.co.uk • Victoria Harper, Features Director – victoria.harper@telegraph.co.uk   Iona McLaren – Deputy Literary Editor Lorna Bradbury – Literary Editor In the last [...]
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January 2016 – London Media

Notes from January Meeting: London Media   Speakers: Notes from January Meeting: London Media Speakers: • Mark Machado – BBC Radio London, Paul Ross and Vanessa Feltz shows Mark.Machado01@bbc.co.uk • Oli Keens – Music and Nightlife Editor, Time Out – oliverkeens@timeout.com • Katie Law – Books, London Evening Standard – Katie.law@standard.co.uk • Rachael Sigee – [...]
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Meeting info

Meetings take place in the Gallery of Foyles, 107 Charing Cross Road, WC2. They start at 1.00pm; drinks will be available from 12.45 pm and a buffet lunch will be served afterwards.
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PPC Annual Awards 2016 – Winners

The Publisher’s Publicity Circle (PPC) is delighted to announce the winners of the PPC Annual Awards.  The awards took place in London on 29th February, and are awarded to the publicists responsible for the best PR campaigns carried out in 2015. The PPC organises these awards as part of its on-going commitment to book promotion [...]
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Fourth Quarterly Award 2015 – the results

Judged by Sandra Taylor, Head of PR and Events at Waterstones Winner:  SPQR, Mary Beard – Valentina Zanca, Profile Exemplary author care and a beautifully strategic PR campaign.  Expertly juggling, media, author and commercial demands, this was an all-round highly impressive campaign.  There is a strong correlation between the  publicity secured,  the healthy initial sales [...]
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PPC Annual Awards Shortlist 2015

The PPC is delighted to announce the shortlist for the PPC Annual Awards, given for the best campaigns carried out by publicists in 2015. Full details can be found here or below. The Sports Book Awards shortlist will be announced at a later date and shortlisted publicists will be contacted separately by email. CONGRATULATIONS to all [...]
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November 2015 – The Bookseller

Notes from November Meeting: The Bookseller   Speakers Sarah Shaffi: Online Editor and Producer Tom Tivnan: Features and Insight Editor Alice O’Keeffe: Books Editor Anna James: Book News and Media Editor Katherine Cowdrey: News Reporter Charlotte Eyre: Children’s Editor     Sarah Shaffi – Online Editor and Producer A lot of Sarah’s job is behind [...]
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January Meeting

Booking is now open for our January meeting, on the subject of LONDON MEDIA. It will be held on Tuesday 19th January at Foyles, Charing Cross Road. Doors will open as usual at 12.45 and tickets will cost £15 including a sandwich lunch. Confirmed speakers so far include: * BBC London Vanessa Feltz, Mark Machado [...]
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Christmas Party

We look forward to seeing you all at the PPC/BMS Christmas Party on Monday, 30 November! (held at Waterstones Piccadilly, 6.30-8.30pm) RSVP to publisherspublicitycircle@gmail.com
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Entries now open for Q4 and Annual Awards

We would like to invite entries for the Fourth Quarterly Awards (for the period covering September, October and November), and the Annual Awards. The deadline for both is Friday 11th December but the process this year is slightly different so please read the following carefully. If you are entering for the Q4 Awards: Please send [...]
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Third Quarterly Award 2015 – the results

Winner: A Little Life / Kate Green (Pan Macmillan) Judge Anna James commented, “The campaign for A Little Life used the buzz in the US and early quotes in the UK incredibly cleverly to make sure this was a book that everyone wanted a copy of and everyone was talking about – despite its size. [...]
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Second Quarterly Award 2015 – the results

Winner: All I Know Now, Carrie Hope Fletcher / Stephanie-Elise Melrose & Kiri Gillespie In a crowded market, this campaign succeeded in its goal to distinguish Carrie Hope Fletcher from her fellow Youtuber competitors and help launch her career as a writer. Navigating their way around media fatigue with vloggers, the publicists set about creating [...]
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October 2015 – Women’s Weeklies

Speakers Jonathan Pritchard-Barrett, Sainsbury’s ebook blog – jonathan.pritchard-barrett@sainsburys.co.uk Nicola Gill, Woman’s Weekly – nicolagill.journalist@gmail.com Isabelle Broom, Heat Magazine – isabelle.broom@heatmag.com Sam Taylor, The Lady – sam.taylor@lady.co.uk Jonathan Pritchard-Barrett, Sainsbury’s ebook blog   The meeting kicked off with a short introduction and powerpoint presentation from Jonathan Pritchard-Barrett, who is in charge of the Sainsbury’s ebook blog. [...]
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September 2015 – The Sun

Speakers: • Natasha Harding Books Columnist natasha.harding@the-sun.co.uk • Claire Frost, Fabulous Magazine claire.frost@fabulousmag.co.uk • Emily Fairbairn – features writer overseeing books coverage and serials – emily.fairbairn@the-sun.co.uk Natasha Harding Natasha is books columnist for The Sun and has a column on Friday with an author interview, up to seven book reviews, plus the “My life in [...]
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July 2015 – Publicity masterclass

Elizabeth Allen – W&N, in association with Jane Beaton – Kew (Hardback celebrity) Alison Barrow – Transworld (Hardback fiction) Ceri Maxwell – Vintage (Original paperback) Ruth Waldram – Cape (Hardback non-fiction) We have a different format of notes this month to reflect the fact that it was a different format of meeting. Key points are [...]
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June 2015 – TV

Tom Fenner – The One Show – tom.fenner@bbc.co.uk Mike Smith – BBC Arts –  mike.smith3@bbc.co.uk Nadia Dahabiyeh – BBC Breakfast – nadia.dahabiyeh@bbc.co.uk Jo Sheinman – Loose Women (inc Book Club) – jo.sheinman@itv.com Andrew Pugh – This Morning – andrew.pugh@itv.com and Samantha McAlister – Newsnight – samantha.mcalister@bbc.co.uk were both unfortunately unable to attend at the last [...]
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April 2015 – We are all in it together: collaborate or compete?

Speakers: Margaret Heffernan – Entrepreneur and author of A BIGGER PRIZE: Why Competition Isn’t Everything And How We Do Better Nic Bottomley – Owner of Mr B’s Emporium of Reading Delights, Bath. Sandra Taylor – Head of Events and External Relations, Waterstones Sam Missingham – Head of Audience Development at HarperCollins The PPC/BMS talk at [...]
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May 2015 – Digital Media

Andrew Hayward, Ether – andrew.hayward21@yahoo.com Claire Armistead, Guardian Online – claire.armitstead@theguardian.com / @carmitstead Anna Fielding, Emerald St – Anna.Fielding@shortlist.com / @anna_anna Emma Gannon, Glamour Online – Emma.Gannon@condenast.co.uk / @girllostincity Marisa Bate, The Pool – marisa.bate@thepoolltd.com / @marisajbate   Ether – Andrew Hayward Andrew Hayward began the meeting with a five minute introduction to Ether, a [...]
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First Quarterly Award 2015 – the results

Winner: Alison Barrow for The Girl on the Train (Transworld) This book has become a phenomenon; the highest selling hardback of the year so far and the first adult fiction title by a debut (under their own name) to be number one in hardback. The publicity campaign was undeniably a major driving force behind this [...]
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March meeting – women’s magazines and Radio Times Festival

Tory Lyne-Pirkis, Radio Times Book and TV festival – tory.lyne-pirkis@midaspr.co.uk Jo Finney, Assistant Features ed, Good Housekeeping – joanne.finney@goodhousekeeping.co.uk Lauren Hadden – Deputy editor Psychologies – lauren.hadden@psychologies.co.uk Natasha Lunn – Red features writer –  Natasha.Lunn@redmagazine.co.uk Susie Rushton – Vogue Features Editor susie.rushton@condenast.co.uk Fanny Blake – Books editor Woman and Home – fannyblake@globalnet.co.uk Radio Times Book [...]
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February Meeting – Radio 4

Guests: Alison Finch – Radio 4 and Radio 3 arts forward planning: alison.finch@bbc.co.uk / 07809 598358 Paula McGinley – Midweek: paula.mcginley@bbc.co.uk Nicola Holloway – Open Book: nicola.holloway@bbc.co.uk and cc in kirsten.locke@bbc.co.uk Dixi Stewart – Executive Producer, BBC Radio: dixi.stewart@bbc.co.uk Adam Cumiskey – Today Programme adam.cumiskey@bbc.co.uk / @cumiskey Alison Finch, Forward Planning Alison works in the [...]
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January Meeting – Observer / LBF

Guests: Laura Barnett – freelance writer for the Observer (and others) – heartsandbonesltd@gmail.com Lisa O’Kelly – Observer Literary Editor – lisa.okelly@guardian.co.uk Ruaridh Nichol – Observer Magazine – Ruaridh.nicoll@guardian.co.uk Meryl Halls – meryl.halls@booksellers.org.uk Chris McCrudden – chris.mccruddden@gmail.com Laura Barnett – Freelancer Laura is both a freelancer for the Observer (and other places) and an author in [...]
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November 2014 – Food

Guests: Mina Holland – Guardian Cook – 020 3353 2467 / mina.holland@theguardian.com @minaholland James Winter – Saturday Kitchen Anna-Marie Julyan – Waitrose Kitchen  – 020 7565 3187 / annamarie.julyan@johnbrownmedia.com Mina Holland, Acting Editor, Guardian Cook Guardian Cook has been going for two years. It started as a commercially led recipe supplement but they now aim [...]
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THE PPC 50th ANNUAL AWARDS – WINNERS!

The PPC is delighted to announce the winners of the PPC 50th Annual Awards, which were presented last night (Monday 23rd February) at the awards dinner at The Baltic. A huge congratulations to all the winners, and a big thank you to our panel of judges, chaired by Cathy Rentzenbrink. Cathy said: “It was a [...]
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October 2014 – The Times

Guests: Natalia from the LRB  bookshop Sean Carrigan/Rebecca Selby – Times Plus sean.carrigan@news.co.uk / rebecca.selby@news.co.uk Celia Duncan – Times Magazine celia.duncan@thetimes.co.uk Robbie Millen – The Times literary editor – robbie.millen@thetimes.co.uk Harriet Addison – Weekend – harriet.addison@thetimes.co.uk London review bookshop – Natalia spoke about their author events and launch parties. In terms of events, they feel [...]
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September 2014 – Men’s magazines

Stuart McGurk / Senior Commissioning Editor, GQ stuart.mcgurk@condenast.co.uk / +44 (0)20 7152 3731 In general, Stuart would like to do more with books so please consider them when offering serial rights to the papers.  Contact Stuart or the Deputy Editor – can take a couple of chapters and would try to publish as near to [...]
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July 2014 – Specialist Events

Sara Sjolund, Intelligence Squared http://www.intelligencesquared.com/ sara.sjolund@intelligencesquared.com   Global HQ is based in London There are 4 types of events run by IS: Core programme of 30 debate-style events per year in London. 500-800 people, ticketed. Marketed to 50,000 followers Bespoke events – run with various partners (e.g. beauty takeover with Selfridges, other partners [...]
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June 2014 – BAMB, Guardian

Jo James – Books are my Bag http://www.booksaremybag.com/ 2014 campaign: 11th October Consumer launch Jo James wants an author for every bookshop across the UK (2300 in total). Please contact her directly about A-List authors who would like to be involved. Otherwise other authors can register themselves on the website www.booksaremybag.com/author Jo also needs as [...]
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May 2014 – Daily/Sunday Telegraph

Tim Auld – Deputy Editor, Stella Magazine tim.auld@telegraph.co.uk Stella magazine is the weekly colour supplement which accompanies the Sunday Telegraph.  The main focus themes are fashion, beauty, arts, theatre, entertainment and books. The magazine has a a very female slant – but not all features are written by women.  They are looking for intelligent pieces [...]
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JOE HADDOW: The Radio 2 Book Club

Joe has now fully taken on the role as Producer of The Radio 2 Book Club. In this role he will oversee all book content across the Simon Mayo Drivetime programme as well as Claudia Winkleman’s Arts Show. He chairs the committee of readers who will pick the Book Club choices, but will also be [...]
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March 2014 – Scottish Press

THE SCOTSMAN / SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY David Robinson, Literary Editor (david.robinson@jpress.co.uk) There have been a lot of voluntary redundancies at The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday recently and it was rumoured that David had left too but he is very much there. He now does his literary editor role Mon-Wed across both titles and works [...]
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March 2014 – Mail on Sunday

Marilyn Warnick, Books Editor (serial) Marilyn.warnick@mailonsunday.co.uk 07720 412145 Marilyn is the main point of contact for all book related features in the paper. She works six months ahead in terms of serial but is also extremely news reactive so call her if you have a topical author eg someone dies and you have a book [...]
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PPC Quarterly and Annual Awards

Quarterly Awards 2014 – winners! 1st quarterly award – Alison Barrow (Doubleday/ Transworld) for Wake by Anna Hope 2nd quarterly award – Hermione Lawton (Indigo/ Orion) for Hate by Alan Gibbons 3rd quarterly award – Sandra Taylor (Picador/ Pan Macmillan) for The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton   PPC Annual Awards 2013 – winners!   The [...]
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May 2013 – Lifestyle magazines

Pip McCormac, Lifestyle Director at Red Magazine pip.mccormac@redmagazine.co.uk Pip absolutely loves cookbooks and uses them all the time for inspiration. He particularly likes books you can actually cook from (easily) eg Lorraine Pascale. For Red Magazine big name authors are great eg Jamie, Lorraine, Gwyneth. However, an extract from the Yeo Valley cookbook also worked [...]
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June 2013 – The Times

Jack Malvern Arts Correspondent 020 7782 5049 jack.malvern@thetimes.co.uk Jack writes a news column and briefs the News Editors before their daily conference on what stories he has so if you want a quick turn around/decision on something send it through either very early in the morning or the night before. In your press release please [...]
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July 2013 – ITV

This Morning Contacts: Daisy Price and Kathryn Swain daisy.price@itv.com kathryn.swain@itv.com This Morning goes from strength to strength, and celebrates its 25th anniversary this year as well as hosting their third National Television Awards. They have a broad audience, on average, viewing figures are about a 25% share, and between 1.2 / 1.5 million. An interview [...]
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Lauren Nicoll

Name Lauren  Nicoll Job title Publicity Assistant Company Faber and Faber Telephone 020 7927 3906 EMail laurenn@faber.co.uk Twitter @FaberBooks Address Bloomsbury House 74-77 Great Russell Street London WC1B 3DA
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January 2013 – Free papers

Evening Standard Katie Law- Deputy books editor katie.law@standard.co.uk Tel: (0)20 7938 6000 Four hardback reviews, 3 paperback reviews and a bestseller list every week a week on Thursdays. A good, recent, colour headshot of your author and speedy access to illustrations for the book being reviewed is very helpful as they have a fast turn [...]
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October 2012 – BBC Radio

Notes from October Meeting: BBC Radio 2 and 3 John Dutton, Guest Booker, The Chris Evans Breakfast Show & Steve Wright in the Afternoon 0207 765 4447 john.dutton@bbc.co.uk BBC Radio 2, Western House, 99 Great Portland Street, London W1A 1AA On the breakfast show they are looking for big name authors from 8.15 until 9.15 [...]
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September 2012 – The Guardian/The Observer

Notes from September Meeting: The Guardian/The Observer Sarah Crown, Books Editor, Guardian.co.uk sarah.crown@guardian.co.uk / 020 3353 3465, For the printed paper Sarah is interested in high end literary fiction. On line the variety of books covered is more eclectic. Most of the reviews come through the printed paper. Interested in good strong visuals for audio [...]
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September 2012 – The Guardian/The Observer

September 2012 – The Guardian/The Observer Notes from September Meeting: The Guardian/The Observer Sarah Crown, Books Editor, Guardian.co.uk sarah.crown@guardian.co.uk / 020 3353 3465 For the printed paper Sarah is interested in high end literary fiction. On line the variety of books covered is more eclectic. Most of the reviews come through the printed paper. Interested [...]
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July 2012 – Women’s Monthly Magazines

Psychologies – Clare Longrigg clare.longrigg@kelseygroup.co.uk The magazine works to a 3 month lead time. Clare enjoys meeting publicists over coffee and suggests prioritising key titles in a season rather than running through the whole catalogue New contact details: For fiction, reviews and author Q&As Emma.Herdman@waterstones.com Books pages are changing. There will be fewer reviews and [...]
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June 2012 – Radio 4

Notes from June Meeting: BBC Radio 4 Alison Finch – Arts Co-ordinator, Central Planning Alison.finch@bbc.co.uk Room 7028, Broadcasting House London W1A 1AA Alison works in the Central Planning part of Radio 4 and she says that Radio 4 runs on books – there is a book related item on practically every programme on the channel. [...]
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May 2012 – Sun/ Sun on Sunday

Notes from May Meeting: The Sun and Sunday Sun Ben Jackson, Features, The Sun and Sun on Sunday Ben.jackson@the-sun.co.uk Ben would like to be ‘top of the tree’ when it comes to serialising books that are revelatory or have an eye catching exclusive, this is especially the case with the advent of the Sunday Sun. [...]
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March 2012 – Sunday Times

Notes from March Meeting: The Sunday Times Robert Collins, Deputy Literary Editor robert.collins@sundaytimes.co.uk / 020 7782 5774 Robert only does book reviews – no features. There is a weekly books blog on ‘what we’ve learnt this week’. They cover history, biography and memoir and love something out of the ordinary eg The Hare with Amber [...]
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January 2012 – Daily Mail/ Mail on Sunday

Notes from January Meeting:Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday (Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, London, W8 5TS) Susie Dowdall Books Editor, Daily Mail 020 7938 6130 Susie.Dowdall@assocnews.co.uk Susie is responsible for serialisations and reviews and everything else to do with books! Sandra Parsons is the Literary Editor and Jane Mays is the fiction editor – [...]
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Annual Awards 2012

Annual Awards 2012 Deadline for annual awards If you have a particularly strong campaign that you didn’t manage to enter for a quarterly award earlier in 2012, you can always enter it for the annual awards.  The deadline for submissions for the annual awards is Friday, 14th December and these should also be sent to Bethan (details above).  Good [...]
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PPC Annual Awards 2013 – Shortlist

The Publisher’s Publicity Circle (PPC) are delighted to announce the shortlist for the PPC Annual Awards, given to the publicists responsible for the best PR campaigns carried out in 2013. The PPC organises these awards as part of its on-going commitment to book promotion and the campaigns are judged according to the publicist’s use of [...]
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