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December Meeting – Awards Masterclass

As we speed towards the end of the year, we wanted to squeeze one more virtual PPC meeting into 2020, and it’s a good ‘un! The meeting is an Awards Masterclass and will be held next THURSDAY 17th DECEMBER from 1-2pm on Zoom Webinar. We’ve invited our 2020 quarterly winners to present their outstanding Q1-3 campaigns, stunningly created and [...]
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Q3 Award Winner and Highly Commended Campaigns

It is with great pleasure that we announce the quarterly award-winning and highly commended publicists for our third quarterly award of 2020. Q3 is for campaigns carried out in June, July and August. Caroline Sanderson is our judge on behalf of The Bookseller. From Caroline: Judging the quarterly awards is always fiendishly difficult. But given the particularly exacting challenges [...]
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PPC Junior Publicists’ Training Day – booking open

Booking is now open for the PPC Junior Publicists’ Training Day Online via Zoom Morning of Tuesday 24th November Afternoon of Thursday 26th November We are delighted to announce that places are now available to book for our annual Junior Publicists’ Training Day, a rite of passage for publicists across the industry! The day is open to publicists [...]
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Children’s Publicity Workshop: Covid Case Studies

Children’s Publicity Workshop: Covid Case Studies Wednesday 18th November, 2-4pm Our free children’s publicity workshop will be held next Wednesday 18th November from 2.00 – 4.00pm over Zoom. The workshop will focus on how children’s book publicists have adapted throughout the challenging year that 2020 has been. The event is open to children’s publicists of all levels and there will be [...]
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Q1 and Q2 Award Winners (plus a reminder about Q3)

It is with great pleasure that we announce the quarterly award-winning and highly commended publicists for our first two quarterly awards of 2020. We apologise for the delay in getting these to you, hopefully we are back on schedule now after the upheaval of the past six months… Drumroll please! Q1 results: for campaigns carried out in December [...]
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New deadines for Q3, Q4 and Annual Awards

We have moved the deadlines of the last 3 awards back – new deadlines and links to forms below! Good luck everyone! Q3 (June, July and August books) – 2nd October (form here) Q4 (September, October and November books) – 11th December (form here) Annual Awards – 18th December (form here)
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NEW FOR 2020: QUARTERLY AND ANNUAL AWARD CATEGORIES

Starting from our first quarterly award for 2020, the PPC is pleased to be introducing the following new categories to the PPC Quarterly and Annual Awards. YA and Children’s Celebrity Book Campaign (all formats) Award for the best campaign for a book aimed at a young reader (including picture books, middle grade and teen) written [...]
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Q4 and Annual Awards

A reminder that submissions for the Q4 and Annual PPC Awards are now open! A helpful ‘Dos and Don’ts for PPC Forms‘ can be downloaded here. ANNUAL AWARDS The deadline for submissions is Friday 13th December. Please send your completed form and cuttings to Sabah Khan, HarperCollins, 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 qGF. [...]
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PPC Summer Party!

The Publisher’s Publicity Circle summer party will be held this August as a joint venture with Jenny Brown Associates at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. We encourage publishers and media from across the UK to plan their EIBF diaries around the party! PPC Summer Party with Jenny Brown Associates Saturday 24th August 6.00 – 8.00pm [...]
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July meeting – Award Winners Masterclass

July meeting: Tuesday 2nd July Award Winners Masterclass Winners of the PPC Annual Awards and Publicity Nibbie will share insights into their prizewinning campaigns and give tips on filling out a successful PPC submission form. Don’t miss it! Speakers: Louise Court – The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar (Vintage), winner of The [...]
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May 2019 – Podcasts

Daisy Buchanan (presenter) and Dale Shaw (producer) – You’re Booked! Contact: WHYBOOKED@gmail.com Both are authors and have flexibility with their guests as not beholden to anyone else Daisy ‘The Book Inspector’ Buchanan goes snooping around authors’ shelves, discussing the books that mean most to them. Needs to be a reader – someone with a [...]
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March meeting – BBC Radio 2

Booking is now open for the March meeting which will be held at lunchtime on THURSDAY 28TH MARCH at Foyles, Charing Cross Road. The topic of the meeting will be BBC RADIO BOOKS OPPORTUNITIES with a brilliant line up for you.   SPEAKERS: Tom Fenner – BBC Radio 2 Joe Haddow – BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music [...]
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Q1 Awards now open!

Submissions for the Q1 Awards are now open. The deadline is Friday 8th March. Please visit the awards page for more information.
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PPC Annual Awards 2018

The Publisher’s Publicity Circle (PPC) is delighted to announce the winners of the PPC Annual Awards for 2018. The awards took place in London on 11th February 2019, and are presented to the publicists responsible for the best PR campaigns from 2018. The judges this year were chaired by Sandra Taylor, Head of Events at [...]
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PPC Annual Awards 2018 shortlist announced

The PPC is delighted to announce the shortlist for the PPC Annual Awards, given for the best campaigns carried out by publicists in 2018. A huge CONGRATULATIONS to all shortlisted publicists! THE BOOKSELLER AWARD FOR HARDBACK NON-FICTION The Secret Barrister by Anonymous – Hannah Corbett, Hannah Corbett PR for Pan Macmillan Step by Step by Simon Reeve – Veronique Norton, Hodder & Stoughton [...]
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Q4 Awards Winner

We now have the winner of the final quarterly award of 2018 for book published in September, October and November. Alice O’Keefe from The Bookseller was the quarterly judge. We are absolutely delighted to announce that the winners are: Maura Wilding and Harriet Venn for Feminists Don’t Wear Pink and Other Lies Comment from Alice: ‘This [...]
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Q3 Awards Winner

We’re delighted to announce the winner and highly commended for the third quarterly award of 2018 for titles published in June, July and August. Judged by Sandra Taylor from Waterstones, as always she was really impressed with the level of the submissions and found it tough to pick a winner. The winner is: Naomi Mantin for Slay In [...]
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Q2 Awards Winner

The winner of the Q2 award was announced at the October meeting. Many congratulations to Fran Owen and Sophie Mitchell (Chatto & Windus) for their campaign for The Language of Kindness: A Nurse’s Story by Christie Watson. A note from judge Sandra Taylor from Waterstones – ‘This was a deeply impressive campaign; strategic, exhaustive and full [...]
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PPC Mentoring Scheme 2019

Submissions for the 2019 Mentoring Scheme are now open. More information here. The deadline is Monday 3rd December at 5.30pm.
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Q4/Annual Awards

Submissions for both the Q4 and Annual Awards are now open. Please head to the Awards page for more information.
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Q1 Award Winners

Huge congratulations to Louise Court with Lucie Cuthbertson-Twiggs for winning the Q1 award for their fantastic publicity campaign for The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar for Harvill Secker. And a special mention to Najma Finlay, from Cornerstone, and Caitlin Allen, from Riot, who have been highly commended for their campaign for Educated by Tara [...]
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Q2 Award Open

The Q2 Award – for titles published in March, April and May – is now open. The deadline for submissions is Friday 13th July. Click here for more information.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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