Category: Past Meetings

Graeme Green– Journalist for more than 30 years– The role of a freelancer is to have connections/develop relationships with editors and have a really good idea of what will be a good fit for his editors.– Constantly in touch with PRs, going through emails– Will send out alerts to contacts to ask for suggestions of…

Maria Garbutt-Lucero – Between Two BooksFlorence Welch Book Club Yes to indie press. Not self-published Samantha De Haas – Service95Dua Lipa’s book club Lucy Ellis – Lucy’s Book Club Omma Ahmed – The Candid Book Club – Omma standing in Kim Carker – Bookscape Books

James Lovegrove – Financial TimesRegular review column for FT – science fiction and children’s (not YA)800 word column every other month – 4-6 titles500 word in depth column on one book occasionallySummer and Xmas – best of round ups (for SFF and children’s)Lead times – copy filed a month in advance. Likes to receive titles…

Laura Northedge –  BBC Audio Planning Tom Gatti – Literary Editor, The Observer

PPC Monthly Meeting (June) – Monthly Mag Feature Editors Catriona Innes – CosmopolitanCommissioning director  A big contemporary fiction fan Look after long read investigations in mag and online Used to look after all the books content 6 issues every year Long reads section spread over 6 pages Extracts would need to be exclusive, also…

Victoria Dilly is Chief Executive Officer of the School Library Association – a nationalorganisation that supports everyone who works in school libraries through training, advice,networking and professional development. Before taking up the post earlier this year,Victoria worked in education for 20 years, initially as a school librarian herself in schoolsacross Sussex and then leading national…

PPC March 2025 meeting – Wildlife and Nature press Emails:  Sarah McPherson, Managing Editor, BBC Wildlife Magazine:  Fergus Collins, Podcast Creator and Host, BBC Countryfile The Plodcast  Kate Green Deputy Editor and Books Editor, Country Life  Sarah Barrell, Senior Editor, National Geographic Traveller (UK): BBC Wildlife: Sarah McPherson – Sarah McPherson…

Elizabeth Morris – Crib Notes Been writing on Substack for 5 years Newsletter features book reviews – aimed at parents, with fairly literary tastes, mothers who love reading but struggle to take the time Monthly issues of her Substack Every issue has a loose theme o Books to read when you’re tired and cross o…

Charley Rogers – Editor Teach Primary / Teach Reading and Writing Target age 5-11 Teach Primary – 8 issues a year / Teach Reading and Writing – 2 issues a year (roughly spring and autumn) Interested in books which relate to teachers / the classroom and resources which can be used in the classroom along…

  Speakers: – Danny Bird, Content Producer, BBC History magazine – Charlotte Casella, Programme Director – Talks, Schools Hub Manager Chalke History Festival – Dr Laura Bailey, Programme Director – Living History and Events, Chalke History Festival – Oliver Webb Carter, Editor, Aspects of History Danny Bird – BBC History magazine: – Danny is BBC…