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13th December 202413th December 2024

Marketing and Publicity Conference

09:00 - 18:00
County Hall, Waterloo and Online

M&P CONFERENCE 2024

Creativity. Community. Continuity.

 

This year’s Marketing & Publicity Conference took place on 1st July at County Hall, London. The conference leaned into elements of our roles which inform so much of what we do. The day focused on our ability to think and respond with creativity; the nurturing and growth of our professional and reader community; and the way in which we use both of those elements to foster continuity: a sense of long-term thinking, agile use of existing resource, and relationship-building that goes far beyond individual campaigns.

 

Programme highlights included keynote speeches from HarperCollins’ director of marketing strategy Hannah O’Brien and founder of Ness Labs Anne-Laure Le Cunff. There were talks from Spotify, Canva, Waterstones and more as well as panels covering the industry’s most pressing subjects like events, trends and thinking creatively against a deadline. What’s more, delegates experienced one-to-one surgeries with publishing experts and took park in invigorating creativity sprints to kickstart their campaigns. 

 

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To purchase on-demand access to this year’s M&P, please contact paul.clifton@thebookseller.com

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All Speakers


Kate Abbey

Kate Abbey

festival programmer & consultant
Bath Arts Collective
Niamh Anderson

Niamh Anderson

senior publicity manager
Little, Brown Book Group
Georgina Atwell

Georgina Atwell

commercial director & founder
Fivebooks.com & Toppsta.com
Duncan Bruce

Duncan Bruce

director of global publishing partnerships & licensing
Spotify
Caroline Butler

Caroline Butler

founder
Convert Culture
Lucy Cameron

Lucy Cameron

marketing manager
Orion Publishing Group
Hayley Camis

Hayley Camis

head of publicity
Bloomsbury
Bea Carvalho

Bea Carvalho

head of books
Waterstones
Megan Carver

Megan Carver

founder & MD
Carver PR
Dr Julia F. Christensen

Dr Julia F. Christensen

Neuroscientist
Max-Planck-Institute for Empirical Aesthetics
Bea Colley

Bea Colley

freelance literature producer
Anne-Laure Le Cunff

Anne-Laure Le Cunff

neuroscientist & founder
Ness Labs
Rishma Dhaliwal

Rishma Dhaliwal

general manager
Media Hive
Laura Di Giuseppe

Laura Di Giuseppe

project manager
The Tandem Collective
Kirsty Doole

Kirsty Doole

senior publicity director
Atlantic Books
Silé Edwards

Silé Edwards

agent
Andrew Nurnberg Associates
Molly Flatt

Molly Flatt

Author & Comment Editor
The Bookseller
Anna Frame

Anna Frame

communications director
Canongate
Sam Habib

Sam Habib

owner & multimedia designer
Ascetic Studios
Georgia Henry

Georgia Henry

founder
The Pitch Agency
Laura Higginson

Laura Higginson

publishing director
Ebury Lifestyle Hub, Penguin Random House
Elle Jones

Elle Jones

head of video and metadata
Pan Macmillan
Lauren Juster

Lauren Juster

marketing director
The Folio Society
Sara Lloyd

Sara Lloyd

group communications director & global ai lead
Pan Macmillan
Kat McKenna

Kat McKenna

brand marketing consultant & author
Hannah McMillan

Hannah McMillan

director
Midas PR
Niamh Murray

Niamh Murray

marketing & communities director
Thames & Hudson
Hannah O’Brien

Hannah O’Brien

director of marketing strategy
HarperCollins
Vicky Palmer

Vicky Palmer

creative & marketing director
Hodder & Stoughton
Lynsey Passmore

Lynsey Passmore

director & marketing and audiences director
Bazowie & Women's Prize Trust
Jenna Petts

Jenna Petts

publicity manager
Orion Publishing Group
Rachel Quin

Rachel Quin

marketing consultant
Rachel Quin Marketing
Miriam Robinson

Miriam Robinson

programme director
Marketing & Publicity Conference
David Robson

David Robson

author & journalist
Gemma Rostill

Gemma Rostill

digital marketing strategist
BookMachine
Nadim Sadek

Nadim Sadek

founder & ceo
Shimmr AI
Kieran Sangha

Kieran Sangha

senior communications executive
Picador
Sophie Shaw

Sophie Shaw

senior marketing manager
Cornerstone, Penguin Random House
Helena Sheffield

Helena Sheffield

head of campaigns
Penguin Random House Audio
Sheryl Shurville

Sheryl Shurville

co-owner of Chorleywood and Gerrards Cross Bookshops
Chiltern Bookshops Ltd
El Slater

El Slater

trade marketing manager
HarperCollins Publishers
Emily Souders

Emily Souders

campaigns director
Riot Communications
Truda Spruyt

Truda Spruyt

independent communications consultant
Eleanor Stammeijer

Eleanor Stammeijer

senior publicity manager
Bonnier Books UK
Philip Stone

Philip Stone

senior insight analyst
Nielsen BookData
Christina Storey

Christina Storey

social media and ecommerce manager
HarperCollins UK
Laura Summers

Laura Summers

director
BookMachine
Genista Tate-Alexander

Genista Tate-Alexander

head of marketing (trade non-fiction)
Bloomsbury Publishing
Joe Thomas

Joe Thomas

deputy publicity director & commissioning editor
Headline Publishing Group
Daphne Tonge

Daphne Tonge

founder and ceo & founder and managing director
Illumicrate & Daphne Press
Richard Vlietstra

Richard Vlietstra

deputy head, marketing
Simon & Schuster
Ruth Waldram

Ruth Waldram

publishing & branding consultant, copywriter & freelance campaign marketer
Sophie Walker

Sophie Walker

senior marketing executive
Atlantic Books
George Walkley

George Walkley

chair
Midas Group
Vicki Watson

Vicki Watson

acting marketing director
HarperCollins Publishers
Amanda Zafiris

Amanda Zafiris

head of marketing, europe
Canva
Yanmin Zhuchen-Mander

Yanmin Zhuchen-Mander

Senior marketing manager
John Murray Press

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Photos from The Bookseller Marketing & Publicity Conference 2024

Photo credit: David Monteith-Hodge

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