 
  Katie Packer is currently working as a Commissioning Editor at Headline Publishing, Hachette, where she commissions trend-led and pop culture non-fiction and a select few fiction projects. Her main focus …
 
  What was your journey into the publishing industry? I did English Literature at university and learned about the existence of publishing as an industry when I was about two years …
 
  Juliet Mushens started her publishing career in 2008 at HarperCollins, and became an agent in 2011. She has been shortlisted for Literary Agent of the Year four times and is currently …
 
  Katalina Watt is Audio and Online Assistant at Canongate Books and Podcast Director at khōréō magazine, with previous roles in Audio for Little Brown Book Group and across copywriting, bookselling, …
 
  Pete Adlington has been Senior Designer at Faber & Faber since 2018. He previously worked at Canongate Books in Edinburgh and London. What was your journey into the publishing industry? …
 
  Nathaniel Alcaraz-Stapleton started out in publishing as a Rights Assistant for Cornerstone and Vintage and spent nearly five years at Penguin Random House. He joined Hachette as a Rights Manager …
 
  Ammara Isa is Trade Marketing Manager at HarperCollins overseeing booksellers communications, marketing and strategy for titles across the company. Beginning her career in the Children’s division, she is now co-chair …
 
  After completing her joint-honours undergraduate degree of English and History at the University of Aberdeen, Alice Hamilton-Cox went on to get her masters in Publishing Studies from the University of Stirling. …
 
  After previously studying English Literature at Edinburgh university, Rebecca Bonallie graduated with an MSc in Publishing from Edinburgh Napier University in 2017. She is currently Production and Inventory Controller at …
 
  Mo Hafeez is an Editorial Assistant at Faber & Faber, working primarily on their non-fiction and Faber Social lists. Prior to this he was a Creative Access publishing trainee at …
 
  Hi, I’m Sian and I’m one of the co-chairs of Colour[Full]. I started co-chairing over 2 years ago and have seen the group grow and change hugely in this time. …
 
  Welcome to the 2020 SYP Autumn Conference! Despite a difficult and uncertain year, we’re delighted to still be able to host our Conference. This is often the highlight of the …