Anna Cunnane is Senior Data Executive at Abrams & Chronicle Books. She graduated with a Distinction from the MA in Publishing at UCL in 2013 and was Chair of the ... Read more
Cristina Peligra is Senior Library Assistant at The Kittiwake Trust’s Multilingual Library in Newcastle upon Tyne. Originally from Italy, where she graduated in Dutch and German languages and literatures, she ... Read more
Lauren Whitehead runs the book-based YouTube channel ‘Reads and Daydreams’; over the past three years she has gained 20k subscribers and created official content for the Man Booker Prize, Costa ... Read more
Lucy Pearson is an award-winning book blogger based between Sydney and London who specialises in literary themed travel and book reviews. An ardent and avid reader, she started her blog, ... Read more
Faroukh Naseem is the creator behind the Instagram account, @theguywiththebook, and the 2018 winner of LBF’s Bookstagrammer of the Year Award. Naseem describes himself as such: “a 30 something passionate reader ... Read more
David Crystal is honorary professor of linguistics at the University of Bangor, Wales, UK, but works from his home in Holyhead, Wales, as a writer, editor, lecturer, and broadcaster. He ... Read more
Peggy Seeger is a musician and writer. Her memoir First Time Ever was published by Faber & Faber in 2017. Seeger is also a Patron of Borderline Books, run by ... Read more
Dr. Caroline Mitchell is Chair of The Kittiwake Trust, LBF’s 2018 Charity of the Year. The Trust oversees two projects: Borderline Books in Gateshead and The Multilingual Library in Newcastle. ... Read more
Michael Rosen is one of Britain’s best loved writers and performance poets for children and adults. He is currently Professor of Children’s Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London where he co-devised ... Read more
Kim Wilkins was born in London but grew up in the sunniest part of Australia. She published her first novel in 1997 and has published a further 29 since then, ... Read more
