Fran Owen and Mari Yamazaki are Publicity Directors (jobshare) at Bloomsbury, where they work across literary and commercial fiction and non-fiction, and lifestyle books and oversee authors such as Elizabeth Gilbert, Patti Smith and Edward Enninful. They were previously Publicity Directors at Vintage, PRH, for the Chatto & Windus, Square Peg and Hogarth imprints. There, they worked with authors such as Christie Watson, Diana Evans and Edmund de Waal. They are currently shortlisted for a Nibbie for the Best Publicity Campaign of the Year for Gillian Anderson’s Want (alongside Hayley Camis) and previously won in 2020 for Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments.

Come and speak to Fran and Mari about:

• What to expect from a publicist
• How to craft a PR angle around your profile or your writing
• What’s the best media for your book?

Slots available: 1-1.15pm; 1.15-1.30pm; 1.30-1.45pm; 1.45-2pm