Month: April 2025

Rachel Faulkner-Willcocks tells us all about her role as senior commissioning editor at Avon, HarperCollins. Describe your role I am one of the commissioning editors at Avon, so it’s my job to acquire and publish books that make up Avon’s frontlist. We publish a broad range of commercial fiction, s… Read more

Priscila Heathcote tells us all about her role as Head of Global Operations at Maths – No Problem!. Describe your role. I head the operations and customer service teams both in the UK and Canada, where we have offices. The focus of my role is to ensure that the everyday business activities run smoo… Read more

Jennifer Conroy is the Library Director at Rock Hill Public Library, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA and is under our spotlight for this week’s My Job in 5. 1) Describe your role As director, I am responsible for ensuring access to information for all patrons who use the library. Living in a munic… Read more

James Carroll is a Literary Agent at Northbank Talent Management, he takes the helm of this week’s My Job in 5. 1) Describe your role I’m an agent representing TV presenters and ‘book to screen’ rights. I manage Northbank’s select list of expert factual presenters and sell fiction and non-fict… Read more

India Darsley is the focal point of My Job in 5 this week, take a look at what it’s like to be Managing Editor for Pushkin Press. 1. Describe your role I am the Managing Editor at Pushkin Press, an independent publisher focusing on literature in translation. I work across all of our imprints (… Read more

The Open Library of Humanities journal publishes internationally-leading, rigorous and peer-reviewed scholarship across the humanities disciplines: from classics, theology and philosophy, to modern languages and literatures, film and media studies, anthropology, political theory and sociology. Dr. S… Read more

Hilary Delamere is a Literary Agent of Children’s Books, at The Agency (London) Ltd., she takes over this week’s My Job in 5. Describe your role:  Representing authors and illustrators of children’s books; finding, nurturing and managing talent. Being their interface with the industry – helpi… Read more

Jennifer Bone is a Librarian at Southwestern Illinois College (and former colleague of your correspondent in his former life as an American), we are honored that is at the helm of this week’s My Job in 5. Describe your role. I am a community college librarian located near St. Louis, Missour… Read more

Heather O’Connell tells us all about her role as a production consultant and trainer at Bluebird Consulting. Describe your role. I provide production expertise and advice, helping publishers review and streamline their production and ops process. These processes and workflows often evolve over time… Read more

Marketing Manager Jenn Thompson talks us through some of the ins and outs of her role at Turnaround publishing services. 1. Describe your role I’m a marketing manager, but my role involves so many things! I manage an awesome team of five people and our core job is to produce a monthly sales kit for… Read more