Creative Entrepreneurs' in Publishing: Young UK Publishers
Peter Collingridge Director, Apt Studio W www.aptstudio.com Peter founded Apt Studio, a consultancy that specialises in planning and producing innovative and commercially-focused new media projects for clients in publishing. Their list of clients includes HarperCollins, Granta, and Fourth State.
Lucy Luck Director, Lucy Luck Associates W www.lucyluck.com Lucy is the Founder of Lucy Luck Associates, a literary agency representing writers of quality fiction and non-fiction in the UK and throughout the world. Writers represented include Adam Thorpe, Catherine O’Flynn, Ewan Morrison, Jon Hotten, Doug Johnstone, Will Ashon, Tom Chesshyre, Rupert Wright, Amanda Smyth, and Rebecca Ray.
Davy Nougarede Director, Heavy Entertainment Ltd W www.heavy-entertainment.com Davy is Director of Heavy Entertainment, the UK’s largest producer of audiobooks. Working closely with the UK’s major publishers, the company records, masters and manufactures over 200 products each year. They operate their own recording studios and video edit suites in London, offering manufacturing services for CDs and DVDs along with bespoke design and printing services.
Jessica Pardue Rights Executive, Orion Publishing Group
W www.orionbooks.co.uk Jessica works as Rights Executive for Orion Publishing Group, and is in charge of selling translation rights to Brazil, Portugal and Eastern Europe. Orion (owned by Hachette) is one of the leading trade publishers in the UK. It comprises a number of prestigious imprints such as Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Victor Gollancz and Orion Books, and offers a wide range of titles from literary fiction to biography, commercial fiction to political diaries and illustrated non-fiction to science fiction & fantasy.
