See you in 1 day for BookMachine Unplugged!

We are looking forward to seeing you tomorrow, Wednesday 22nd February from 6-9pm GMT, for BookMachine Unplugged Live! Changing Priorities.

If you're joining us in-person at our stunning venue (see pictures below!), The Forum at Bureau in London's Design District – just four Tube stops from London Bridge Station – get ready for an intimate and inspiring in-conversation all about the shifting priorities of colleagues in the publishing workplace.⁠

Speakers Mags Abraha (Jacaranda Books), Katy Follain (Quercus Books) and Sarah Benton (Orion Publishing Group) will be in discussion from 6:45pm GMT, sharing how they have navigated their careers in this changing landscape, and what they look for now in their role and wider work.

Digital tickets are available to purchase ahead of the event to receive the professionally-edited recording afterwards.

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Meet the speakers

A headshot of Mags Abraha: A woman with long black hair, wearing a blue top, standing in front of a white background

Magdalene Abraha FRSA is a writer, cultural curator and multi-award winning publisher. Magdalene started her in journalism and was one youngest ever columnists for the Independent Newspaper where she covered politics, music, art and popular culture. Magdalene continues to write for newspapers and magazines, and is published in The Economist, The Guardian, VICE, the ipaper, Stylist, Vogue and more. Magdalene was on the 2022 Forbes 30 under 30 list for her work in writing and publishing – the only publishing professional on the list. Magdalene has worked in publishing houses such as I.B Tauris, Bloomsbury, and is now a publisher at Jacaranda. @magsab

Headshot of Katy Follain: A woman with short blonde hair and dangling gold earrings, standing against a white background

Katy Follain was born and brought up in France. Having attempted and failed to find a job in publishing in Paris, she completed the Diploma in Publishing course at West Herts College, Watford. Soon after she landed her first proper job as a publicity assistant at the Orion Publishing Group. Since then she has worked in a variety of departments in a variety of publishing houses, both independents and corporates. She is currently Non-Fiction Publisher at Quercus, but is moving to Bloomsbury in spring 2023 to head up a new division – Bloomsbury General – which will include non-fiction, crime, fantasy & sci-fi and commercial fiction.

Headshot of Sarah Benton: A woman with short brown hair, wearing a blue shirt with white spots

Sarah Benton leads the publishing and imprint strategies of both Orion Fiction and Gollancz as well as publishing her own list of authors such as Joanne Harris, Leigh Bardugo, Libby Page and Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap. She started her career in publicity doing the press cuttings, before spending ten years in marketing across various publishes such as Pan Macmillan, HarperCollins and Bonnier. At Orion, she became Deputy MD, overseeing many other aspects of the business and publishing strategy. Orion won Publisher of the Year in 2021 and she then followed her passion of working closer with authors and moved into editorial later that same year. @sarahbenton

IN-PERSON TICKET

DIGITAL TICKET

There are two ways you can join the event. In-person at the venue, or digitally with the recording afterwards.

Buy your individual ticket to each, or purchase a BookMachine Community membership for free access to all four events.