This is an online event. Anyone can register to watch for free. The webinar will begin at 7pm, Tuesday 27 February.
The Royal Society of Literature and King’s College London invite you to our annual online event examining careers in literature. We have assembled a panel of professionals whose careers span literary landscapes including Live Literature, Publishing, Outreach and Literary Journalism. During this Zoom webinar, each panellist will speak about their own work, followed by an opportunity for you to ask questions to people who have been there and done it. Chaired by Edmund Gordon, writer, critic, RSL Fellow and Reader in Creative and Critical Writing at King’s College London.
Aimée Felone is Managing Director of Knights Of, winner of Children’s Publisher of the Year at the British Book Awards 2022. She founded and runs the multi award-winning inclusive publisher, and is focused on bringing underrepresented voices to the forefront of commercial children’s publishing.
Sana Goyal is Wasafiri’s Editor and Publishing Director. Having worked at the magazine since 2019 – as Digital Editor and Deputy Editor – she was also formerly Publicity Manager at Tilted Axis Press and Marketing and Outreach Officer at Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal. Sana has a PhD in literary prizes from SOAS, University of London, and her work has appeared in The Guardian, Financial Times, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and elsewhere.
Elliott Jack is an experienced and accomplished creative producer who’s been running Book Slam with award-winning author Patrick Neate since 2005. Book Slam has broken down the barriers between literature and popular culture, featuring hundreds of authors, from Andrea (Levy) to Zadie (Smith) alongside poetry from the likes of PJ Harvey, Kae Tempest, Hollie McNish, Riz Ahmed and music from Sam Smith, Raye, Mahalia, Adele, Plan B and George Ezra.
Leah Thorn is a spoken word poet, workshop facilitator and speaker. She has made award-winning poetry films screened at feminist, eco and poetry film festivals internationally. Her latest campaign ‘a:dress’, uses message-adorned clothes, poetry, film and Subversive Catwalks to raise awareness about fast fashion’s devastating contribution to climate crisis.
