Narrative Non Fiction: What’s Selling Now?
We are living in an age of nonfiction. What are publishers looking for in good nonfiction, and what is selling in the shops? And what are the titles booksellers would like to see on the shelves? Andrew Franklin is the Managing Director of London-based independent publisher Profile Books which publishes history, business, science and biography. Bestselling authors include Mary Beard, Alan Bennett and Atul Gwande. Profile's Scottish-based authors include Gavin Francis and Shaun Bythell whose Diary of a Bookseller has been translated into 20 languages. Angie Crawford has been a bookseller for over twenty years starting first in Dillon’s and Waterstones in Inverness before moving to Waterstones head office to be a children’s buyer. After a four year stint at Ottakar’s Head Office, she moved back to Waterstones to be the Scottish Buyer. There are currently 27 Waterstones stores in Scotland.
Speakers
Jenny Brown
Owner, Jenny Brown Associates
Jenny Brown established the Edinburgh based literary agency Jenny Brown Associates in 2002. She represents 50 writers of literary fiction, crime writing and non-fiction. She was previously the first Director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Literature Director of the Scottish Arts Council, and one of the founders of Edinburgh as first UNESCO City of Literature.
