Committee Highlight Louise Corcoran What’s your role on the CBN committee, and what excites you most about it? I’m the social butterfly, looking after Twitter and Instagram. What excites me most about my role is sharing all the exciting things that are happening in publishing in the North and Scotland, and helping to connect people. What's your day job outside of CBN? My day job outside of CBN is Key Account Manager and Northern Sales Rep at Bounce Sales and Marketing. Bounce looks after sales and distribution for approx. 40 independent children’s publishers, encompassing everything from baby cloth books to YA fiction and graphic novels. I sell these books to retailers across NW and some of NE England. I also work with a couple of key library and educational suppliers, and work closely with UCLan Publishing, one of the publishers represented by Bounce.  Where are you based, and how would you sum up the place in three words? I’m based in Manchester. It’s historic, livel...

   Committee Highlight Rebecca Mortimer Co-lead and publicist What’s your role on the CBN committee, and what excites you most about it? I'm co-lead and publicist for CBN. Being able to connect and promote the work of creatives living in the North and Scotland – there's so much talent here! What's one thing you'd like to achieve by the end of the year in your role? I'd like to see the number of CBN members increase even further. We have lots of exciting things planned this year and would love as many people to be involved as possible.  What's your day job outside of CBN, and what would be your dream job in publishing? I work in marketing and publicity at Saraband, an independent publisher based in Manchester. My dream job would be to own a bookshop (preferably by the sea!)  Where are you based, and how would you sum up the place in three words? I'm based in a small village in Lancashire. Three words – countryside, wildlife, friendly. If you could be transpor...

  Children's Books North - Who's Who We've had some exciting updates at Children's Books North HQ in recent months, so thought it time to do a proper introduction to everyone we have here spreading the Children's Books North news and supporting our members.  THE CO-FOUNDERS Tilda Johnson , Editorial Director Golden Egg Academy and freelance editor Tilda began her career at David Fickling Books, then PRH Children's, before joining  the Hot Key Books and Piccadilly Press team as Senior Commissioning Editor.  After relocating to the North in 2017 she became a freelance editor, mentoring writers directly, working for publishers and setting up a Manchester branch of the Golden Egg Academy. At GEA, Tilda now leads a team of fiction editors who provide editorial support for children's/YA writers as they progress their works-in-progress and prepare for submission to agents and publishers. Emma Layfield, Picture Book Development Director, North, Hachette Children’...

Co-founders of Children's Books North (Tilda Johnson, Emma Layfield, Liz Scott) Children's Books North was created by Tilda Johnson, Emma Layfield and Liz Scott to connect published children's authors, illustrators and publishing professionals in the North of England and Scotland. Emma Layfield Emma has worked in the wonderful world of picture books for over twenty years. In her previous role for Hachette Children's Group, she was the Group Picture Book Publisher overseeing both the Hodder and Orchard imprints. In January 2020, Emma started in a new role for HCG as Picture Book Development Director, North, based in Manchester. She is responsible for networking, building relationships and looking for business opportunities in the North of England and Scotland, with a focus on acquiring Northern and Scottish picture book talent. Emma is from Lancashire originally so personally and professionally this move means a lot to her. She is passionat...