Conference Logo

Huge thanks to Chris Riddell for our wonderful conference logo. 

Chris Riddell is one of today’s most popular illustrators. He has illustrated over 100 books for children of all ages including the Muddle Earth series, Alienography and his award-winning young fiction series Ottoline. He draws a cartoon (for adults!) every Sunday in the Observer newspaper, and lives by the seaside in Brighton with his wife and three children.

 

Gala Dinner, Exhibition and Reception

MLS

 “MLS are the leading provider of library management systems to schools, with over 14,000 educational clients in the UK alone. Our systems, Junior Librarian (primary) and Eclipse.net (secondary) use the latest engaging technologies, including eBooks and mobile App’s, to help you promote reading for enjoyment throughout your school”   www.microlib.co.uk

 

Templar Publishing

Templar is an award-winning publisher with a Greenaway Medal,  the Booktrust Best New Illustrator Award and Waterstone's Children's Book Award as its  recent successes.  Along with beautiful picture books, Templar's burgeoning fiction list includes the German best-selling author Kai Meyer and younger fiction fun involving ponies, a genius hamster and a feisty Arthurian heroine. www.templarco.co.uk

 

Conference Delegate Bag, Folder and Mug

Hachette Children’s Books

Hachette Children’s Books operates across all markets with four individual and characterful imprints.  Orchard Books publishes some of the UK’s biggest picture book authors and illustrators, Giles Andreae, Lauren Child, James Mayhew and is the market-leader in fiction publishing with Rainbow Magic and Beast Quest.  Hodder Children’s Books is home to a cross-section of brand name authors including Enid Blyton, Cressida Cowell, Mick Inkpen, Robert Muchamore and LJ Smith.  Franklin Watts is known for its range of non-fiction project support books, reading development and reluctant readers under its Edge brand. Wayland publishes educational content books with an up-to-date child-friendly approach to design. www.hachettechildrens.co.uk

 

Softlink

Softlink is a world-leading developer of Knowledge, Content and Library Management software for the Education sector. Softlink’s world renowned systems including Oliver, Alice and Liberty have been helping Librarians for over 25 years to deliver innovative solutions to their users. www.softlinkint.com

 

Breakfast and Tea Break sessions and Barbecue

Bloomsbury Children’s Books

Bloomsbury is the largest independent publishing house in the UK with a list of high quality and diverse children’s books for all ages. Bloomsbury is the publisher of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. Other authors on the Bloomsbury list include Angie Sage, Celia Rees and Neil Gaiman. www.bloomsbury.com

 

Chicken House

The Chicken House is a small, highly individual children’s book publishing company with an enthusiasm for new fiction. Chicken House books have found huge popularity with children, parents, teachers and librarians around the world. ‘Chicken House has garnered itself a reputation for finding the quirky and original.’ BOOKSELLER www.doublecluck.com

 

Frances Lincoln and Janetta Otter Barry Books

Best known as an innovative, award-winning publisher of books that celebrate and reflect the world we live in.  Many of the books help us empathise with others.   The poetry list gives children the chance to experience the full range of a poet's work in an individual collection.  Find out more at  www.franceslincoln.com

 

Hodder Children’s Books

Hodder Children’s Books publish a diverse list of books ranging from picture books by Mick Inkpen and David Melling to fiction by Robert Muchamore, David Almond and Cressida Cowell.  All our books embrace the adventure, magic, fun, danger, play and learning that make books such a special medium. www.hodderchildrens.co.uk

 

Orchard Books

Orchard Books has a wonderful heritage of classic picture books from household names such as Lauren Child and Giles Andreae, mega-selling younger series Rainbow Magic and Beast Quest, and bestselling fiction brands Gallagher Girls and World of Norm.  We have an enviable reputation for fresh and exciting books. www.orchardbooks.co.uk

 

Piccadilly Press

Piccadilly Press has been putting the sparkle into British children’s publishing since 1983! With a focus on what readers want and need, whether in picture books, younger fiction, books for teenagers or parenting books, the Piccadilly list is one of the UK’s liveliest and most appealing. "Piccadilly Press …essential to any balanced reading diet."  School Librarian www.piccadillypress.co.uk

 

Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is a department of the University of Oxford. OUP Children's Books has something for every child with a children's list that includes picture books, fiction, poetry, home learning and dictionaries.

For further information visit www.oxfordchildrens.co.uk

 

Random House Children’s Publishers UK

Random House Children’s Publishers UK is an award-winning publisher of stories for children across all formats. Its bestselling authors include Sir Terry Pratchett, Dame Jacqueline Wilson and Quentin Blake, as well as talented new artists like Louise Yates and Katie Cleminson and established names such as Shirley Hughes and John Burningham. It is proud to publish five of the Children’s Laureates. www.randomhouse.co.uk

 

Scholastic Children’s Books

Scholastic UK is part of Scholastic Inc, the largest specialist publisher and distributor of children’s books in the world and a leader in educational technology. As part of Scholastic UK, Scholastic Children's Books publishes a wide range of books for all ages, including best-sellers and award-winners such as the Horrible Histories series and Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy and Klutz's innovative book and craft packs. www.scholastic.co.uk/aboutus.

 

Templar Publishing

Templar is  an award-winning publisher with a Greenaway Medal,  the Booktrust Best New Illustrator Award and Waterstone's Children's Book Award as its  recent successes.  Along with beautiful picture books, Templar's burgeoning fiction list includes the German best-selling author Kai Meyer and younger fiction fun involving ponies, a genius hamster and a feisty Arthurian heroine. www.templarco.co.uk

 

Walker Books

Walker is the world's leading independent publisher of children's books. Working with the best authors and illustrators, Walker Books is renowned for its truly original publishing and outstanding quality. Home to books for all ages, Walker Books publishes many award-winning authors, illustrators and brands and Walker's licensing division manages licensing activity across several Walker Walker Productions develops Walker content for other media platforms with a range of media partners. www.walker.co.uk

Sponsored Authors and illustrators

John Agard sponsored by Frances Lincoln and Janetta Otter Barry Books

Ros Asquith sponsored by Piccadilly Press

Atinuke sponsored by Walker

Simon Bartram sponsored by Templar Publishing

Cathryn Constable sponsored by Chicken House

Sophie Crockett sponsored by MacMillan

H L Dennis sponsored by Hodder Children’s Books

Christopher Edge sponsored by Nosy Crow

Catherine Fisher sponsored by Hodder Children’s Books

Sam Gayton sponsored by Andersen Press

Morris Gleitzman sponsored by Puffin

Michelle Harrison sponsored by Simon and Schuster

Ed Hogan sponsored by Walker

Korky Paul sponsored by Oxford University Press

David Mackintosh sponsored by HarperCollins

Dave Massey sponsored by Chicken House

Simon Mayo sponsored by Random House Children’s Publishers UK

Tony Mitton sponsored by Orchard Books

William Osborne sponsored by Chicken House

Korky Paul sponsored by Oxford University Press

Louise Reid sponsored by Puffin

Katherine Roberts sponsored by Templar Publishing

Angie Sage sponsored by Bloomsbury Children’s Books

Maggie Stiefvater sponsored by Scholastic Children’s Books

Liz Weir sponsored by Frances Lincoln and Janetta Otter Barry Books

Jeanne Willis sponsored by Piccadilly Press