Jo Bennett joins edpr as associate director

She went back to New Zealand during the pandemic where she was a routine factor to the Audience, New Zealand’s leading existing events publication, speaking with figures such as Richard Dawkins, Annie Fight It Out and Richard E Grant. She after that handled the duty of head of promotion for the Auckland Writers Event prior to going back to the UK this fall.

Her duty at edpr will include management of the EDPR promotion team, with an extra new service remit. She will certainly join Emma Dowson, projects director, on the senior administration group. Her first campaign will certainly be for the narrative I’ll Never Call Him Papa Again by Caroline Darian, the daughter of Gisèle Pelicot, releasing with Bonnier Books.

Taking care of director of edpr, Emma Draude, claimed: “Jo has been behind several of one of the most impactful, innovative and culture-defining PR and marketing projects of the previous years and her experience across grownup’s, youngsters’s and event industries is hugely excellent.

“With a keen eye for story, and an enthusiasm for non-fiction, her ambitious and strategic approach harmonizes our own. As we look in the direction of edpr’s 15th anniversary year, I’m happy to invite her to our award-winning group.”

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She will sign up with Emma Dowson, campaigns supervisor, on the senior monitoring group. If we ever required an out-of-the-box project– large or little– Emma’s relied on group was the first port of call. I can’t wait to bring my passion for non-fiction, and extensive experience with youngsters’s posting and literary celebrations to this super-smart, forward-thinking team, and to continuing to supply outstanding, creative projects.”

As an experienced reporter, Bennett has likewise constructed campaigns for top-level writers such as Sir Richard Branson, BBC Radio 4’s Nick Robinson, former feet editor Lionel Barber and Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong among others.

“She started her career at Pedestrian Books Australia dealing with Michael Rosen and Patrick Ness, before moving to adult posting where she has actually become a leading expert in health and wellness and health and wellbeing, narrative and smart thinking.

“Jo has lagged the success of referral bestsellers such as The Life-altering Magic of Cleaning Up and Trigger Pleasure by Marie Kondo, Guide of Hygge by Louisa Thomsen Brits, The Choice by Edith Eger, Just How Not to Be Incorrect by James O’Brien and Reconsider by Adam Grant.”

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Bennett claimed: “Within in-house publishing, edpr has actually constantly been identified with professionalism and trust, creativity and high quality. , if we ever before needed an out-of-the-box project– big huge small– Emma’s trusted huge was the first port of call.. I can not wait to bring my enthusiasm for non-fiction, and considerable experience with children’s posting and literary events to this super-smart, forward-thinking group, and to remaining to provide impressive, imaginative campaigns.”