Countdown to Christmas - Bookseller, Georgina Hanratty

Georgina Hanratty is manager of Tales on Moon Lane, an award winning Children’s Independent in South-East London. She has managed the shop for 5 years, is a member of the BA Children’s Executive Committee. Georgina has worked in Children’s bookselling for over 10 years; she started her career at Waterstone’s and became Children’s Dept Manager at Blackwells when she left University. After completing a Master’s Degree in Children’s Literature, Georgina worked as Deputy Manager of another well known Children’s Independent The Golden Treasury before her move to Tales on Moon Lane. This year Georgina was voted the Young Bookseller of the Year at the Bookseller Industry Awards.

Countdown to Christmas - Editor, Amber Caraveo, Orion

Amber Caravéo is Editorial Director at Orion Children’s Books. She joined Orion Children's Books in 2010 from Random House.Before that she was at Working Partners, and many years ago she used to create children's titles for a magazine company – heady days when she interviewed stars such as Gordon the Gopher! She has an MA in Children's Literature and has been privileged to work with a host of wonderful and award-winning authors. Amber lives near Maidenhead with her husband and too many cats!

Countdown to Christmas: Editor Sarah Odedina of Hot Key Books

Sarah Odedina, formerly Editor-in-chief of Bloomsbury's children's division, is the Managing Director of the all new Hot Key Books where the focus will be on fiction for 9 plus. The interesting name derives from the power of stories to open doors and feed the imagination of readers. 

Sarah Odedina

Sarah says that the name also reflects the digital age in which we now live, through its association with ‘hot key’ commands. The name, like Sarah, radiates energy and dynamism.