World Book Night is a truly cross-industry initiative, with the involvement of authors, publishers, agents, booksellers, librarians and above all readers!
The Company
World Book Night is a charitable company registered in England and Wales (company number 07406565; charity number 1138588).
The Chief Executive is Julia Kingsford
The Trustees are:
- Jamie Byng, MD Canongate Books
- Penny Chapman, Partner Bircham Dyson Bell
- Mark Cousins, filmaker
- Michael Goldman, Director Mazuma Capital UK Ltd
- Jude Kelly OBE, Chair of World Book Night Trustees, Artistic Director Southbank Centre
- Ursula Mackenzie, Chief Executive Little, Brown Publishing Group
- Fiona McMorrough, MD FMcM
- Martin Nield, Consultant and former Deputy CEO Hachette UK
- Lemn Sissay MBE, poet
The company’s registered office is at 50 Broadway, London SW1H 0BL, UK.
Steering Committee
World Book Night is advised by a cross-industry steering committee made up of members of the many stakeholders.
The members are:
- Mark Bell – Commissioning Editor at the BBC
- Jamie Byng – MD of Canongate Books
- Richard Cable – MD, CCV Division, at Random House
- Tracy Chevalier – Author and former Chair of the Society of Authors
- Tony Durcan - Director of Culture, Libraries and Lifelong Learning, Newcastle
- Minna Fry – Associate Publisher, Press Division, at HarperCollins
- Jonny Geller – MD of Curtis Brown Agency Book Department
- Seni Glaister – Chief Executive, The Book People
- Kirsten Grant – Project Director, World Book Day
- Jamie Hodder-Williams – MD of Hodder
- Bob Jackson – MD of Gardners
- Julia Kingsford – Chief Executive, World Book Night
- Kate McFarlan – Managing Director, Clays
- Fiona McMorrough – Founder and MD of FMCM PR Agency
- Miranda McKearney – Director of The Reading Agency
- Patrick Neale – President of the Booksellers Association and runs Jaffe and Neale in Chipping Norton
- Cathy Rentzenbrink – Project Director, Quick Reads
- Martin Neild – Formerly Chief Executive of Hodder and Stoughton, Headline and John Murray, and still works as a consultant to Hachette
- Joanna Prior – Managing Director of Penguin General Books; Chair of World Book Day 2012
- Sophie Rochester – Director, The Literary Platform
- Peter Straus – President of the Association or Author's Agents and agent at RCW
- Jon Woolcott – Marketing Manager, Waterstones
Partner Organisations
World Book Night is very proud to work closely with our key partner organisations
