Tom Tivnan 
Deputy Editor

I lead the team that deals with our in-depth coverage, company profiles, charts and data analysis and special issues, such as our London, Bologna and Frankfurt Book Fair Daily editions. I began my book trade career at Barnes & Noble in the US and worked at Blackwell's and BookSpeed in the UK, before joining The Bookseller in 2007.

Favourite Books

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

Alistair Smith
Managing Director

I am managing director of Playbook Media, the company behind The Bookseller and its sister title The Stage. Prior to this, I was editor of The Stage for a decade, having also served as deputy editor, news editor and reporter on that publication. I'm also chair of the charity Get Into Theatre.

Favourite Books

On the Road by Jack Kerouac, The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, The Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella Hazan

Rachel Foley-Scott
Deputy Managing Director

I am the deputy managing director of Playbook Media. I joined The Stage, one of the Playbook Media titles, in 2014 and started working on The Bookseller in 2020 as head of marketing. I began my publishing career at the University of Exeter Press followed by Informa.

Favourite Books

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, 1984 by George Orwell, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.

Caroline Sanderson
Associate Editor

I compile the monthly New Titles: Non Fiction and occasionally other category previews. I also interview writers for the magazine. Outside of my Bookseller role, I am the editor of ALCS News, the monthly magazine of the Authors Licensing & Collecting Society; a regular chair of events for bookshops and at literary festivals; and the author of five published non-fiction books of my own!

Favourite Books

H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald 

Caroline Carpenter
Children's Editor & Deputy Features Editor

As children's editor, I lead on the company's children's coverage including compiling the monthly Children's Previews, programming The Bookseller Children's Conference and chairing the YA Book Prize. On the features side, I write and commission features in print and online, overseeing the editorial content for several of the magazine's Country and Regional Focuses. Before joining The Bookseller, I studied English and Creative Writing, interned at publishing houses, worked for a newspaper, and wrote a book.

Favourite Books

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro and The Explorer by Katherine Rundell 

Maia Snow
News & Website Editor

I joined The Bookseller in 2024 and in my role I manage my team of reporters covering everything from book trade news to rights acquisitions, as well as overseeing the website. I spent most of my career in news journalism at a number of local newspapers, as well as a stint as world news editor at the Daily Express, before making the move to the world of books.

Favourite Books

Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel, Everything I Know about Love by Dolly Alderton, and I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman 

Lauren Brown
Deputy News Editor

I have worked at The Bookseller since 2022, first as a senior news reporter before covering maternity leave as the fiction previewer, as well as writing features, trade interviews, author interviews and guest editing the Libraries Focus. As of January 2026, I am deputy news editor, covering news spanning AI in the book trade, government policy effects on the creative industries, publishers' financials, career moves, imprint launches, trends in publishing and more.

Favourite Books

Middlemarch by George Eliot, Trust by Hernan Diaz, Stations by Louise Kennedy, and in non-fiction anything by Kate Summerscale, Hallie Rubenhold and Patrick Radden-Keefe

Heloise Wood
Investigations Editor

I'm investigations editor at The Bookseller, mostly writing feature profiles and long-term investigative pieces. I've worked at a local newspaper, the Independent on Sunday and freelanced across various titles. 

Favourite Books

The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst

Melina Spanoudi
Senior Reporter

I am a journalist at The Bookseller covering news and acquisitions from indie publishers and bookshops. I often write bookshop profiles for the magazine, highlighting the excellent work of booksellers, and do freelance work for The Sunday Times. 

Favourite Books

To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado, Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay and many, many more.

Alice O'Keeffe
Head of Books

I am head of books at The Bookseller where I have worked on the books desk for 15 years. I oversee all the books coverage in the magazine, including the flagship author profiles, and manage our crack team of freelance books previewers.

Favourite Books

The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner, Excellent Women by Barbara Pym, and A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth

Katie Fraser
Deputy Books Editor

As the deputy books editor, I spend a lot of time reading, writing and interviewing authors. I specialise in science fiction and fantasy, but I also love romance and have been known to dabble in non-fiction! I also chair the New Adult Book Prize and spend a lot of time writing about BookTok. 

Favourite Books

Sabriel by Garth Nix, The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller and Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor.

Molly Flatt
Comment Editor

I'm The Bookseller's comment editor. I write about tech and books for the likes of the Guardian and the BBC and my debut novel, The Charmed Life of Alex Moore (described as Bridget Jones meets "The Matrix") is out now.

Cassie Rocks
Brand Marketing Manager

I lead the marketing team to make sure all our campaigns across The Bookseller are creative, cohesive and reaching the right people. Before working at The Bookseller, I spent seven years at HarperCollins. I also run Female Leadership in Publishing (The FLIP) alongside my official role, a non-profit platform to inspire people in publishing with insight and honesty from brilliant women.

Favourite Books

The Song of Achilles by Madeleine Miller, Talking at Night by Claire Daverley, and The Outsiders by SE Hinton

Cordelia Tarbrooke
Senior Digital Marketing Executive

As The Bookseller's senior digital marketing executive, I manage our subscriptions campaigns and social media strategy, ensuring our coverage lands with new and existing audiences in the publishing world. My expertise is in social media, an area I have worked in for five years across The Bookseller, and our sister publication, The Stage. 

Favourite Books

The Favourites by Layne Fargo, Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead, and Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Nikita Zankar
Subscriptions Marketing Executive

In my role I plan campaigns across The Bookseller and The Stage, working to grow and retain our audiences. Before joining Playbook Media, I worked at And Other Stories and contributed to campaigns at children's publisher ZunTold. I hold an MA in Creative Writing from SHU, which means I am just as likely to be found scribbling a short story as I am planning a campaign. I'm originally from Pune, India, and enjoy reading Marathi literature as much as English.

Favourite Books

Bombay Balchão by Jane Borges, Vanvas by Prakash Narayan Sant, Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq, Empty Words and The Thinking-About-Gladys Machine by Mario Levrero, and Permafrost by Eva Baltasar, tr. Julia Sanches.

Daisy Roberts
Digital Marketing Assistant

I joined The Bookseller in July 2026 after studying my MA in Publishing Media. I cover all things social media, showcasing our editorial content across multiple platforms. I also support with events marketing initiatives for The Bookseller and Playbook media's sister publication, The Stage.

Favourite Books

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde and The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky.

Danny Arter
Head of Design

I have worked for The Bookseller since graduating from Warwick University with a degree in English and American Literature back in 2010.

Favourite Books

Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi by Geoff Dyer 

Mathilde Beeson
Account Manager

Following a short stint as a French and Spanish teacher, I moved to a publishing career in 2021 and started at The Bookseller in 2023. I’m very excited to help publishers share their news with the wider trade world! Hobbies include organising my wedding, taking pictures of my cat, and drinking hot chocolate.

Favourite Books

Bel-Ami by Guy de Maupassant, I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson, Le Cycle de Ji by Pierre Grimbert…

Caterina Fucecchi
Customer Service Executive

I joined The Bookseller in 2023 and I mainly take care of subscriptions queries and customer support.

Favourite Books

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante, Say Nothing by Patrick Radden-Keefe, and Babel by RF Kuang

Bella Green
Production Sub-Editor

As a sub-editor, I edit copy, publish online content and lay out articles for the weekly magazine. I joined The Bookseller in early 2024 after working in editorial at Oxford University Press for a couple of years, while I pursued my master's in Literature and Arts. Before that I was a pizza chef/bartender (the juggling skills still come in handy).

Favourite Books

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, The Color Purple by Alice Walker, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and anything by Claire Keegan

Daisy Game
Production Sub-Editor

I’m one of the The Bookseller’s sub-editors, which means I help to make our writers’ copy look and read its best, both in print and online. After six years in beautiful Bristol, I moved to London in early 2024. 

Favourite Books

Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell, The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Hugh Comerford
Chairman

I joined The Stage Media Co. Ltd (which acquired The Bookseller in 2020) in 2012 following periods at other media companies such as Thomson Financial, Emap and Relx. I also spent 10 years practising as a criminal barrister. My first job in the media was as a reporter for William Reed, publisher of The Grocer. 

Favourite Books

John Christopher by Romain Rolland and Isabelle Allende's The House of the Spirits