Bonnier Books UK hires two new publicists amid raft of promotions

Bonnier Books UK has hired two new publicists amid a raft of promotions in its publicity and marketing departments of the adult trade division. Three members of the team have been promoted within the division, which is led respectively by Lucy Richardson, publicity director, and Natalia Cacciatore, deputy marketing director. 

Arabella Watkiss joined the team in January as senior press officer from Faber Books, where she held positions as publicity assistant and publicity executive. Hope Ndaba joined the team on 10th February as senior publicity manager, having previously worked at FMcM as communications manager. Both Watkiss and Ndaba will report into Clare Kelly, head of publicity, adult trade. 

Watkiss worked on campaigns across a range of literary and commercial fiction and non-fiction titles, including Enchantment by Katherine May, Comfort Eating by Grace Dent, and Crunch by Natalie Whittle. She also managed the publicity for the Faber Editions series. Ndaba delivered publicity campaigns for a range of titles from Dialogue Books and ran marketing campaigns for clients such as Thomas Heatherwick, prizes such as the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award and managing FMcM’s brand identity.

Prior to this, Ndaba worked in both marketing and publicity at Picador Books, launching debuts such as Julia May Jonas’s Vladimir and Maddie Mortimer’s Booker-longlisted Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies. Outside of her day-to-day, she serves on the And Other Stories board of trustees, and recently participated on a panel for the PEN Translates Award. 

Continues...