Carrie Plitt

Carrie Plitt is a literary agent at Felicity Bryan Associates. With Octavia Bright, she co-hosts Literary Friction, a monthly literary talk show and podcast about books and ideas.
Octavia Bright

Dr Octavia Bright is a writer and academic. She has written criticism, fiction and poetry for a variety of publications. She co-hosts Literary Friction, a monthly literary talk show and podcast about books and ideas, with Carrie Plitt.
Louis Berk

Louis Berk is an award winning photographer who has spent the last decade documenting the changing faces of Whitechapel and London.
Nick Barratt

Professor Nick Barratt is an author, broadcaster and historian best known for his work on BBC TV’s Who Do You Think You Are.
Merle Bachman

Merle L. Bachman is an American Jewish poet, scholar, and Professor of English at Spalding University, Louisville, Kentucky.
Joseph Atkins

Joseph Atkins is a musical director, composer and arranger.
Alba Arikha

Alba Arikha is an author of fiction and non-fiction and has published five books.
Anne Applebaum

Anne Applebaum is a journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian . She is a columnist for The Atlantic and a senior fellow at Johns Hopkins University. She divides her time between Britain, Poland and the USA. Image © Rahil Ahmad
Dov Alfon

Brought up in Paris, Dov Alfon is a former intelligence officer of Unit 8200. He was editor in chief of Ha’aretz, and chief editor of Kinneret-Zmora. Image © Lital Levin
Jeremy Adler

Jeremy Adler is a Professor Emeritus and Senior Research Fellow at King’s College London. He has published widely on German literature, writes for the TLS and the LRB, is a member of the German Academy and has also written three novels.
Justine Solomons

Justine Solomons is the founder and director of Byte the Book, a premier membership network established in 2012 that connects authors with the broader publishing and technology industries. Combining her background in tech business development and as a published author, Justine has created a unique space to help writers navigate modern publishing, whether via traditional, […]
J. S. Margot

J.S. Margot is a journalist and freelance writer based in Antwerp. In 2017 she was awarded the E. du Perronprijs and the Prize for the best Religious book from the VUKPP for Mazel Tov, which was also highly acclaimed in the Dutch and Belgian press. Mazel Tov is her first book to be translated into English