Do you have a burning question about how to get your work traditionally published? Does it feel like routes into publishing can be impenetrable or not for you? Would you like to hear directly from someone in the industry about the dos and don’ts of publication? Join us for an evening to put your questions to Trapeze Editorial Director, Katie Packer. During this Question Time style essential guide to traditional publishing Katie will draw on her eight years’ experience of working for some of the largest publishing companies in the UK to demystify the business and suggest pathways to publication. 

KATIE PACKER is an Editorial Director at Trapeze where she publishes bold and brazen books which create space, takes risks and start conversations. She started working at Hachette eight years ago and since then has published an array of agenda-setting titles as well as theSunday Times bestsellers Love in Colour by Bolu Babalola, Keep the Receipts by The Receipts Podcast and The Girls Bathroom by Sophia Tuxford and Cinzia Baylis-Zullo. She has worked with high profile authors, activists and gamechangers including Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu, Kwajo Tweneboa and Paula Akpan. She has won and been shortlisted for a number of industry awards including The Bookseller’s FutureBook Award for Future Leader of the Year. Beyond publishing, she writes fiction, has worked with underrepresented business founders at Hatch Enterprise, mentored many writers through Black Girl Writers and previously co-hosted the Main Characters Podcast. You can find her on most social media platforms as @katieogunsakin.