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Leusa Llewelyn

Head of Tŷ Newydd Writing Centre (Literature Wales)

Emma D'Costa

Programme Officer, Commonwealth Writers

Oksana Shchur

Literature Program Curator, Mystetskyi Arsenal

Roman Simić

Artistic director/editor/writer, Festival of the European Short Story

Jarred McGinnis

Creative Director, The Special Relationship

Rebecca Wilkie

Senior Programme Manager (Festivals and Events), New Writing North

Sadaf Saaz

Director & Producer, Dhaka Literary Festival, and poet & writer

Sharmilla Beezmohun

Speaking Volumes Live Literature Productions, Producer

Tom Abba

Associate Professor: Art & Design, Bristol UWE

Laura Kenwright

Communications and Projects Manager, Spread the Word

Mauricio Montiel Figueiras

National Coordinator of Literature

Deborah Smith

Publisher, Tilted Axis Press

Lyndsey Fineran

Literature Festival Programme Manager, Cheltenham Festivals

Dylan Calder

Director, Pop Up Projects

Malavika Banerjee

Director, Kolkata Literary Meet

Melizarani T.Selva

Spoken Word Poet / Journalist

Anna Jean Hughes

Founder and Publisher at The Pigeonhole, Editor-in-Chief at Hyphae Books

Lefa Singleton Norton

Founder, Women in Literary Arts Australia

Daria Stokoz

Arts Coordinator, British Council Ukraine

Derron Sandy

The 2 Cents Movement, Artistic Director

Aimee Wilkinson

Writer Development Manager, Writing East Midlands

Claire Mabey

Lit Crawl Wellington Director

Charlotte Ormston

Word-o-Mat, founder and project leader

Sue John

Enterprise Development Manager, Glasgow Women's Library

Rachel McCrum

Administrative Director/Board Member, Mile End Poets' Festival/La Poesie Partout

Youlya Vronskaya

Head of International Projects, Leo Tolstoy Museum & Estate Yasnaya Polyana

Hilary Copeland

General Manager, The John Hewitt Society

Wu Qi

Chief editor of OWMagazine

Joe Kriss

Director, Wordlife

Saada El-Akhrass

Arts Manager, British Council in Canada

Elena Schmitz

Head of Programmes, Literature Wales

Fiona Bennett

Writer and Founder, The Poetry Exchange

Hilda Twongyeirwe

Executive Director at FEMRITE – Uganda Women Writers Association

Richard Georges

Moko Magazine / Editor & Author

Helen Chaloner

CEO, Literature Works

Nhã Thuyên

Writer

Annie Rutherford

Programme Co-ordinator, StAnza, Scotland's international poetry festival

Frankie Murrey

Open Book Festival; Festival Coordinator

Mark Hewitt

LLL Productions, Artistic Director

Penny Thomas

Publisher, Firefly Press

Vicky Lekone

British Council

Jenny Harris

Independent Producer

Laurie Garrison

Academic, writer and advocate of women writers

Hanaa Al-Bayati

University Professor, University of Basrah

Nicholas Laughlin

Programme director, Bocas Lit Fest

Rebecca Rickman

Producer, Ideamachine

Ieva Balode

International Writers' and Translators' House, Project Manager

Gizem Ozguven

Festival Program Manager, ITEF - Istanbul Tanpinar Literature Festival

Peggy Hughes

Literary Dundee, Manager

Rūta Elijošaitytė-Kaikarė

Director (manager of different festivals), Public organization Laikas skaityti

Dike Chukwumerije

Managing Director, Simply Poetry Ltd

Maarya Rehman

Director Libraries and Outreach services, British Council Pakistan

Diana Santiago

African Writers Trust, Programmes Associate