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THANKS!

M&C Saatchi

This campaign would not have happened without the belief and the investment at M&C Saatchi of their time, expertise, wisdom, energy and creativity. Lord Maurice Saatchi is Patron of the BOOKS ARE MY BAG campaign. His book; Brutal Simplicity of Thought: How it Changed the World, is published by Ebury Press, priced £7.00 (ISBN 9780091957025).
James Lowther, Chairman of M & C Saatchi, is the campaign’s creative genius, who has led the M&CS creative team.   Special thanks are due to James and his colleagues for all their support.

Co-Chairs

The Co-Chairs of the BOOKS ARE MY BAG campaign are Baroness Gail Rebuck (Chair of Penguin Random House UK) and Patrick Neale (Jaffé & Neale Bookshop) , supported by The Booksellers Association, The Publishers Association - and additionally by The Society of Authors.

Stakeholders

BAMB is run by a small group of Stakeholders: Baroness Gail Rebuck (Penguin Random House UK); Patrick Neale (Jaffé & Neale Bookshop); James Lowther (M & C Saatchi); Stephen Lotinga (The Publishers Association); Lucy Hale (Hodder);  Simon Heafield (Foyles); Hazel Broadfoot (Village Books, Dulwich), Jo James (Jo James Ltd); Tamsin Kitson (Little Brown); Alan Staton (BA); Meryl Halls (BA); Tim Godfray (The Booksellers Association); Steven Williams (Midas PR).
 
Supporters and Special Thanks
BOOKS ARE MY BAG 2017 is generously supported by financial and in-kind contributions from:
 
Anness Publishing
Atlantic
Bertrams
Bloomsbury 
Canongate
Child's Play
Easons

Egmont UK

Faber

Foyles

Gardners

 
Gill Books, Ireland

Hachette 

Hardie Grant
HarperCollins
James Patterson

John Beaufoy

Jo Kennedy (us2design)

Kogan Page

The London Book Fair

M&C Saatchi

Macmillan



 
National Book Tokens

Nielsen
Nosy Crow
O'Brien Press, Ireland
O'Reilly

Orla Kiely, Bag Designer
Pavilion
Penguin Random House

Publishers Association

Pushkin Press

Rowman & Littlefield




 
SAGE

Scholastic
Severn House Publishing

Simon & Schuster
Society of Authors
Thames & Hudson

The Bookseller
Usborne



 




 






Extra Special Thanks

Are due to BOOKS ARE MY BAG photographers, Juliana Johnston and Ian Sidebottom, much of whose work appears on this website. They have also provided their services free. 
Juliana can be contacted on e: julianajohnston@me.com,
t: 07717 733999
Ian can be contacted on e: Ian@sideyclarkphotography.com 
t: 07590 216632
Website: www.sideyclarkphotography.com
 
The authors and celebrities featured in the BOOKS ARE MY BAG photo campaign have generously given their time and the use of their images.