Engaging with Audiences, Authors and Publishers in a Digital World

As the world has become increasingly more digital in response to the pandemic, and looks to remain so for a while, Simon Savidge will talk you through how you can create digital, events and content to engage your users and community. Find inspiration as you plan your Libraries Week celebrations, which this year celebrates book and reading and the role of libraries in the UK book culture. Plus top tips on how to reach out and interact with audiences, authors and publishers through social media and start/further some digital initiatives of your own.

Simon welcomes your questions in advance so that he can provide guidance tailored to your needs. Submit your questions on engaging audiences in a digital world here.

About Libraries Week

Libraries Week is the annual showcase and celebration of the best that libraries have to offer. Organised by CILIP, Libraries Week 2020 will take place between the 5th and 10th October, celebrating the nation’s much-loved libraries and their vital role in the UK’s book culture. Encourage your community to sign up for a library card this #LibrariesWeek to discover a world of reading!

PKSB Subject Headings

This webinar supports the following PKSB headings:

• Literacies and Learning
• Strategy, Planning and Management
• Customer Focus, Service Design and Marketing
• IT and Communication
• Wider Library, Information and Knowledge Sector context
  

Biography

Simon Savidge runs the Youtube channel Savidge Reads. He founded the Green Carnation Prize, has been a talent scout for Orion Publishing, and a judge for the Guardians’ Not the Booker, Fiction Uncovered, the Costa Book Awards 2017 and chaired the Portico Prize 2019. He has written for the Bookseller, the Guardian and The Independent and hosted literary events at bookshops and festivals across the UK and in the USA. He is the chair for the Portico Prize, has presented on Sky Arts and can be heard monthly on the Sarah Brett Show on BBC 5 Live. He is a passionate lover of books, reading and libraries. He recently worked for the Liverpool Library service where he led on commercialisation, retail, marketing and events, covering 19 libraries including HMP Liverpool and has now joined Libraries Connected, project managing the BBC Novels That Shaped Our World libraries events programme and partnership.

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