An Audience With: Holly Ainley

Holly brings enormous experience within the literature sector having worked at Jarrold Norwich, where she was Book Buyer/Manager and led on the literary events programme for the store. Prior to this Holly worked in the publishing industry, as Commissioning Editor for The Borough Press at HarperCollins and at independent publishers Myriad Editions and Nine Arches Press. She also trained at a literary scouting agency for several years and has been a bookseller for the Charleston Literary Festival in Sussex for over a decade.

Holly is currently the Head of Programmes and Creative Engagement for the National Centre for Writing and enjoys running BBC Radio Norfolk’s monthly book club on the mid-morning show.

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