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Established in 2008, BookBrunch is the essential tool for the #book industry. Our daily news service promises unrivalled #publishing perspective and knowledge. Originally founded by Liz Thomson and Nicholas Clee, BookBrunch is now edited by Nicholas Clee and Neill Denny. Nicholas Clee was editor of the Bookseller from 1999 to 2004, and before that was the paper's book news editor (1984-1999). He writes about books and the book industry for the Times, Guardian, Times Literary Supplement, and NewBooks magazine, and is Contributing Editor of the Publishers Association Statistics Yearbook. He was food columnist for the New Statesman from January 2007 to September 2008, and has also written for the Observer Sports Monthly. He has been a judge of the Booker Prize, Encore Award and Granta Best of Young British Novelists. He is the author of several books. Contact: nick@bookbrunch.co.uk Mobile: 44 (0) 7949 594093 Neill Denny is a business journalist with over 25 years' experience, covering publishing, retail and advertising at the highest level. As Editor-in-Chief of the Bookseller for eight years from 2004 he had a ring-side seat as the book trade grappled with the switch to digital, the impact of the recession and the decline of the traditional bookshop. Prior to the Bookseller he edited Retail Week, the trade bible for Britain's top retailers, for five years. At both the Bookseller and Retail Week he was regularly brought in as a specialist commentator by national press and TV. In the 1990s he covered the marketing industry on titles including Marketing and Precision Marketing, and founded a magazine for Michael Heseltine's Haymarket in 1995 (Marketing Direct). After leaving the Bookseller, Neill worked as a freelancer, interviewing authors such as Antony Beevor and Bernard Cornwell, and as a retail and web consultant. Contact: neill.denny@bookbrunch.co.uk