Chris Meade is Director of if:book. Chris has an M.A. in Creative Writing & New Media and his digital fiction In Search of Lost Tim was described by the Independent on Sunday as “a jeu d’esprit and just possibly the future of fiction. He was Director of Booktrust from 2000 – 2007, running the Bookstart scheme and a range of book prizes and promotions, and Director of the Poetry Society from 1994-2000, where he set up the Poetry Cafe in Covent Garden and the lottery funded Poetry Places project, described by Andrew Motion as “a modern miracle”. In the 1980s and 90s he worked in Sheffield and Birmingham libraries, promoting Creative Reading and ‘Imagination Services’.
Chris is the author of The Thoughts of Betty Spital (Penguin 1989) and a past winner of the George Orwell award for his play ‘We Two Boys’. He plays the congas in a band called the Bettertones.

if:book Associates

Lisa Gee

is a writer, journalist who specialises in books and digital. She was for many years editor of the Orange Prize for Fiction website

Dora Meade

is a PHD student at the Centre for Democracy, University of Westminster, and was co-ordinator of the SLED Student Led Discussion project at Leeds University

Robin Stevenson  is an artist and catering manager of  THE if:book CAFE

Dr Caroline Hamilton is a post doctoral research fellow in the Department of Publishing and Communications at the University of Melbourne.

Her blog is www.printedmatters.blogspot.com

Neal Hoskins

is publisher at Wingedchariot, the artisan workshop for digital pictures and words

Toby Jones

is a writer and actor, (W and Frost/Nixon)

Jo Klaces

has been Creative Agent at Queensbridge School, Birmingham

Liz Neville

is a project manager – and hawk eyed proofreader

Simon Key

is co-founder of the Big Green Bookshop, a leading figure in independent bookselling and a collaborator with if:book on the Portable Bookshop project

Ben Elijah

works for one of the world’s top tech firms and is a writer and blogger interested in creativity and the way information flows

Cindy Oswin

is a writer, performer and director

Sue Thomas

is Professor of Creative Writing & New Media at De Montfort University

Bill Thompson

is a journalist and digital guru

Chris Meade and Bill Thompson at the Latitude Festival 2009

Christine Wilks

is a digital writer and artist

Tim Wright

is a new media writer and consultant

if:book has worked with writers, experts and makers including

Naomi Alderman,

Apt Studios,

Hattie Coppard of Snug & Outdoor,

Joe Coppard, curator,

Cory Doctorow, author,

Kati Rynne, theatre director, writer and digital project manager

Kim Patrick
is a poet and director of 2 Parts Language, specialists in narrative strategy

Pete Law, works in books, digital media and radio

Anke Holst, unlibrarian and social media consultant,

Mecca Ibrahim, social networker,

Chris Joseph, digital artist,

Caleb Klaces, poet,

Toni Le Busque, artist and digital maker,

Brian Lawson, consilient consultancy,

Aoife Mannix, author,

Daljit Nagra, poet,

Alison Norrington, transmedia consultant,

Jacob Polley, poet,

Kate Pullinger, novelist and new media writer

Bob Stein is a Founder Member of if:book.
He is Director and founder of the Institute for the Future of the Book (USA) and founder of The Voyager Company. For 13 years he led the development of over 300 titles in ‘The Criterion Collection’, a series of definitive films on videodisc, and more than 75 CD ROM titles including the CD Companion to Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, ‘Who Built America’, and the Voyager edition of ‘Macbeth’. Previous to Voyager, Stein worked with Alan Kay in the Research Group at Atari on a variety of electronic publishing projects. 11 years ago, Stein started ‘Night Kitchen’ to develop authoring tools for the next generation of electronic publishing. That work is now being continued at the Institute for the Future of the Book.

Sasha Hoare is a filmmaker and project manager. Specialising in film, online, literature and literacy based projects, Sasha has a background in arts education and literature development and worked for the Southbank Centre education department for several years, putting together projects with writers, artists, young people and community groups. Sasha currently makes short films for a number of organisations including Booktrust, Everybody Writes, if:book, National Poetry Day and the University of Winchester.

See more of her work at sashahoare.co.uk

Sue Horner

is a Member and Trustee of if:book. Sue is Head of Curriculum at the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority; she has a particular interest in English and the arts for ages 0-19.

Bil Mayblin

is a Trustee of if:book. Bill is a graphic designer who has worked on a number of books including “Introducing Derrida” and “Introducing Empiricism”.

Fiona O’Brien

is a Trustee of if:book.  Fiona is Academic Liaison Manager at University of Westminster, previously a freelance consultant on libraries and new technology. She was assistant director of the National Year of Reading and previously worked for the London Library Development Agency and BBC Education.