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Liz Calder began her publishing life began in 1970 at Victor Gollancz. She moved to Jonathan Cape as Editorial Director in 1978.
In 1986 she joined Nigel Newton, David Reynolds and Alan Wherry to set up Bloomsbury Publishing. On retiring in 2009, she became one of the founding directors of Full Circle Editions. She was awarded a CBE for services to literature in 2018.
Alexandra Pringle began her career in publishing on the art magazine Art Monthly, joining Virago Press in 1978 where she edited the Virago Modern Classics series and became Editorial Director.
In 1990 she moved to Hamish Hamilton as Editorial Director. Following a stint as a literary agent, she joined Bloomsbury in 1999, where for twenty years she was editor-in-chief.
Nigel Newton was a graduate trainee at Macmillan. At the age of 29 whilst working at Sidgwick & Jackson, he decided to start a new publishing company and founded Bloomsbury Publishing of which he is Chief Executive.
He is also President of the Publishers Association and of Book Aid International. In 2021, he was awarded a CBE in the New Year Honours List for services to the publishing industry.
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