The h.Club100 is an annual search for the most innovative and influential people working across the creative industries. Run by the Hospital Club, this year in partnership with the Culture Professionals Network, it has seen thousands of nominations for arts, culture and creative professionals pouring in over the past few months.
The judges have now whittled those names down to a 30-strong shortlist for each of its 10 categories. Over the next four weeks, we'll be revealing those shortlists – a total of 300 individuals – and inviting you to vote for who you think should make the final cut. Up next is the publishing and writing category, which this year features the following:
• Alex Spiro & Sam Arthur, founders, NoBrow Press
• Amol Rajan, editor, The Independent
• Anna Davis, director, Curtis Brown Creative
• Anne Perry & Jared Shurin, founders, The Kitschies
• Britt Iversen & Anna Gerber, founders, Visual Editions
• Caitlin Moran, writer
• Charlie Redmayne, chief executive, HarperCollins UK
• Charlotte Robertson, literary agent, United Agents
• Christopher MacLehose, publisher, MacLehose
• Graham Horner, head of marketing, Telegraph Media Group
• Iain Banks, writer (posthumously)
• James Daunt, managing director, Waterstones
• Jenny Heller, publishing director, Quercus
• JK Rowling, author
• Joanna Penn, author
• John Bond & Annabel Wright, founders, Whitefox
• John Holt, founder, LAW
• Julia Kingsford, chief executive, World Book Night
• Laura Dockrill, poet, author and illustrator
• Mike Soutar, founder, Shortlist Media
• Miriam Robinson, head of marketing, Foyles
• Nathan Filer, novelist
• Owen Jones, journalist, The Independent
• Paul Conroy, author and journalist
• Ronojoy Dam, creative director, VICE Media
• Rosalind Jana, fashion blogger, Clothes, Cameras and Coffee
• Seb Emina, blogger and author, London Review of Breakfasts
• Stefan Tobler, founder, And Other Stories
• William Boyd, novelist
• Zoom Rockman, illustrator and writer, The Zoom
We want to hear your views. Is this list a good representation of writing achievement and publishing innovation over the past year? Who's missing and who should make the final h.Club100?
Have your say in the comments below, tweet us @GdnCulturePros and for more creative debate, sign up free to the Culture Professionals Network today.
You can vote on this and all 10 categories in the h.Club100 here
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