Event Hosting

I’d love to help you bring any event to life with engaging questions and make sure that authors and panelists feel completely at ease. I specialise in author events, literary festivals and book clubs, but don’t hesitate to get in touch about other topics.

Need a guest or host for you next podcast? I currently host my own sci-fi literature podcast The End of the World Book Club, but am also available as a guest or host for other podcasts!

I’ve interviewed a wide range of actors and authors for videos and press junkets, for my Books & Quills YouTube channel and during my time working at Penguin Random House UK, and am available as a interviewer for my own channels and other media outlets.

I can speak on industry panels about social media in book publishing, the influencer industry and a range of other topics. If you’re looking for talks or workshops, take a look at my Workshops page

Event Hosting services available

Book launches and author interviews
Press Junket
Podcast guest or hosting
Book Clubs
Film Screening events
Industry panels

Booksandquills on YouTube

Listen to The End of the World Book Club

Interview Portfolio

Authors and Actors interviewed

Saoirse Ronan ・Veronica Roth ・ Alice Oseman ・ Caitlin Moran ・Angie Thomas ・ Ruth Wilson ・ Dylan O’Brien ・ Garth Nix ・ Malorie Blackman ・ Juno Dawson ・ Eoin Colfer ・ Lauren James ・E. Lockhart ・Non Pratt ・ Patrick Ness ・Ransom Riggs ・ Neal Shusterman ・Caroline O’Donoghue ・Andy Weir ・Becky Chambers ・Lex Croucher

Guest on Podcasts

Vintage Books・The Banging Book Club・That’s Ancient History・Celebrating Connections (by Britain’s Deputy Ambassador to the Netherlands) ・Books Unbound・Tandem Collective

Literary Pilgrimage Hosting

I was the faculty leader on a Wuthering Heights themed literary pilgrimage hosted by Common Ground in West Yorkshire, where I created 5 days of literary classes and discussions around Emily Brontë’s novel and the theme of imagination.

Book Club Event Hosting

The Testaments | Self-organised, Booksandquills Book Club | At Lele’s in Hackney

The Song of Achilles | Self-organised, Booksandquills Book Club | At Pages of Cheshire

‘Release’ by Patrick Ness | Independent Bookshop Week Collaboration Book Club | At Tales on Moon Lane

Industry Chairing and Panels

Chairing | The Write Job (Schools Event) | Cheltenham Literature Festival

Chairing | Hot Key Books 10-Year Anniversary Birthday Bash | Cheltenham Literature Festival

Chairing | Debuts and Mocktails (YA Event) | Cheltenham Literature Festival

Chairing | 3 YA Book Prize Shortlisted Authors Panels (online) | YA Book Prize

Chairing | Spheres of Influence: Navigating the Rising Tide of Influencers, Communities and Events | The Bookseller Marketing and Publicity Conference

Featured Guest, Moderator and Speaker | BookTube, Travel, Educational Videos panels | Summer in the City, multiple years

Featured Guest, Moderator, Creator | The Pros and Cons of MakingVideos in a Different Language
Speaker | There’s a Troll in the Dungeon’ (online harassment and criticism) | VidCon Europe, Amsterdam

Panelist | Building the Publishing Workforce of the Future | London Book Fair

Panelist | How to Stand Out in a Digital Age | Newcastle Writing Conference

Panelist | New Voices - Who Should You Hire and How Will They Change Your Company | Futurebook Conference

Panelist | Social Media and Kids | Children’s Publishing Conference

Organiser, Chair | How to Work with BookTubers | London Book Fair

  • We have worked with Sanne for over a year now and she has always delivered the very best author events. She is brilliantly prepared, considerate and inquisitive in her questioning, and she makes each author feel completely at ease.

    Emily Thomas - Senior PR Manager, Hachette Children’s Group

  • Sanne acted as a co-host for an online book launch event, and helped make everything on the night run smoothly. She was hugely engaging with brilliant questions and managed the audience with ease, we are so grateful for all of her help and would love to work with her again.

    Eleanor Stammeijer - Press Officer – Adult Trade, Bonnier Books UK

  • Her insight into digital audiences combined with her creativity, organised approach and natural hosting ability made her a real asset to this project and I would definitely work with her again and recommend her services to others.

    Caroline Carpenter - Deputy Features Editor & YA Book Prize Chair

Have any questions? Get in touch!