The Publishers’ Forum can be described as a ‘focus group’ or a strategy session with key facilitators as a guide. The forum is targeted at principals of publishing houses who seek to grow their market and are willing to engage in creative thinking towards identifying strategies that can make this possible as a collective or through their individual operations. The expected outcomes are clear strategies which can be immediately implemented or could be built upon in future.

Pierre Cherruau will speak at the first session, ‘Digital Publishing Right: What It Takes?’ Sebastian Doubinsky will speak on ‘Digital Distribution: From Content to Market.’ The final session of the day ‘Nurturing Editorial Talent: Raising Standards And Continuous Education’ will be moderated by Adebola Rayo, writer, editor and founder of Arty Living.

The Lagos Book & Art Festival is a comprehensive, four-day programme of events; readings, conversations around books, art and craft displays, kiddies’ art workshops and reading sessions, book exhibitions, live music and dance. It will run from November 11th to 14th at Freedom Park, 1 Hospital Road, (Old Broad Street Prison site) Lagos Island.