Publishing

“We’re honoured to release this beautiful collection of stamps,” said Dan Rawson, Global Play Lead for Dungeons & Dragons at Wizards of the Coast.

“Develop a strong sense of your own vision”: Jehane Ltd’s Jehane Boden Spiers on what artists need to be licensing ready.

Tori Cook – Senior Vice President of Franchise Management at Hidden Pigeon Company – discusses the licensing potential of characters like The Pigeon and Elephant & Piggie.

“We’ve worked incredibly hard to keep up with demand and are staggered to have achieved more than 1.6 million units in sales,” said Gary Wadhwani, Director at Craft Buddy.

Start Licensing’s Ian Downes speaks to Rebellion, Redan and Kennedy about toy brands’ ongoing success in magazines and comics.

“Our Minecraft books set the gold standard for gaming titles,” said John Packard, Publishing Director at Farshore and Expanse.

“We are massive fans of these incredible graphic novels,” said Katie Wilkinson, Commercial & Strategy Director at The Point.1888.

“Seed Pantry are a brilliant new addition to the Peter Rabbit licensing programme,” said David Sprei, Commercial Director at Penguin Ventures.

The magazine boasts design deep dives with licensees, creative catch ups with brand owners and in-depth interviews with the industry’s community of creative studios and design houses.

“The launch response from the UK trade and consumers to our first licensed collaboration has been brilliant,” said Josh Beevor, Director at Orchard Toys.