Kate Neilan

I joined Post Wave in July 2026, after a role as Senior Marketing Manager at HarperCollins UK. I have also worked at First News, the children’s newspaper, and spent eight years at Vintage Books, working on everything from classics and graphic novels to cookery. Before switching to publishing, I recorded a weekly podcast and hosted book festival events while teaching English at a secondary school.

A bookshop that I love: Red Lion Books in Colchester, Essex

A book that I love: Peace at Last, written and illustrated by Jill Murphy

A fun fact about me: I was gunged by Wolf from Gladiators on a children’s game show