Jennie Orchard

Jennie Orchard has been involved with the world of books and publishing for more than four decades, initially in London, later in Australia and Asia (Japan and Hong Kong). Since 2002 she has been actively involved in the non-profit sector, with a articular focus on Room to Read and more recently U-Go (both organisations founded by John Wood, supporting literacy and girls' education). For a number of years, also, she has been an advisor to the Hong Kong International Literary Festival. Jennie's first book was the anthology she curated, The Gifts of Reading, inspired by an essay by Robert Macfarlane.