Folk.
telling stories
“After nourishment, shelter and companionship,
stories are the thing we need most in the world.”
― Philip Pullman
Hi, my name is Kelly and I am an award-winning publicist.
I’ve worked in arts and culture PR for more than 20 years. My background is in books and during my time at publishing houses HarperCollins, Saqi Books and Granta, I looked after a whole range of authors at the top of their game who win awards and sell thousands. From zeitgeisty non-fiction to chart-topping, award-winning fiction, I have helped to launch careers and develop brands.
But above all, I have told their stories.
In the digital world we live in, it’s more important than ever that your story is heard across all the different platforms available and that those platforms work together. I create completely bespoke, innovative and integrated cross-media campaigns to maximise the potential coverage and reach for your project and which visibly drive engagement and sales. Since Folk Public Relations launched, clients have included traditional publishers and disrupters; from Penguin Random House and Pushkin Press to award winning digital innovators The Pigeonhole and literary event polymaths The Special Relationship, and lots of independent authors too. So come on in and say hello for a free consultation on how I can help you gain the media visibility you need.
Lynn Gaspard, Publisher, Saqi Books
“Kelly is a creative, energetic and thoughtful publicist who knows how to get results. She is tenacious and thorough, and worked closely with us to make sure we maximised the publicity potential of the book. She also kept an eye on the news agenda so our author could capitalise on issues relating to his work. It’s been a great pleasure to work with her.”
“Kelly was publicist on my fifth book, ‘Middle Age: A Natural History’ and it certainly made for a busy time. For a while I had to put my day job on hold to satisfy the demand – Radio 4 ‘Start The Week’ and ‘Four Thought’, Radio 3, serialisation in the Mail, invited articles in NewScientist and the Washington Post, features in the Toronto Globe and Mail, Observer, the Telegraph (three!), the Sun and the Mail. It was crazy.”
David Bainbridge, author of Middleage: A Natural History
Contact me.
kelly@folkpublicrelations.co.uk