The visiting speaker sessions for Semester 2 have already begun, with Peter Dennis, Editorial Manager at Leckie & Leckie giving a brilliant talk on commissioning, budgets and planning on February 5. The sessions will kick off again on March 5, with Jamie Crawford, Publishing Manager at RCAHMS (Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland). On March 12 we welcome Caroline Gorham, Production Director at Canongate Books, followed on March 19 by Fiona Brownlee, ex-Mainstream Publishing and current Publishing consultant at Freight Books. March 26 sees a welcome return for Vivian Marr, Head of Language Acquisition at Oxford University Press; and the final session is with Caitrin Armstrong and Claire Marchant-Collier, the Writer Development Team from Scottish Book Trust. All sessions are held on Thursdays in Pathfoot B2, beginning at 2pm. Please email frances.sessford@stir.ac.uk to register.