Reflections on mentoring on International Women’s Day
On this International Women’s Day, I’m reflecting on the mentoring I’ve been doing with The Girls Network for the past four months. The Girls Network is a charity whose mission is to inspire and empower girls from the least advantaged communities by connecting them with a mentor and a network of professional role models who […]
The Kids by Hannah Lowe named 2021 Costa Book of the Year
The Kids (Bloodaxe Books) by poet and university lecturer Hannah Lowe has been named the Costa Book of the Year 2021. The Kids is the ninth collection of poetry to take the overall prize and the second Book of the Year win for independent publisher Bloodaxe Books, following Inside the Wave by late author […]
Riot Communications secures The Blueprint status
Specialist culture and entertainment agency Riot Communications has become the latest agency to secure The Blueprint diversity mark. The Blueprint diversity mark aims to promote racial diversity in PR and communications. Awarded agencies sign up to a series of commitments aimed at encouraging diversity from training to boardroom to staff culture to recruitment and retention. […]
Costa Book Awards 2021 category winners announced
The Nation’s Favourite Coffee shop Costa Coffee today announces the Costa Book Awards 2021 winners in the First Novel, Novel, Biography, Poetry and Children’s Book categories. The Costa Book Awards is the only major UK book prize open solely to authors resident in the UK and Ireland and uniquely recognises some of the most enjoyable […]
Riot recruits Apprentice Administration Assistant
At Riot, our aim is to become a truly inclusive agency where the people we employ and the work we deliver draws on and reflects the full range of backgrounds and perspectives to be found in society. That is why we have been working with training provider and charity, City Gateway, to create an apprenticeship […]
The story of how fungi have shaped our planet and lives wins biologist Merlin Sheldrake the 2021 Royal Society Science Book Prize
Tonight, Monday 29th November 2021, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures (Bodley Head) by biologist and writer Merlin Sheldrake becomes the 34th winner of the annual Royal Society Science Book Prize, sponsored by Insight Investment. Chosen from a shortlist of six titles celebrating the depth, accessibility and […]
Drag Kings put on a spectacle to celebrate first ever archive donation drive from the community at Bishopsgate Institute
On Friday 19th November 2021, Bishopsgate Institute – home to the UK’s largest queer archive – hosted a sold-out event to highlight and celebrate the contribution of drag kings to LGBTQ+ culture. Dragging the Archive – run in partnership with Louche Magazine – included panels discussing the history of male impersonation dating back to Mary […]
Costa Book Awards 2021 shortlists announced
The Nation’s Favourite Coffee shop, Costa Coffee, today announces the shortlists for the 2021 Costa Book Awards. The Costa Book Awards is the only major UK book prize open solely to authors resident in the UK and Ireland and uniquely recognises some of the most enjoyable books published in the last year across five categories […]
Riot Director Adele Minchin on heritage brands – five tips for creating new audiences and staying relevant
For an established brand, staying relevant to the ever-shifting needs and expectations of the consumer is a major priority and has been a big focus of the work we have done with Moomin Characters over the past five years here in the UK. Moomin Characters exists to safeguard author and artist Tove Jansson’s body of […]
“Birdgirl” hires Riot for personal PR brief
We are excited to announce that one of the most exciting young voices in the conservation space, Dr. Mya-Rose Craig, aka Birdgirl, has hired us to lead her personal PR. Mya-Rose is a 19-year-old British-Bangladeshi environmentalist, race activist, writer, speaker and broadcaster. She has written the Birdgirl Blog since January 2014 (aged 11). Mya-Rose is President […]
