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 […]
Preena Gadher on why getting away from the desk should be a business priority
The leaves are changing colour and for many creative industries, autumn is one of the busiest times of the year, as it is for us. But as we knuckle down, we also prioritise getting away from our desks as a team to explore what else is happening in the world. It’s so easy to get […]
Shortlist for 2021 Royal Society Science Book Prize revealed
Six titles providing fresh insights on major global issues and illuminating little-known, remarkable subjects are shortlisted for the prestigious prize for popular science writing. Two books tackle bias in science, joining a runaway bestseller on the surreal world of mushrooms and an account of the life of a modern-day astronomer. A detective story into extraordinary […]
Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting retains Riot for a second cycle
We are delighted to be partnering, once again, with one of the UK’s leading property companies Bruntwood and the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, on the next Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting. Following a successful first year, in which we helped the Prize achieve a 115% uplift in entrants (the highest number of entrants overall in the […]
Read Hour launches in the UK with support of Moomin characters
The hugely successful Finnish literacy initiative, Read Hour, is coming to the UK for the first time in 2021, thanks to Finland’s most successful literary export, the Moomins. Celebrated on UN International Literacy Day, Read Hour was created by the Children and Youth Foundation with a mission to encourage people to spend just one hour of their […]
Preena Gadher on how to create a GOLD standard company culture in 6 steps
Riot awarded gold accreditation by Investors in People This month, we received the wonderful news that we had been awarded GOLD accreditation by Investors in People. Going from zero to gold is “unprecedented” according to our assessors; we’d never entered the accreditation scheme previously and so went in blindly, simply reporting all the things that […]
Aardman and Gurinder Chadha to collaborate on ‘a high concept, Bollywood-inspired animated movie’
The multi-award-winning independent animation studio, Aardman (Chicken Run, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, The Pirates, Arthur Christmas), and the critically acclaimed film director Gurinder Chadha OBE (Bend It Like Beckham; Bride and Prejudice; Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging; Viceroy’s House; Blinded by the Light) have announced that they are partnering on a […]
Judging panel for 2021 Royal Society Science Book Prize announced
“Science communication has always been very important, to entertain, inform and inspire. This has never been more relevant than this year.” – Professor Luke O’Neill #SciBooks The five-strong judging panel for this year’s Royal Society Science Book Prize, sponsored by Insight Investment, is revealed today, Wednesday 21st July 2021. The Prize – which celebrates the […]
A.K. Blakemore wins Desmond Elliott Prize 2021 with “stunning” debut The Manningtree Witches
The National Centre for Writing (NCW) has today announced A.K. Blakemore’s The Manningtree Witches as the winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize 2021. The historical fiction novel, praised by judges as “clever and unexpected”, is chosen as the best first novel across the UK and Ireland this year from a strong shortlist which also featured […]
