Join us on a new platform for this month’s mixer!

Join us on Thursday 26th August from 6–7pm BST to meet, mingle and chat with other BookMachine members. This month we will be using the virtual space Wonder to help you tap into the conversations that matter most and meet the people you really want to meet. RSVP below to join us!

What’s the mixer all about?

Our mixers are informal and social online gatherings designed to help you wind down, catch up and debrief with publishing people from across the industry. On the last Thursday of each month, we gather together members who are up for connecting from wherever they are with their cameras switched on. We help to kick things off with conversation starters and ice-breakers to keep things flowing.

Since the pandemic hit in 2020, we’ve been using Zoom. This month, we’re shaking things up with a new platform, Wonder. It allows you to ‘move’ around the virtual room to meet different people and take part in lots of conversations – just as you might at an in-person event or party. Guests move their avatars around with their mouse, joining a conversation by moving closer, and leaving it by moving away. Simple as that!

Why should you join us?

1. Catch up with friendly faces – Whether you’re craving real-life connections, it’s been a while since you attended an event or you’re working remotely or solo within the industry, our mixers give you the chance to get up to speed with what you’ve missed.
2. Meet surprising people – Whilst there’s a core crowd each month, different members attend when works for them, meaning you can ‘bump into’ interesting professionals who you might not have met otherwise.
3. Dip into different areas of publishing – As well as mixing with a different crowd, you can tap into varied departments through chatting with people from across the industry as well as around the world.
4. Discuss big industry topics, or leave work behind – If you want to talk trends and big news from the last month, there’s space for those conversations. However, if you want to leave business at the door and make human connections, you can join us for that too.

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Can’t make it? We host these events on the last Thursday of every month, so look out for future mixers coming soon.