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Francesca Dow
Penguin Children's
Managing Director
Francesca Dow is Managing Director of the Penguin Children’s Division, which comprises Puffin, Ladybird and, for teens, Penguin. Penguin Children’s is home to the most successful and popular children’s and teen brands – ‘Peter Rabbit’, ‘Peppa Pig’, ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’, ‘The Snowman’, Roald Dahl, ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’, ‘Dr Who’, ‘Artemis Fowl’, ‘Moshi Monsters’, ‘John Green’ and ‘Angry Birds’. Penguin Children’s is interested in new ways of storytelling and works with some of the best storytellers and partners such as Activision, BBC, British Airways, Livity, Mind Candy, Nickelodeon, Royal Shakespeare Company, Twentieth Century Fox.
Francesca's Sessions
Meet the Commissioners: Publishing
Children’s Publishers are evolving their business model. Discover just how far their ambitions stretch in this session.
Are We There Yet?
As CMC turns 10, we celebrate the changing media landscape which has transformed our business over the last decade and look forward to next ten years of creative challenge!
