People 3/20

Emma Lowe will become director of the London Book Fair, starting in July. Lowe was most recently head of events at Harper UK. She succeeds Adam Ridgway, who is retiring after 36 years in conferences and exhibitions — and one year running LBF. Lowe is the fifth person to lead the show since 2020. Previous LBF director Gareth Rapley, now interim portfolio director for LBF at RX, will oversee the Fair until July.

Geffen Semach joins as literary agent, representing both fiction and nonfiction. She was previously the publishing co-ordinator for audiobooks at Penguin Random House Canada.

Tova Seltzer has been promoted to assistant editor.

Heather Rabbatts will join the board on April 14 as a non-executive director. She will serve on the audit, remuneration and nomination committees.