Thanks to everyone who came to #FutureBook19 yesterday or followed the conversation online 🎈🎉 Here are our top takeaways from the day...

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If anyone can predict the future, it’s the eclectic creatives featured at FutureBook Live 2019 Read 'Top five takeaways from #FutureBook19 on the whitefox blog now ✨ https://t.co/B1CnHOQx1R✨ @thebookseller @TheFutureBook

The @TheFutureBook Women in Publishing panel was v inspiring especially @ella_horne's comment from a @_TheFlip interviewee: If you are working somewhere 'and they are not valuing you, if they are wasting the resource that you are then leave because you won’t get that time back'.

We had a fantastic time at #FutureBook19 yesterday! Thanks to the wonderful FutureBook team for making it happen, here's to you 👏👏👏 @thebookseller @TheFutureBook

Last night, our very own @BacklistedPod won @TheFutureBook's Podcast of the Year award! Here's @johnmitchinson hanging out with the (very difficult to photograph!) trophy at the #UnboundHQ kitchen table, where the magic happens.

@KitdeWaal Finally, @BacklistedPod, Ladybird Audio Adventures, @MyVLF and the #TinCanCook campaign triumphed at the #FutureBook19 Awards. Congratulations! https://t.co/Yr5lbo1g3L

"Take that leap of faith with your black, gay, trans, other, different, disabled, rough around the edges, northern, junior assistant"—@kitdewaal urged publishers to hire more diversely when collecting her #FutureBook19 Person of the Year Award: https://t.co/CvI7WT1dog

"It’s often said that men are promoted on their potential and women on their track history and I think that is as true today as it was then"—@gailrebuck called for more female CEOs in publishing: https://t.co/wCCzWVqLGO

.@woodgaby said prizes like @theBookerprizes are for readers first and foremost and should be treated as "an investigation, rather than an act of judgement shaping the canon": https://t.co/IZkqJ2smYb (£)

.@CrystalMMorgan said talks about diversity should also consider different perspectives on mental health—"Is there a problem in our very non-diverse conversation about diversity which means we’re losing out on stories and therefore audiences and money?": https://t.co/zzxJVKDpRJ

Exclusive research from @Harrisint_uk revealed Crime & Thriller and SFF are the most popular genres for audiobooks, while 43% of audiobook listeners are now consuming more books overall (incl physical books) than when they didn't listen to audiobooks: https://t.co/jrLoTWpll7 (£)

.@kesp called on the trade to disclose salaries in job adverts, at every level—"We shut so many people out with that lack of transparency": https://t.co/ZjdakqUR3G

#JamesDaunt revealed the three most important principles for booksellers trying to survive in an @amazon era—1/ good bookshops have personality, 2/ filled with well curated stock and 3/ great staff who are developed and trained: https://t.co/0zUTx5jHer (£)

We're delighted that #BookshopDay was highly commended for Campaign of the Year at last night's #FutureBook19 Awards. Well done to team @booksaremybag, @midaspr and all the excellent booksellers nationwide. https://t.co/PnNGm8uHxj via @thebookseller

.@KitdeWaal urged publishers to "take a leap of faith" and hire more diversely while accepting her award as @TheFutureBook Person of the Year: https://t.co/p5nUM4MXFT

"We are all more than our labels", @KitdeWaal has said, urging publishers to "take a leap of faith" and hire more diversely, on accepting her award as #FutureBook19 Person of the Year: https://t.co/CvI7WT1dog

"We are all more than our label"; @KitdeWaal accepts #FutureBook19 Person of the Year award: https://t.co/CvI7WT1dog

Audio has dominated the #FutureBook19 Awards with @BacklistedPod winning the Podcast of the Year Award, and Ladybird Audio Adventures picking up the FutureBook of the Year:

“It’s time for change and it’s the right thing to do” says @TheFutureBook Person of the Year 2019, @KitdeWaal 🙌🏽 Bring it on, publishers! #FutureBook19