Polly Silk

Senior Lecturer in Publishing; Subject Coordinator for the MA in Publishing Media

Undergraduate Teaching

  • The Book Publishing Industry
  • International Publishing
  • Children's Publishing
  • Work Experience

Postgraduate Teaching

  • International Rights Management
  • International Management of Publishing and Rights (Distance Learning)

Polly has over a decade of experience in rights sales and children’s and educational publishing, most recently working as Acting Head of Rights at Oxford University Press. Her teaching across undergraduate, postgraduate and distance learning courses focuses on international publishing, rights and children's books. A Brookes Publishing MA alumna herself, she is passionate about helping students approach their studies from a truly global perspective. She is also a former Chair of the Society of Young Publishers Oxford branch and Oxford Publishing Society (OPuS), where she was actively involved in organising events and networking opportunities for the publishing community in and around Oxford.