Jennie Orchard has been involved with the world of books and publishing for more than four decades, initially in London, later in Australia and Asia (Japan and Hong Kong). Since 2002, she has been actively involved in the non-profit sector, with a particular focus on Room to Read and more recently U-GO. In 2023 Jennie became an inaugural member of U-GO’s Australian board.
Jennie has curated two anthologies, The Gifts of Reading (released by W + N in 2020) and The Gifts of Reading for the Next Generation (Scribe, 2025) inspired by Robert Macfarlane, with essays contributed by many local and international literary luminaries including William Boyd, Shankari Chandran, Roddy Doyle, Colum McCann, Jan Morris, Michael Ondaatje, Alice Pung, Madeleine Thien and Markus Zusak. All of the contributing authors have generously agreed to donate their royalties to Room to Read and U-GO.
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