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I came across Kat McKenna\'s name in an article written by Alison Flood in The Guardian last year. I\'d googled Tik Tok\'s "Book-Tok" because I\'d heard it was moving a lot of YA books and wanted to learn more. Kat was quoted in Alison\'s piece. It was clear she knew what made BookTok tick. I contacted her and now she\'s on the show.

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Kat has worked in UK publishing for almost 15 years specialising in children\'s and teen/YA marketing and brand strategy, and "delivers exciting and audience driven marketing campaigns to most of the major publishers as a freelancer, working on brands including World Book Day, Jacqueline Wilson, Supertato and more." She bills herself as an early innovator of digital and social media in publishing, and today she\'s still very much on top of what\'s going on.

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She sent me a list of links to various examples of how young people are using Book Tok these days, here:

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So, lots to talk about.\\xa0

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Re: my question about who owns Tik Tok: results are pretty murky. Yes, the Chinese government has a stake in it. How much control it has over operations is open to question. Lots, is what its American competitors would like people to believe. Relatively little it seems if you\'re a Tik Tok spokesperson.\\xa0 The Guardian again, here.\\xa0