As part of a new series of posts on SAGE Connection in 2012, we’ve invited some of the team from across the business to share with us a little insight into their working lives. Today, we spoke to Kiren Shoman. Kiren is Associate Director of Editorial Books in London.

What is your favourite part of your workday?
The morning, where I have regular slots to catch up with my direct reports and get an updated sense of what’s going on in their work and subject areas.
How do you see your role playing out SAGE’s vision to support and foster engaged scholarship and education?
Within Books Editorial this is a truly key part of our role, in terms of seeking, selection, development, championing of our authors’ work, and keeping up-to-date with key trends in the academic environment and scholarship.
What’s the most exciting thing happening in publishing right now?
The debate over the future of the book.
What is the most interesting object on your desk?
A Frida Kahlo postcard sent to me by an author many years ago
What is your favourite thing to do outside of work?
Bedtime reading with my children, often nowadays with them reading to me as I snooze!