ABOUT THE TEAM
Isabelle Kenyon
Managing Director
Isabelle Kenyon is the Managing Director of Manchester publishing house 'Fly on the Wall Press', and was named a Leader of the Year by the Bookseller in 2025. Founded in 2018, she has led Fly on the Wall Press to win Small Press of the Year at the British Book Awards 2024 (North), achieving finalist status five times in the years 2021-2025.
She is the MA Module Leader for 'Publishing in the 21st Century' at Arts University Bournemouth, and the author of psychological thriller 'The Dark Within Them', poetry collections including Growing Pains (Indigo Dreams) and one short story with Wild Pressed Books ('The Town Talks').
She has had work published internationally in journals such as Ink, Sweat and Tears and newspapers such as The Somerville Times and The Bookseller. She previously coordinated the Northern Fiction Alliance and runs PR campaigns for writers and publishers under Kenyon Author Services (www.kenyonauthorservices.co.uk).
She has performed at Cheltenham Poetry Festival and Verbose, Manchester, Leeds International Festival as part of the 'Sex Tapes', Apples and Snakes' 'Deranged Poetesses' and Coventry Cathedral's Plum Line Festival. She is a fierce dog and guinea pig lover.
She can be contacted at isabelle@flyonthewallpress.co.uk for press opportunities or sales@flyonthewallpress.co.uk for bookshops!
Sarah-Jayne Kenyon
Proofreading, Production and PR
Former primary teacher and Deputy Headmaster, now home tutor. University of Warwick and Manchester graduate. Working days: Freelance. Can be contacted on admin@flyonthewallpress.co.uk
Ibrahim Sawyer
Sales Director
Ibrahim Sawyer is a dynamic Sales Director within the publishing industry, bringing over a decade of versatile sales experience spanning the technology, healthcare, and publishing sectors. A strategic leader, Ibrahim excels in recruitment, hiring, and team management, with a proven track record of building and directing high-performance teams. Beyond driving revenue and business growth, he is deeply passionate about mentoring the next generation. He actively dedicates his time to training and developing young professionals to help them reach their full potential. Outside of the office, Ibrahim is an avid sports enthusiast who enjoys staying active in his free time.
Lagoon Myers
Events and Submissions Assistant
Lagoon Myers (they/them) is an artist from the American Midwest living in Manchester. With a Masters’ in fiction writing from the Manchester Writing School, focusing in Queer Gothic from the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies, their writing indulges in cosmic horror, sapphic vampires, and the intersection of the internet and magic. You can find their short fiction in GRAVY MAG (issues two and three). Since 2024, Lagoon has been the friendly face behind the FOTW table at the Northern Publishers' fair.
Lagoon runs the “Microvoyage” Workshop, which explore speculative flash fiction as a form of queer utopia building, collaborating with trans organizers in Leeds and Manchester to illuminate queer futurity in the North.
When not zinemaking or developing film photography, Lagoon can be found rock climbing & organizing with Trans Climbing Manchester.
Working days: Freelance/project-based. Can be contacted on admin@flyonthewallpress.co.uk when submissions are open only.
