Ottilie Shipp: festival officer
Ottilie has recently returned from living in Japan where she taught English. Originally from South London (said in a cockney accent) she came to Edinburgh to study film and television at Edinburgh College of Art. Since graduating she has been keeping busy organising events – Ottilie was co-director of a weekly singer songwriter showcase called Fly Your Kite at the GRV and also managed and performed in a local band called Edward and the McCalls. In her spare time she dabbles in making short experimental films, which have been entered into various film festivals both in Edinburgh and abroad, and also in black and white photography. She also fancies herself as a writer and enjoys writing prose and poetry.
ottilie@westportbookfestival.org