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The Getting Published Event
All you know on earth and all you need to know
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Programme
09.30 |
Registration |
10.00 |
Keynote address
PUBLISHING IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Bill Hamilton, Managing Director at AM Heath & Co, the leading literary agency. |
10.45 |
Getting Published Boot Camp – Part 1 – led by Harry Bingham
IS YOUR MANUSCRIPT READY TO SEND OUT?
• Self-checking your prose
• Self-checking your story
• Understanding the market
• Ways of getting help
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11.45 |
Morning coffee |
12.15 |
Getting Published Boot Camp – Part 2 – led by Harry Bingham in conjunction with Jane Judd, of The Jane Judd Literary Agency
APPROACHING AGENTS & PUBLISHERS
• How to determine if you need an agent.
• Planning your approach to agents.
• The submission package
• Three chapters
• Covering letter
• Synopsis
• Pitch your book in person – with actor and playwright Miles Barden
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| 13.30 |
Networking Lunch |
| 14.30 |
Approaching Agents and Publishers
• What a literary agent can do for you – Sheila Crowley, Curtis Brown
• Getting published with an independent publisher – Ed Handyside, Myrmidon Books
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| 15.30 |
Afternoon coffee break |
| 16.00 |
Publishers panel
WHAT PUBLISHERS ARE LOOKING FOR IN AUTHORS
• Donna Condon, Commissioning Editor, Piatkus Fiction (Little, Brown)
• Beverley Birch, Children's fiction Editor, Hodder
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| 17.00-17.30 |
Wrap up and close - Harry Bingham
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You are cordially invited ...
Everyone attending the Getting Published event is cordially invited to the launch party for Harry Bingham's Writers' & Artists' Guide to Getting Published. The launch party will be in the same venue and will run from 6.00 to 7.00 pm. Wine and soft drinks will be served.
And don't forget ...
Every
attendee will have a 15-minute one-to-one session with a Writers' Workshop Book Doctor to give detailed feedback on:
- Your draft covering letter to an agent
- Your synopsis or outline
- Your opening chapter [up to 4,000 words]
Most submissions to agents fail because either the book isn't good enough or it's been badly designed for the current market. The book doctor sessions are designed to uncover any such issues immediately and give you tools to address them. And if your work does look strong enough to market, then we'll do what we can to help with next steps there as well. For more info (including info on how to send us your work) click here.
Finally, we will also be giving away a £30 off voucher to be used against any Writers' Workshop critique, workshop or Festival. There will also be copies of Harry Bingham's Getting Published at £5 off the normal retail price.
Places are limited. To avoid disappointment, please BOOK NOW.
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