Dear subscriber,

In the depths of bleak midwinter, TLC is proud to be launching our new website. We would value your feedback, so please do let us know what you think of our new look at www.literaryconsultancy.co.uk.

> TLC E-Gift Voucher for Christmas!;
> Few Places Left for Literary Adventures 2011;
> Into the Mystic: the Extraordinary Life and Poetry of WB Yeats: December 10th, 6.30pm;
> TLC’s Big Publishing Debate;
> The Literateur/TLC Writing Competition;
> Spread the Word;

TLC E-Gift Voucher for Christmas!

Due to popular demand we have created an attractive gift e-Gift Voucher. Give a fellow writer a head start for the new year with an e-Gift Voucher from TLC, which can cover a full or partial read.

For more information please visit our Special Offers.

Few Places Left for Literary Adventures 2011

Places on our two literary adventures 25th March–1st April and 2nd–8th April are beginning to sell quickly now, so if you are thinking of joining us do call soon. Our final extension early bird offer of £50 off ends 31st December. We also look forward to seeing who will be joining us via the Guardian competition, which is now closed.

Into the Mystic: the Extraordinary Life and Poetry of WB Yeats: December 10th, 6.30pm

TLC at Free Word is building up a tradition of special, intimate literary evenings based around the greats. Their evening of Keats' poetry and letters with Ben Whishaw, star of Jane Campion's film Bright Star and Roger Lloyd Pack's reading of T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land made for unforgettable events that warmed the mind and soul.

TLC's latest offering is a unique pre-christmas winter-warmer, a fascinating play with poetry, about the great Irish poet, W.B. Yeats.       Join us for a glass of wine and a great deal of fun. For more information and tickets visit:

www.freewordonline.com/events/ or call 0207 324 2570

TLC’s Big Publishing Debate

Our TLC Big Publishing Debate which we hosted as part of the Free Word Festival on 28th September was riveting, and sold out. Our audience was made up of established and emerging writers, as well as literary agents, such as Clare Alexander from Aitken Alexander Associates and Caroline Dawnay from United Agents. The panel was chaired by Robert McCrum of the Observer, and made up of Santiago de la Mora from Google, Faber & Faber’s Chief Executive Stephen Page, Dan Franklin from Canongate, and digital guru Bill Thompson.

The publishing industry is changing day-to-day and we want to provide cutting edge information for our clients. We will be programming more publishing events and writing classes later in 2011, so do keep tuning in and check out our Events pages for forthcoming offerings, as well as Press & Publicity and see what Google has to say at www.thebookseller.com/news/.

The Literateur/TLC Writing Competition

TLC's competition, run in association with online magazine The Literateur was a huge success. On November 11th we enjoyed another full-house, at an event to announce the winners in categories of poetry and short stories, from a short-list of three. Judges Rebecca Abrams, Sarah Hesketh and Rebecca Swift gave readings of their work and held a short debate about the future of literature with Kit Toda, the dynamic editor of The Literateur. For the full write-up see The Literature website.

Spread the Word

As the TLC website includes more resources, videos and podcasts about current publishing news and services, we aim to be of interest to people writing in English anywhere in the world. We receive manuscripts and mentoring clients from Singapore, South Africa, Australia, India and Brazil, to name a few. Don't forget to let people know about our web link and sign up to our newsletter so they can keep abreast of what is happening at TLC.

 
Happy Holidays!

For other up-to-date information about TLC see:-
www.literaryconsultancy.co.uk, or call us on 020 7324 2563.

All best wishes,
The Literary Consultancy