Dear subscriber,
As the Free Word Festival approaches, TLC will be offering events designed to keep you ahead in the writing game. Join The Observer's Robert McCrum and Ben Howes, Head of Books at Amazon; novelist Fiona Mountain and Paul Blezard, amongst others, to discuss, debate, learn and participate. To book a place contact info@freewordonline.com or call 020 7324 2563. Further details below.
Also, following the success of our Literary Adventure in Spain in 2010, we are programming two week-long holidays next Spring, in March and April 2011. Join us for one or both sessions. Enjoy some quiet writing time in a stunning setting in the company of tutors Jacob Ross and Rebecca Abrams, and mingle with guest speakers Chris Stewart, best-selling author of Driving over Lemons and Dame Margaret Drabble, author of numerous novels, works of non-fiction and editor of The Oxford Companion to Literature.
For full details and booking see www.literaryadventures.co.uk.
For Free Word Festival TLC highlights, see the rest of the emerging programme for September at www.freewordonline.com and look out for TLC's new website which is coming this September offering a wide range of exciting new activity.
> Reach for the Heights: An Exploration of what makes for Great Writing
> From Manuscript to Bookshop: Navigating the Publishing Industry
> TLC’s Big Publishing Debate: How is the revolution in new technology changing the commercial publishing industry?
Reach for the Heights: An Exploration of what makes for Great Writing
A workshop with The Literary Consultancy
2.30-5.30pm, Board Room
Professor Brenda Cooper,
editor, writer and mentor, offers a unique class, designed for those who want to set themselves some serious challenges as writers. This three-hour workshop offers the chance to explore the principles behind the writing of figures such as Orhan Pamuk, Doris Lessing, Jeanette Winterson and Margaret Atwood and gives you the chance to apply those principles to your own writing. Tea and cakes baked by the TLC Administrative team will be provided to aid inspiration. Workshop participants who choose to attend TLC’s evening event on the same day will be ahead of the game when it comes to being given the chance to have their work read before a panel of industry experts including Paul Blezard, Broo Doherty and Greg Mosse.
Tickets: £20. To book a place contact info@freewordonline.com or call 020 7324 2570.
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From Manuscript to Bookshop: Navigating the Publishing Industry
The Literary Consultancy
6.30pm - 8.45pm, Lecture Theatre
Join TLC ‘success story’ Fiona Mountain, historical novelist and author of Rebel Heiress, (previously published under the title Lady of the Butterflies) and Chair Paul Blezard, writer and presenter of OneWord digital radio station, as they explore Fiona’s route to publication and the editorial process. Fiona and Paul will also be joined by literary agent Broo Doherty, creative writing tutor Greg Mosse, Professor Brenda Cooper and TLC’s Director Rebecca Swift
to discuss how to attract the attention of literary agents and the inner workings of the publishing industry. During the interval you will be challenged to write an eye-catching opening paragraph of your own and the panel will select some winning paragraphs to demonstrate what they think works and why.
Tickets: £10. To book a place contact info@freewordonline.com or call 020 7324 2570.
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TLC’s Big Publishing Debate: How is the revolution in new technology changing the commercial publishing industry?
The Literary Consultancy
6.30 – 8.30pm, Lecture Theatre
More people than ever are writing with the hope of becoming a published author. At the same time, rumours abound about the unsustainability of commercial publishing as we know it. In this urgent debate, chaired by Robert McCrum, associate editor of The Observer, we engage the two biggest players from the world of new technology, Ben Howes, Head of Books at Amazon and Santiago de la Mora, Head of Print Partnerships for Europe Google. Alongside Dan Franklin, Head of Digital at Canongate Publishers and Bill Thompson,
technology writer and digital guru, we will be demystifying the relationship between the internet and publishing, and asking if the brave new world of free content is decimating print industries and threatening the livelihoods of emerging and established writers.
Tickets: £10. To book a place contact info@freewordonline.com or call 020 7324 2570.
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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
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