What’s On
TLC at Free Word offers a diverse range of cutting-edge literary events such as Publishing debates and panels,Writing workshops and conferences, Literary adventure holidays and Great literature live. Watch this space to see what’s on, and browse our past events to give you a flavour of the wide range of our work . We also recommend the work of other organistions whose work we think might be of interest.
- Making and selling ebooks
- Self-publishing v Traditional?
- Emerging international markets
- How technology changes literary forms
- Social media, and other promotional tools
TIME
10.00 - 1.30pm
LOCATION
Cambridge Wordfest
14th April 2012
Getting Published Today
10-11.30am: Masterclass with Rebecca Swift, Nicola Morgan and Jill Dawson
We have brought together some of the best in the business to help new writers think about what it takes to get published today. Jill Dawson, author of seven novels, and founder of Gold Dust, a mentoring scheme pairing new writers with established ones, Nicola Morgan, prolific best-selling author of Write to be Published and Rebecca Swift, Director of the UK’s leading manuscript assessment service The Literary Consultancy, will pool their substantial experience. Outlining how they see the challenges that lie ahead for you, they will give you their best advice, and answer the questions you have always wanted to ask.
Union Kennedy Room, Cambridge
£12/£10
12-1.30pm: TLC Published Writers Panel
What is the role of literary consultants? Are they worth the money? Here is your opportunity to hear from four people who took their chance and sent their manuscripts to The Literary Consultancy. Jim Powell (The Breaking of Eggs), Kerry Young (Pao), Alan Clarke (Rory’s Boys) and Fiona Mountain (Isabella) are now all published novelists and here to talk about their experiences and to read from their work.
Union Kennedy Room, Cambridge
£8/£7
Click here for more information. Booking opens 2nd March.
TIME
4.00 - 5.00pm
LOCATION
London Book Fair
16th April 2012
Is New Technology Threatening Editorial Values?
TLC and the Arvon Foundation are joining forces at The London Book Fair to host a key conversation for publishing today with panelists Blake Morrison, Rebecca Carter, James Bridle and Nii Parkes.
Non-traditional publishing outlets are making it quicker and easier for writers to get their work published, both online and in print. Writers are excited that they can find self-publishing avenues that don’t require the go ahead from the traditional publishing ‘gatekeepers’? However, the role of editor, performed by these gatekeepers, is threatening to get lost. What is happening to editorial values in the brave new world, why should anyone care, and is paying sufficient attention to editors good for writers and their work in the long run? Also, what different kinds of editing are there? What are the differences between line-editing, copy editing, a structural edit and proof reading? We open up the world of editing and explore what is happening to it in modern publishing, both traditional and online.
Wellington Room (1&2)
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TIME
9.00 - 5.00pm
8 June: 9:30am-5:30pm
9 June: 10am-6pm
LOCATION
Free Word Centre
8th June 2012
The Literary Conference – Writing in a Digital Age
An up-to-the-minute conference to make sense of all the possibilities facing writers today, including:
With leading authors and industry figures:
HARI KUNZRU, KATE MOSSE, NICOLA MORGAN, SIMON TREWIN, MARIA REJT, KAROLINA SUTTON, DAVID GODWIN, LINDA GRANT, ROBERT KROESE, TOM WILLIAMS, ARZU TAHSIN, CATHRYN SUMMERHAYES, plus many more!
