TLC works with editors sufficiently experienced within the publishing industry to help with writers under contract, and those developing projects with agents. Please contact Caroline McCarthy at caroline@literaryconsultancy.co.uk for more details.
The Literary Consultancy programmes literary events ranging from writers’
workshops, to high level debates about the publishing industry and the
nature of creativity. We have worked with a range of leading literary
organizations such as the Royal Festival Hall and the Norwich New Writing
Partnership, as well as with academic institutions and literary development
bodies on a wide-ranging programme of events. If you want to host a literary
event or create a literary programme, contact Rebecca Swift at
rebecca@literaryconsultancy.co.uk
for more details. For further information, please see our Press
and Publicity page.
TLC can offer a proofreading service if required. Please contact us directly for availability and details.
TLC is not a ‘vanity’ outfit. We can help writers who have been falsely flattered by vanity presses to determine what the ‘real’ market worth of their book may be. Yet whilst we suggest that clients are wary of vanity publishers who ask for considerable sums of money to publish a book that will never sell, TLC does believe in responsible self-publishing. Reputable self-publishers include Amolibros – www.amolibros.co.uk, and the services offered by Discript – www.discript.com. For works of family history, memoirs or journals that are unlikely to be suitable for mainstream publication, we recommend Lifelines Press – www.lifelinespress.com
For writers who feel they would benefit from communication with fellow writers, we recommend Writewords.org.uk, www.thefrontlist.com and bloomsbury.com
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Your fine and necessary service made it possible for me as a novice to
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Macmillan have commissioned my fourth children’s
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