Reach for your diary, and pencil in 5th November 2011. It’s time for…
The Insider Guide to How to Get Published: Children’s Fiction
If you are serious about getting published, this one-day conference on Saturday 5th November 2011 has everything you need to know. Network with high-level agents and publishers and meet the successful teams behind the scenes.
This event is hosted twice annually by the publishers of the Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook, the bestselling media guide for emerging writers and artists since 1901.
The day gives you a complete practical overview of how to get your work ready for submission, and will be filled with top tips, advice and feedback from industry specialists.
Saturday 5th November 2011.
Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Rd, London NW1 2BE
9.30-10am morning tea and coffee
Morning Session (10am-11.30am): Authors & the People Behind Them- Both Sides of the Story
Pairings of Writers & their Agents, Commissioning Editors or Other.
Morning Chaired by Richard Charkin, Executive Director of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
10-10.25 On 8-12 market – Children’s Author Kaye Umansky and her Commissioning Editor Emma Matthewson [tbc]
10.25-10.45 On Picture Books – Writer Camilla Reid and Bloomsbury Design Director Val Braithwaite
10.45-11.05 On YA market – Author David Almond and his agent Catherine Clarke [tbc]
11.10-11.30am Q&A
11.30-11.50am Refreshment break
Late Morning Session (11.50am-12.50pm): What You Can Be Doing Above and Beyond
11.50am-12.10pm Writer Elen Caldecott on qualifications
12.10-12.20pm Question time
12.20-12.40pm Julia Green on festivals and networking
12.40-12.50pm Question time
Lunch Not Included – 1pm-2.10pm
Afternoon Session: Your Submission
2-2.45pm Cressida Downing to talk on Your Submission Part I.
3-4.30pm Q&A Panel – Your Submission Part II
Chaired by Nicolette Jones, former Children’s Reviewer at the Sunday Times.
Panel Table of 3 Agents – covering Picture Books, 0-8, 8-12, YA/Teen
Catherine Clarke, Julia Churchill and Isabel White.
Richard Charkin is Executive Director of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. He has held senior positions at Macmillan (CEO worldwide), part of Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck (Director); Current Science Group (CEO); Reed Elsevier (CEO Reed International Books); and Oxford University Press (Managing Director Academic and General Divisions).
Julia Green is the Course Director on the MA in Creative Writing for Young People at Bath Spa, and has had three novels published by Puffin. Breathing Underwater, published in May 2009, is her first for Bloomsbury.
Elen Caldecott is a writer for children and young people. Before becoming a writer, she was an archaeologist, a nurse, a theatre usher and a museum security guard. It was while working at the museum that she realised there a way to steal anything if you think about it hard enough. She either had to become a master thief, or create some characters to do it for her so began her debut novel, How Kirsty Jenkins Stole The Elephant.
Nicolette Jones is a writer, journalist and broadcaster who has worked for national newspapers and the book trade press. Specialising in literary and arts journalism, she is the children’s books reviewer for The Sunday Times (see links). Her award-winning book about the Victorian philanthropist Samuel Plimsoll and his campaign on behalf of sailors, The Plimsoll Sensation (Little, Brown/Abacus), was a Radio 4 Book of the Week (see home page for reviews). She is Director of the children’s programme at the Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival for 2010 and 2011, a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at University College, London for 2010-12, and a children’s book scout for the Louise Allen-Jones Agency.
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Date: Saturday 5th November 2011
Venue: Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Rd, London NW1 2BE
Price: £95 adult
Early Bird Price: £65 until mid-September
Level: Those close to submitting their manuscript.
Special discount on A&C Black writing books available on the day.
Places are strictly limited, so book early to avoid disappointment.
For further information email writersandartists@bloomsbury.com. To book your place, call Celeste on 020 7631 5993 to make a booking over the phone.
Please bear with us, as it might take up to a month to process your order, but as soon as we receive your booking form with bank details/cheque, rest assured you will automatically be registered for the conference. You will also receive an email confirmation of your booking within a week of receipt.
Disclaimer: A&C Black Publishers take no responsibility for lost or damaged applications. Tickets are non-refundable. Speakers are subject to change without notice. Students are required to show valid NUS card on day of conference in order to qualify for student discount. Recordings are strictly prohibited. Bags and coats left at owner’s risk. Latecomers will be admitted at a suitable break. Please note filming will take place throughout the conference.
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The Wellcome Collection is a tremendous space in the heart of London with great train links from two major rail stations and links to most major underground networks. You can eat in comfort and style at the gallery’s cafe or venture into one of the nearby neighbourhoods for a lunchtime treat.
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