Are you a procrastinator? Do you find it hard to get your brain into gear? Then join the live online workshop with Andrew Wright, from Action Your Potential to become a #NeuroNinja writer!
This practical session will excite, engage, and inform you about the incredible power of your amazing brain. Andrew will impart key tips and daily habits that will help you build creativity, manage mind-wandering and improve learning, memory and mental health.
To view our full festival line-up, click here. A weekend pass is available for just £80!
Andrew is the CEO and founder of Action Your Potential. His company employs over 30 coaches offering 1:1 support as part of the Build a #NeuroNinja programme. The aim of this programme is to build #NeuroNinja, unleashing in parents, carers and children 14 powerful metacognitive skills to help them change their brain, change their mind and change their world. AYP started in 2018 and now works in 170 schools nationally, as well as with businesses and business leaders. They also offer individual and family subscriptions to support any interested individual to begin the journey to become a #NeuroNinja. A #NeuroNinja is someone who lives in their amazing brain, understanding how it works and living and working inside it in ways to get the most out of everyday.
And There's More... Pitch Your Work to a Literary Agent!
Reserving a place at this masterclass entitles you to a place at our literary agent panel discussion, which begins at 14.45 on Sunday 24th March 2024.
Charlotte Colwill and Julia Churchill, two specialist children’s agents, will join us to critique your pitches live, offer general guidance and advice on the submission process for both authors and/or illustrators, and take questions via a live Q&A.
Ahead of this session, you will be invited to submit your own novel pitch. A select number of pitches will then be chosen by our agents, and critiqued during the session itself! Look out for an email from W&A in days leading up to the festival, which will contain all the information you need about how to submit your pitch.
Festival Raffle
Every festival attendee is automatically entered into our festival raffle, while weekend pass holders receive two raffle entries. The raffle will be drawn at the end of the festival, with the following prizes up for grabs:
3rd prize: Children's Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2024 and Bloomsbury Children's book bundle
2nd prize: complimentary place at any W&A evening masterclass (RRP £30) + Children's Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2024 and Bloomsbury Children's book bundle
1st prize: gratis Opening Chapters editing service (RRP £240/£380)
A booking for this event gives you access to the following: an online masterclass with Andrew Wright (10:45-12.15, Saturday 23rd March 2024) and a panel discussion with literary agents (14.45-16.15, Sunday 24th March 2024), while you will also automatically receive a single entry into our festival raffle.
Like the rest of the festival, this masterclass session will take place online in full and will be presented using video conferencing software. Joining instructions, links, and full guidance will be circulated for the above in the week leading up to the festival.
Any event materials associated to this masterclass will be made available to attendees at the author's discretion, with any live recordings of this event made available for a time-limited period.
This individual masterclass session is priced at £45 (inc. VAT), and payable in full online.
Please note that payment instalment plans are available for all W&A events, writing courses and editing services. Contact W&A Admin on events@writersandartists.co.uk so that we can find a payment schedule that works for you.
To view our event refund and cancellation policy, please click here.
Accessible to All
It’s of real importance to Writers & Artists that our events and courses remain accessible to all.
- Writers & Artists has made one full weekend pass available for our festival as part of our accessibility scheme. Please visit our bursaries page for further information about how to apply. All bursary applications must have been submitted for consideration by 4th March 2024
- At the author’s discretion, event materials will be made available to attendees after the masterclass.
- A link to a recording of the masterclass will be circulated after the event. This will be made available to event attendees only, and for a time-limited period.
- Each event will include written text and visuals. Please contact us in advance so that we can make arrangements to be sure all documents appear in a format that works for you.
- If you’d like to attend but have any questions or concerns regarding accessibility, then please email AccessWA@bloomsbury.com
