Publishing a First Novel

Date

October 26, 2010

Time

18:00

Place

City University London: London

Room

Oliver Thompson Lecture Theatre

Price

See below

An opportunity to hear from recently published authors Penny Rudge and Kirstan Hawkins, literary agents Judith Murray and Caroline Wood and tutors from City University’s highly sucessful Certificate in Novel Writing, as well as an opportunity to compete to have your work read by a literary agent!

City’s Certificate in Novel Writingstarted in 2003 and has grown in reputation ever since, thanks to the considerable track record of its graduates. Students on this very demanding, intensive course regularly produce excellent, exciting, diverse work, with settings all over the world - this year alone, their stories have been set in places as far apart as Calcutta, Bucharest, Iowa and Walthamstow.  London literary agents see the course as one of the best sources of new talent in this country.  Three writers to date have been published by major British publishing houses, and there are more to come:

Former students from the Certificate in Novel Writing will discuss how they published their first novel.  Their agents, Caroline Wood and Judith Murray, will also be on the panel. 

Panel speakers:

• Alison Burns (Chair), Course Director on City’s Certificate in Novel Writing
• Kirstan Hawkins, author of Dona Nicanora's Hat-Shop (Random House 2010)
• Penny Rudge, author of Foolish Lessons in Life and Love (Little Brown 2010)
• Judith Murray, Literary Agent
• Caroline Wood, Literary Agent

 The authors will be signing copies of their books after the panel discussion.

Cost: Free, booking required

Details of the competition to tie in with the event along with a booking form are available on the City website at: http://www.city.ac.uk/whatson/2010/10-oct/261010-publishing-novel

Organizers

Inside Out Festival

Registration

For this event no registration is necessary on the Inside Out Festival website but may (if stated above) be required elsewhere