2023 EVENTS
HOW TO WRITE A NOVEL WITH GREG MOSSE
SATURDAY 11TH MARCH 2023
Sidmouth Literary Festival is honoured to welcome novelist , theatre director, and playwriter Greg Mosse on Saturday March 11 from 10am - 4pm at Kennaway House in Sidmouth.
Greg (who is married to author Kate Mosse) will be offering expert support and guidance in his workshop ‘How To Write A Novel’. This event is ideal for any writer of any level, wishing to develop skills and increase knowledge of plotting, pace, characterisation, dialogue, setting and more.
Visit our Events Page for the full programme and booking details.
If you have any questions, please email Liz Gordon, Festival Director at
HOW TO GET PUBLISHED DAY
SUNDAY 12TH MARCH 2023
The Sidmouth Literary Festival are delighted to announce that our highly successful How To Get Published Day will take place on Sunday 12th March at Kennaway House in Sidmouth.
Hosted by Sunday Times bestselling author and Festival founder, Jane Corry, the day-long event is aimed at providing writers with all the best knowledge about the publishing industry. Leading editors from top UK publishing houses as well as literary agents, will be talking about what they are looking for in the next bestseller, and there will also be an opportunity for a limited number of manuscripts to be submitted for critique.
We are thrilled that most of the same speakers from last year’s event (which had to be cancelled due to the train strike) have kindly agreed to share their expertise, including Imogen Nelson from Penguin Random House and Cara Chimirri, editorial director at Embla, an imprint of Bonnier. In addition, we will have an ‘Ask the Author’ panel where best-selling writers will be giving advice on self-publishing and traditional publishing. We know how valuable this event has been in encouraging and informing writers. In previous festivals, three delegates had short stories published in My Weekly magazine as a direct result of attending one of our sessions. As one said, ‘It was a dream come true.”
Speakers include:
Publishers:
Cara Chimirri, Editorial Director at Embla, an imprint of Bonnier
Emma Grundy Hough, Editorial Director, Joffe Books
Imogen Nelson, Commissioning Editor, Penguin Random House
Agents
Diana Beaumont, Marjacq agency
Kate Hordern, Kate Hordern Literary Agency
Lucy Morris, Curtis Brown
Joanna Swainson, Hardman & Swainson
Anne Williams, Kate Hordern Literary Agency
In addition, we will have an ‘Ask the Author’ panel where best-selling writers will be giving advice on self-publishing and traditional publishing. We know how valuable this event has been in encouraging and informing writers.
There will also be an opportunity after lunch to hear from Liz Gordon, Brilliant Fish PR & Marketing, about How To Market Your Book.
For tickets for the How To Get Published Day,
If you have any questions, please email Liz Gordon, Festival Director at
