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CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP: WHAT NOW? WITH SOPHIE LAMBERT, LUCY RIDOUT & LOUISA JOYNER - Tuesday 2nd December 7.30pm


You?ve written your novel, or at least have 30,000 words, so what?s next? This workshop will give you all the ideas and tips to set you on the right road to getting your novel published.


By coming to the event you will:

?Gain an understanding on how agents receive books, what makes them look beyond the covering letter and work to get your book published.

?Gain an insight into the current trends in writing and get tips/ideas of how to get your book noticed.

?How you should prepare your novel to attract the eyes of an agent/publisher.

?Gain an understanding of the editorial process, what an editor does (and doesn?t do).

?How to prepare a script for the various editorial stages.

?What a publisher is looking for from a book.

?How do publishers spot a winner, do they always use an agent?


Louisa Joyner is Editorial Director for Fiction at Canongate.

Sophie Lambert is a Literary Agent at Conville and Walsh.

Lucy Ridout is an author, freelance book editor and copy-editor.


This event will take place at Dulwich Books on Tuesday 2nd December. Tickets are ?6 . Bookable online from http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/dulwich-books-1098418481, via telephone on 020 8670 1920, via email: [email protected] or in person in the bookshop.


Dulwich Books, 6 Croxted Road, West Dulwich, SE21 8SW 0208 670 1920

www.dulwichbooks.co.uk [email protected]

www.facebook.com/dulwichbooks Twitter: @dulwichbooks

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