LWC talks to Ben Johncock, journalist, Bookseller blogger and author about Twitter and the importance of virtual soapboxes
1/When and why did you start twittering?
In the spring. I’m interested in technology and wanted to check it out. It was only later that I realised it could be useful to writers.
2/What are the rules of twittering?
No [...]
Launched today:
How to Write a Self-help Book
- A four-week course
LWC’s Kirsty and Jacqueline team up with Suzy Greaves,
Life coach, journalist and author to deliver LWC’s first teleclass
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We are very excited to announce our November speaker the writer Nii Parkes. He is a performance poet, social commentator and fiction writer. He will talk about how to create a platform - both online and offline - for your writing. Nii’s most recent book Tail of a Blue Bird is a great whodunnit set [...]
LWC talks to Mary Mount, editorial director of Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books.
This week, we called Mary Mount, the editorial director at Viking (Penguin Books). Mary has always championed first time authors and is a wonderful example of a passionate publisher.
We asked Mary some quickfire questions:
1/What do you look for in books? An original voice [...]
LWC talks to Will Atkins, publisher of Macmillan New Writing
Macmillan New Writing (MNW) is the Pan Macmillan imprint dedicated to discovering new novelists in all genres. Virtually unique amongst major publishers in welcoming unsolicited submissions from debut novelists. So don’t be put off if you don’t have agent - send it direct to Will at MNW.
We asked Will some quickfire questions:
1/How [...]
Today’s Super Thursday
800 books come out in 1 day. Read more.
Kirsty Dunseath is the fiction publisher of Weidenfeld & Nicolson an imprint of Orion Books. She published the bestsellers The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder and Dark Places by Gillian Flynn. She is incredibly passionate about writers - and writing - and is intuitive when it comes to commissioning great books. She knows [...]