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But it will return in 2025! We will announce the new dates in early 2025. Sign up to our monthly events email newsletter to be the first to know when they’re announced.
Join us for this multi-day course which is designed to show you what’s involved in submitting a manuscript to publishers and agents, how to pitch your book both as a written submission and at a pitching event, and will answer all your questions on how to find the best publication outcome for your work.
We will cover all steps of the process, including:
This course is oriented toward those writing for readers from junior fiction through to adult fiction and non-fiction. It is not suitable for writers of children’s picture books. For picture book authors, we recommend our Pitch Perfect: Picture Books course.
At the conclusion of each session a detailed handout will be provided to all registered participants.
Previous attendees of this course have been quite successful at our Literary Speed Dating events. We strongly encourage all members who are intending to pitch at Literary Speed Dating to attend this course prior to pitching your work.
No problem! Everyone booked in to this event will be emailed a link and passcode to access the recording afterwards. This recording will be available to view for 10 days after the live session. This also means that if you wish to revisit the session after attending it live to take further notes, you can do so!
After 10 days, the link will expire and the recording will no longer be available to view.
What options are available to publish your book?
What kind of publisher suits your book [an overview of the landscape: independent, multinational, self-published]?
What kind of book have you written [genre: how to work it out and why you need to know]
The role of literary agents and if you need one
How will you present your book to potential publishers? [Creating an effective outline: what to put in and what to leave out, how to describe the book you’ve written]
How and where will you send your manuscript? [Putting together a submission: dos and don’ts to improve your chances]
How to prepare a successful pitch
Learn the essential ingredients in a simple template to use when verbally pitching your manuscript at events such as Virtual Literary Speed Dating
VLSD Q&A session
(Please note the order of the sessions may change without notice.)
Dr Emily Booth is the Strategic Director at Text Publishing, where she has worked across a number of different roles during the past twenty years.
Lauren Anderson is the Services and Awards Coordinator at the ASA and has touched on nearly all of the ASA’s operations over the last ten years, including overseeing Literary Speed Dating.
