11 September 2017
The Society of Authors in Scotland has arranged for agents Jenny Brown (Jenny Brown Associates), Louise Lamont (LBA) and Philip Patterson (Marjacq Scripts); and commissioning editors Lori Herber (Editor, Bastei Lübbe), Francesca Main (Publishing Director, Picador) and Clare Whitston (Senior Commissioning Editor, Children’s, OUP) to hold individual meetings with delegates at the 2017 ScotsWrite weekend conference.
Bookings for the conference will soon close, and session registration for those who have booked will open soon.
Delegates will also be able to sign up for breakout sessions with publishers, agents and editors including Sam Eades (Trapeze) and John Jarrold (John Jarrold Literary Agency); experienced authors including Joanne Harris, Daniel Hahn, Charlie Higson, Jane Johnson, Joanna Penn and Duane Swierczynski; and other experts on a range of topics.
Included talks and workshops cover writing for adults and children, editing, graphic novels, poetry and broadcasting, as well as practical sessions on ergonomics, mental wellbeing and effective use of writing software package Scrivener. Francesca Main and author Al Guthrie will be running ‘The Commissioning Process: Behind The Scenes’, exploring the inner workings of publishers’ editorial departments.
Joanne Harris, John Jarrold and Sam Eades will hold an hour-long debate, ‘What to expect from one another’, to hash out the changing dynamics between authors, agents and editors. Daniel Hahn and Ruth Martin will run the breakout ‘Exactly the same book, except for all the words’, exploring different perspectives on the process of translating a book.
Sessions are likely to fill up quickly once registration opens, and places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
