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SUMMARY:How I write - in conversation with Gemma Cairney
DESCRIPTION:Grab a cuppa and get to know multi-award-winning broadcaster\, author and activist\, Gemma Cairney. \nGemma will be in conversation with marketer\, event producer and audience development consultant\, Micallar Walker to discuss her work and career and to offer a glimpse into her creative routines. \nOnline in conversation events – free for all + donation \nAll donations made go towards the Society of Authors’ Access Fund. The fund is to help provide authors support for travel\, subsistence\, childcare or access needs for events\, residencies\, and retreats. If you would like to make a donation with your booking\, please do so when registering for the event below. \n  \nProgramme\n\nWelcome\, introductions and housekeeping from Micallar Walker (3 mins)\nIntroductions to Gemma Cairney\, and a glimpse into her creative routines (20-25 mins)\nGemma will do a short reading from her book (2-3 mins)\nQ&A with audience (10 mins) \nSummary and closing comments (2 mins)\nThis event will be moderated by Sophia A Jackson – Head of Events & Engagement\, SoA\n\n  \nThe Line-up\nGemma Cairney \nGemma Cairney is a multi-award-winning broadcaster\, published author\, production company founder\, magpie\, and life enthusiast. \nGemma is a writer\, broadcaster\, documentary maker\, journalist\, and cultural producer. A former Brit School pupil and fashion stylist\, Gemma has presented across the breadth of the BBC\, having been the regular presenter of the 1Xtra Breakfast Show\, 1Xtra’s 1-4 afternoon’s slot\, the Radio 1 Weekend Breakfast Show\, Radio 1’s Early Breakfast Show\, The Surgery and is host of series The Leisure Society (BBC6 Music) and The Sound Odyssey (BBC Radio 4 & BBC World Service). \nShe has written for\, edited\, and contributed to The Guardian\, Company Magazine\, Red\, Glamour\, and Cosmopolitan. She has won Sony awards for her documentaries on subjects such as domestic abuse and produced podcasts and theatre productions. Her drive is humanity and communication in all areas of her wide-spanning work. \nWebsite: https://www.gemmacairney.co.uk/ | Instagram: @gemagain \n  \nMicallar Walker\nMicallar Walker is a cultural marketer\, event producer and audience development consultant with 20+ years’ experience across books\, film and the arts. She founded inclusive consultancy Dark Matter in 2021\, curates Picturehouse Cinemas’ author events\, broadcast live nationwide\, and is English Programme Manager at the Emirates Literature Foundation in Dubai. \nInstagram: @MicallarWalker | @DarkMatterMktg | Website: www.darkmatteragency.co.uk  \n  \nSend us your questions\nIf you would like to send questions in advance\, email SJackson@societyofauthors.org with ‘Gemma Cairney – Question’ in the subject header. We will prioritise questions sent in advance and answer as many as we can from the audience on the day. \n  \nAccessibility\n\nAttendees will have the option to turn on the live transcript\, to watch with subtitles\nIf you require BSL interpretation for this event\, please email events@societyofauthors.org\n\n  \nBooking\nPlease either use the form titled ‘Register – no donation’ or the option of the different ticket options with a donation amount depending on how much you would like to donate towards the Society of Authors Access Fund. \n		\n					\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							\n							\n					\n													\n															\n								\n														\n												Accordion Title\n					\n					Accordion Content \n				\n							\n					\n													\n															\n								\n														\n												The Society of Authors’ Access Fund - donate now\n					\n					Giving authors support for travel\, subsistence\, childcare or access needs for events\, residencies\, and retreatsEvery contribution helps us ensure that these needs and costs aren’t barriers to authors wishing to access events. If you are in a position to help\, please donate via the link below. If you are an author facing access issues\, please click here to see if we can help. DONATE NOW\n				\n							\n					\n													\n															\n								\n														\n												SoA Fundraising Bookshop\n					\n					Browse our virtual Bookshop.org store featuring books by authors and speakers taking part in our events programme. When you make a purchase using our affiliate links\, a percentage will go to the Society of Authors’ Access Fund\, giving authors support for travel\, subsistence\, childcare or access needs for events\, residencies\, and retreats.
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