An author’s archives and papers
Guidance on the materials related to your work – your papers, manuscripts, digital files and other items – and what you might do with them
Writing a synopsis
Join Olivia Chapman as she leads this 90-minute workshop teaching you a practical way on how to write a synopsis for submission to an agent, producer or for a competition
ISBNs, ASINs and metadata
A guide to whether a work needs an ISBN and ASIN, who obtains them and what metadata is
Legal requirements for self-publishers
Including what needs to on the copyright page of the book
Paid-for services for authors
A guide to paid-for services for authors, including author-pays publishing, publicity, editing and indexing
Rights in images
How to avoid rights issues when using images in your publications
Industry Insider – Shining the spotlight on ghost-writers: celebrity authored children’s fiction
Learn about ghost-writing in children’s fiction and how to get into the industry!
Shining the spotlight on ghost-writers: celebrity authored children’s fiction
Learn about the hidden world of ghost-writing and how to enter the industry!
Privacy law: what does it mean post-Brexit?
Amber Melville-Brown and Chloe Flascher of Withersworldwide examine recent trends and expose common myths
Paper trails: Authors’ archives and papers
Aimed at both authors thinking about their literary papers and authors using literary archives, SoA Contracts Advisors, Sarah Baxter and Tilly Zeeman offer tips about finding, approaching and donating to archives, as well as basic, practical advice about the preservation and depositing of physical and digital materials
Translator-publisher contracts
An annotated example of a translator-publisher contract
Prizes and competitions
A guide to submitting your work for prizes and competitions