Festival workshops

Guided Writing Group

with Sarah Armstrong

WED 12, 19, 26 OCTOBER & 2 NOVEMBER

6.00PM — 7.30PM In person at the Byron Writers Festivaloffice $180 /140 Members & Students

Byron Writers Festival is pleased to present the second seasonal block of its newly established Guided Writing Group with author Sarah Armstrong. Every Wednesday evening for four weeks, participants will meet for 1.5 hours of power. Sarah will prompt the group in writing exercises with the simple aim of putting pen to paper. Most of the time will be dedicated to writing with time for feedback from the group on a couple of short pieces each week. Sarah Armstrong has written three adult novels, including Salt Rain which was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award. Big Magic, published in May of 2022, is her first children's novel. Sarah is an experienced writing teacher, mentor and manuscript assessor.

Intro to Agents, Publishing & Pitching

with Alex Adsett

SAT 26 NOVEMBER

10.00AM — 1.00PM In person at the Byron Community Centre, Wategos 1 $45/40 Members & Students

In this three-hour seminar with literary agent Alex Adsett, you access a rare behind-the-scenes look at the publishing industry – how the different publishing departments fit together, what an agent can and can’t do for you, publishing scams to watch out for, the different ways to pitch to publishers (and what not to do). Alex Adsett is a literary agent and publishing consultant with 25 years’ experience working in the publishing and bookselling industry. She has managed Alex Adsett Literary since 2008, and has helped hundreds of authors review and negotiate their publishing deals.

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