Sentences with phrase «literary festivals»

Like to see your books featured at literary festivals, in libraries, bookstores and nominated for writing prizes?

And finally... in 2014 I founded a local literary festival in my home village.

The winner will be announced in early 2018 at a major literary festival.

The publicity gained from the festival has generated a momentum for future literary festivals.

She is a regular at literary festivals, and offers adult workshops on writing for children and young adults, as well as multiple events and workshops for children and teens.

Not only is she newsletter editor for the ALCS, she's also non-fiction editor for The Bookseller (the trade paper of the British book trade), chair of literary festival events, book award judge, and a respected author — and she still finds time to volunteer in the local community, choreographing a fabulous Book Week for one lucky primary school in the neighbourhood.

As such, he has often been more focused on literary festivals than the Commons chamber.

Speaking at the Hay literary festival in Wales, Johnson said: «It is just amazing how things have gone since that interview.

It was also timely, as two days later I was due to launch at the London Book Fair a new book I'd co-authored with Dan Holloway, Opening Up To Indie Authors, which includes guidance on how self - published authors may work more effectively with literary festival organisers.

India About Blog Jaipur Literature Festival is the world's largest free literary festival featuring some of the greatest writers & thinkers of our time.

Furthermore, Andreas Heusser is the director of the OPENAIR LITERATUR FESTIVAL ZÜRICH, an international literary festival which annually takes place for the duration of a week in Zurich, since 2011.

Vanessa is a regular presenter at literary festivals around the country including Listowel Writers Week, The Dublin Book Festival, Dublin International Film Festival, Waterford Writers Festival, The Dalkey Book Festival, Boyne Writers Festival and the Mountains to Sea Festival giving her own comprehensive and inspirational Getting Published workshop.

The grieving clan lives along Ireland's seacoast in a verdant, fog - enshrouded town whose only claim to fame is hosting an annual literary festival.

Lauren read out the opening chapter of this wholly original speculative thriller at the Open Book literary festival in Cape Town last year, and I've never seen a crowd so entranced.

As part of my involvement with the Alliance of Independent Authors, I take part in all kinds of bookish events, such as literary festivals and lectures.

GETTING YOUR BOOK INTO LITERARY FESTIVALS Hattie Holden Edmonds Everything You Need to Know About Self - Publishing with Debbie Young, a successful self - published author and key player in the Alliance of Independent Authors.

He is the director of the OPENAIR LITERATUR FESTIVAL ZÜRICH, an international literary festival which annually takes place for the duration of week in Zurich, since 2011.

To do his part, he recently participated in an environmental literary festival called WAM (We Are Many) in Saskatoon Saskatchewan, Canada.

The PM complained to me and other hacks last year that he prefers literary festivals, where he can engage in reasoned debate with the public.

The thinktank has been involved in the LSE's literature festival, the Islam Expo and the Hay - on - Wye literary festival, among others.

The director of Oxford literary festival, Sally Dunsmore, said it was «very sad» Pullman had resigned and organizers were «grateful for the support he has given over the years, and for his many appearances at the festival.

In 2014 she was appointed literary director of the Miles Morland Foundation, which funds a range of African literary festivals and a scholarship scheme for African writers.

Be listed in our searchable «Find An Indie Author» member database, trawled by literary festivals, event organizers, journalists, publishers, literary agents, self - publishing platforms and anyone who wants access to successful self - publishers.

Related (because it occured at the same literary festival): a journalist quotes a writer without permission.

It can also be worth attending literary festivals and author conferences where agents offer one - to - one pitch feedback sessions — I'm doing an event like this at The London Book Fair called «The Write Stuff» as part of their Author HQ programme.

An Open Up to Indies petition has been set up by ALLi with the intention to lobby literary festivals, libraries and the booksellers associations of the UK, the US and Canada.

«However, being published traditionally meant that this year I have appeared at several literary festivals, one of which was Stoke - on - Trent Hot Air in my home town,» she said.

In the intro I mention my own writing update and how CrimeFest literary festival has changed so much for indies over the last few years, plus, Goodreads expansion into ebook giveaways and email marketing for books on sale, which will see them up against promotional platforms like BookBub.

The Foundation governs the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, the UAE's premier literary festival, which will be held from 1 - 10 March, 2018, and as part of its initiatives, has implemented a School Librarian of the Year Award, an annual Arabic Language Week, an International Translation Conference and Publishing Conference, as well as year - round School Education Programmes, Book Clubs and Creative Writing Courses.

Benjamin lives in Chicago and has appeared at the Southern Festival of Books, the James Thurber House, the Dallas Museum of Art, and at many other literary festivals and libraries around the country.

ZS: The Conrad Festival is the most important literary festival in Central and Eastern Europe.

Book Town Richmond hosts an annual Boekbedonnerd literary festival.

Every year, Edinburgh also hosts the biggest literary festival in the world — the Edinburgh International Book Festival takes place August 11 - 27th in 2018.

This will be the island's sixth literary festival and will feature its usual heady mix of talks and workshops

Artist tells Hay literary festival audience that she is growing, unlike some of her male contemporaries.

Festival Albertine, the French - American literary festival in New York (Nov. 2 - 6), announced its participants will include Thelma Golden, chief curator and director of the Studio Museum in Harlem, poet and author Claudia Rankine, and artist Kehinde Wiley, among others.

I recently had the pleasure of participating in a remarkably variegated panel on global warming that was part of the 2010 PEN World Voices literary festival.

Listowel Co Kerry Ireland About Blog Listowel Writers» Week is an internationally acclaimed literary festival devoted to bringing together writers and audiences at unique and innovative events in the historic and intimate surroundings of Listowel County Kerry.

It was heartening to have this opportunity to spread the word about the virtues and benefits of self - publishing at a major literary festival in one of the nation's foremost university cities.

Discover great tips for writers hoping to appear at literary festivals in this short video featuring Bob McDevitt.

The diaries have generated a small industry and I do a lot of literary festivals.

Speaking at Hay literary festival on Monday, Lady Warsi — the Conservative peer and first Muslim in a British cabinet — said government policy was currently too focused on ideology as the sole cause of radicalisation, and not on other factors, including upbringing and drug and gang culture.

The three day literary festival is inspired by the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire's devotion to the arts and will host an exciting programme of events in relation to a cast of 25 artists, curators and writers.

In the introduction, I mention the latest Author Earnings report, plus how our indie panel went at Bristol CrimeFest and why you should read «Opening up to Indie Authors «if you want to get into literary festivals as well as bookstores, libraries etc..

When he volunteers at an international literary festival, his life converges with a beautiful author of supernatural fiction (Iben Hjejle) and a self - obsessed novelist (Aidan Quinn) drawing them into a life - altering collision between the living and the dead.

Throw in the wine farms close to town (best explored on the open - side hop - on - hop - off restored Wine Tram), the art galleries, the museums, annual literary festival, the restored and gentrified feast of architecture, and the fine town full of French names, and you will leave spellbound (it certainly has various celebrities, including Richard Branson who recently bought out here, completely hooked).