Getting Published: An Author's Perspective with Alex Preston
Date:
29/02/2012
Times:
2-5pm
Prices:
£25/£20 conc
Location:
Writers' Centre Norwich
Join the author of two novels and Culture Show regular Alex Preston for an author’s perspective on getting published.
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Description
"Preston has an undoubted storyteller's instinct; This Bleeding City is consistently engaging and zips along at a decent crack." The Guardian.
So you’ve finished your novel. This means you’re ready to begin the search for an agent, right? Or perhaps you need a better understanding of the publishing process?
About the Workshop
Join the author of two novels and Culture Show regular Alex Preston for an author’s perspective on getting published; the ins and outs of the industry, and writing life verses real life.
Alex, whose second novel, The Revelations, will be published by Faber in February 2012, will draw from his experience to give you practical tips and exercises to make it happen – from managing your writing schedule and expectations to communicating with agents and publishers.
Book your place and find out what you need to know to make that next daunting step a reality.
About the tutor
Alex Preston’s first novel,
This Bleeding City, was published by Faber and Faber in March 2010 in the UK, and across twelve further territories. It won the Spear’s and Edinburgh Festival first book prizes. Alex is a regular panelist on the BBC Review Show and writes book reviews for the
Observer and the
New Statesman, as well as a monthly column for
Epsilon Magazine in Greece. He studied English under Tom Paulin at Hertford College, Oxford, and is currently completing his PhD on Violence in the Modern Novel at UCL. His second novel,
The Revelations, will be published by Faber in February 2012.
Visit Alex's website.
About the Venue
This workshop will take place in the workshop room situated on the ground floor of the Writers’ Centre Norwich office, on 14 Princes Street.
The room provides an ideal environment for creative thinking and learning with plenty of space and natural light.
14 Princes Street is fully accessible. Please let us know if you have any access or other special requirements.
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