Q&A with First Novel Award Judges – Bàrd Books, 15 April

Q&A with First Novel Award Judges – Bàrd Books, 15 April

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Q&A with our 2026 First Novel Award Judges – Bàrd Books Live Event Our judges for the First Novel Award answer your questions, live! Get the inside track on submitting to agents. When it comes to agent submissions, it’s essential to understand the industry. Olivia...
Q&A with First Novel Award Judges – Zoom, 22 April

Q&A with First Novel Award Judges – Zoom, 22 April

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Q&A with our 2026 First Novel Award Judges – Zoom Our judges for the First Novel Award answer your questions, live! Get the inside track on submitting to agents. When it comes to agent submissions, it’s essential to understand the industry. Olivia Maidment,...
Craft Meets Commerce: What Publishers Want Writers to Know – RECORDING

Craft Meets Commerce: What Publishers Want Writers to Know – RECORDING

Thursday, December 18, 2025

Craft Meets Commerce: What Publishers Want Writers to Know Samantha Eades is an award-winning publisher, editor, and publicist with 20 years of experience shaping commercial fiction bestsellers. She has held senior roles at three of the Big Five UK publishing houses...
Psychic Distance – RECORDING

Psychic Distance – RECORDING

Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Psychic Distance Recording Psychic Distance: the fiction writer’s secret sauce. Over the years Emma has found that learning to work with psychic distance – often called narrative distance or emotional distance – is the game-changer for her students. Sometimes you may...
Q & A Liza DeBlock – RECORDING

Q & A Liza DeBlock – RECORDING

Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Agent Q & A - Recording Get the inside track on submitting to agents. Recording of an exclusive live Q&A with Liza DeBlock of Greenstone Literary Agency, our 2025 Pitch Prize agent judge. Liza reveals exactly what catches an agent’s eye—and what sends a submission...