WRITER'S ADVICE FAIR STALLS 2024
Author
Genre
Advice offered
Sally Arnold
Memoir ("the Rock and Roll Nanny")
Writing and publishing one's memoirs
Laila Lock
Fantasy/ sci-fi
Writing fantasy/ sci-fi/ magical realism
Trevor Griffiths
Wellbeing
Writing non-fiction about emotional processing and wellbeing.
Joel Griffitt
History/ biography/ travel
Writing biography or non-fiction (related to travel)
Andy Grigg and Laurence Shelley
Memoirs
Writing travel memoirs
Laurence McPartlin
RNIB transcription service
Poetry
Accessible books information
Writing and publishing poetry.
Accessible books for blind and partially sighted
E. I. Parr
Psychological drama
Self publishing and hybrid publishing, plus the balance between these and traditional publishing.
Paul Roberts
Children's fiction
Writing for children
Ali Simpson
Romance/ mystery
General advice on how to get started on writing, particularly for older writers who want to take the plunge, but also on researching.
Morgana Weeks/ Wabi Sabi
Graphic novels
Graphic novel/ fantasy writing and guidance on illustrating
Anne Willingale and
Joslin Day
Historical fiction
Writing and publishing historical fiction
Abi Yardimci
Feel-good fiction/cosy crime
Social media and ways in which you can approach it as a helpful tool to build a readers' community as well as promote books and writers' news. This could extend to running an author's mailing list and offering reader magnets. Abi will share her experiences of working with social media to get rid of the sometimes daunting aspects of putting yourself online so that you can find a love for the medium as well as a manageable approach that fits in with your individual writer's lifestyle.
Writing at the Edge
Multiple
Writing at the Edge is a new collective set up by Jonathan Posner, Keith Rossiter, Jason Mann and William Telford, specifically to advise new writers, help them to improve their craft and prepare for self-publishing. On the craft of writing, they’ll be offering advice on pitching an idea, opening pages to hook in a reader, plotting, building tension, dialogue and character arcs (among many other related topics). On publishing, they’ll be offering advice mainly on self-publishing and all the elements involved – such as submitting to a hybrid publisher, editing, cover design, ISBNs, formatting, proofing, uploading to Amazon / Ingram Spark and marketing.
Other stalls
Various
Book signing stall for authors giving talks and workshops, plus box for competition entries
Art from the edge, Rogue Debby CIC, chronic illness & mental health support
Children's book exchange "Bring one, take one!" (or put 50p in honesty box!)
In the corridor Information only Pick up free leaflets on:
Local authors
Local wellbeing organisations/businesses