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With details of the How to Write for Children and Young Adults conference, How to Edit Your Book and more:

Learn how to become a better self-editor of your writing at How To Edit Your Book, on Saturday 27th January. Reserve your place

Are You Writing A Book For Children?

If you have a picture book idea, you're writing a middle grade title or have started working on a YA novel, we'd love to find out more about why you turn to Writers & Artists.  As a site member and newsletter subscriber, your feedback is crucial in helping us to develop our site content, writing competitions and courses. Complete our short questionnaire before midnight on Wednesday 6th December to unlock an exclusive discount on W&A events and services. How To Write For Children & Young Adults Conference Our annual How To Write For Children & Young Adults conference will be back in 2018, with a day of writing workshops and panel discussions on Saturday 24th February. Meet experts of children’s publishing, and find out how to improve your writing and how best to increase your chances of getting published! In the morning, choose a practical workshop session with a successful children’s authors, who will offer essential advice on aspects of the writing process. You can learn how to put together a brilliant picture book with David Litchfield, write middle grade with Kiran Millwood Hargrave, or talk all things YA with Patrice Lawrence.  The afternoon sees a keynote speech from Kate Pankhurst on the responsibilities - and importance! - of writing for children followed by an interactive panel discussion with leading children's literary agents looking for debut authors to add to their lists. Book now Interview With A Literary Agent: Juliet Pickering "I hope that having the opportunity to meet agents and publishers face-to-face, and ask them questions, will provide more helpful than relying on a website or twelve." In the run up to Saturday's How To Get Published conference at Plymouth University, Literature Works interviewed literary agent Juliet Pickering, who discusses her involvement with the day and the importance of attending writing conferences.  Read here New Beat The Rejection Dates Added New dates have been added to our popular Beat The Rejection Clinic service - a 30-minute meeting with a literary agent to discuss your work and take advice on how to take it forward within the current marketplace.  Booking information Why I Self-Published "If you’re apprehensive of taking the plunge, or worse, are being arrogant with yourself, or are plain scared... Don’t be. Just re-frame your world." SJ Sherwood, author of The Denounced series, discusses why he opted to self-publish, and the things he learned along the way. Read now De-Mystifying The Book Blogger "Bloggers can be a huge force for good around book promotion, and have introduced me to books I love but would never have read based just on the blurb." Tia Armstrong from YA Shot speaks with Luna of Luna’s Little Library & Annalise of Annalise Books to find out exactly what book bloggers do... Read here Social Media We’re always busy on Twitter, Pinterest, Facebook, Google+ and Goodreads. Follow us, like us, tweet and re-pin – we hope to inspire, answer questions, provide competitions… and we’ll link you to our latest articles and events, too!  Visit our online shop to browse a host of titles available to help you on your way to publishing your book. Subscribe to our Online Listings database in order to browse the thousands of contacts within the Writers' & Artists' Yearbook, plus hundreds more online-only entries. To purchase a twelve-month subscription click here.  Forward this email to a friend or colleague © Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP

Tia Armstrong from YA Shot speaks with Luna of Luna’s Little Library & Annalise of Annalise Books to discuss what exactly it is that book bloggers do...