With details of the meet the agent event this Tuesday:
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June's LWC event with
agent Ella Berthoud of the Jo Unwin Literary Agency
When:
June 19 6.30-8.30pm (speaker on at 6.45pm,
followed by Q&A and networking)
Speaker:
Ella Berthoud of the Jo Unwin Literary Agency
Where:
Adam House, 7-10 Adam Street, London WC2N 6AA
Members come for free but do let us know if you'd like
us to reserve a place here.
Non-members - tickets £15 in advance, £20 on the
door.
Ella says:
I learnt to read on a
journey from Tehran to Helsinki, when I was glued to books through
avalanches, fields of cotton and across frozen seas. Since then,
no-one's ever caught me without a book in hand - and if not in hand,
then being drip-fed through my headphones. Brilliant
storytelling is what I love most in the world, and I'm looking for literary
fiction that keeps me turning the pages unstoppably. Something of a
literary omnivore, I love all genres from historical to children's
and young adult fiction (be it dystopian, speculative, or plain-old
utopian).
I'm open to any submission
with a strong narrative voice and a clear storytelling thread. Some
of my all-time favourite writers are Tom Robbins, (Even Cowgirls get
the Blues), Italo Calvino (Cosmicomics) and VS Naipaul (A House for
Mr Biswas). In contemporary fiction, I love Ali Smith, Patrick Gale and
Michel Faber. I'm looking for books that take me places I've never
been before - whether it's a love story set in World War I or a
techno-crime thriller set in a teen's bedroom in modern-day
California - as long as it's grabbing, brilliantly-written, and gets
right inside my head.
Join us to find out more on Tuesday, 19 June.
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members
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magazine - giving insights into editors, agents, deals made and
publishing trends. We have negotiated a 50% discount for LWC members
(a discount worth £75). If you are a member already and would like
the code, email us - or if you'd like
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here.
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