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Full Festival weekend - with Friday mini-course Your pass to everything in the Festival. Comprises full Festival programme including Friday mini-course, 2 nights accommodation in single en-suite room on Friday and Saturday nights, and all meals and tea/coffee breaks. £485 Full Festival weekend - without Friday mini course Includes full Festival programme from 4pm Friday afternoon until Sunday, 2 nights accommodation in single en-suite room on Friday and Saturday nights, and all meals and tea/coffee breaks. Does not include Friday mini-courses. £425 Festival weekend - Sat & Sun only Includes Festival programme from Saturday morning until Sunday, 1 night accommodation in single en-suite room on Saturday night, and all meals and tea/coffee breaks. Does not include accommodation on Friday night. £360 Saturday ticket only Includes all of the Festival's Saturday programme, incuding the gala dinner. £230 Sunday ticket only Includes Festival programme on Sunday, tea/coffee breaks, and lunch. £150
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Friday Friday Mini-Courses 14:30-18:30 Debi Alper & Emma Darwin: Editing your work - 8 Places Free Harry Bingham: How to get published - 12 Places Free Helena Drysdale: COURSE CANCELLED - 1 Places Free Val Tyler: How to write for children - 41 Places Free Friday One-to-Ones One-to-One Selection #1 Buckman, Peter (Friday session)Jarrold, John (Friday Session)Llewelyn, David (Friday)Patrick, Lynn (Friday session)Unwin, Jo (Friday session)                One-to-One Selection #2 Buckman, Peter (Friday session)Jarrold, John (Friday Session)Llewelyn, David (Friday)Patrick, Lynn (Friday session)Unwin, Jo (Friday session)                Saturday Saturday Workshops 10:20-11:20 Adele Geras: Do young adults really need young adult books? - 21 Places Free Debi Alper: Points of view, voice, and style - 75 Places Free Jeremy Sheldon: Creating a sense of place - 59 Places Free John Jarrold: The market for SF & Fantasy - 29 Places Free Lesley Eames: Writing and selling short stories - 22 Places Free Lynne Patrick: Making crime pay - 31 Places Free Sally Spedding: Safe as houses - An introduction to horror - 21 Places Free 11:50-12:50 Brit Writers 2010 - 1 Places Free Claire Siemaszkiewicz: Making money from eBooks - 26 Places Free Imran Ahmad: Writing your life, then selling it - 30 Places Free Jeremy Sheldon: Show don't tell - A guide for dummies - 52 Places Free Lousie Berridge and Victoria Hobbs: Path to Publication - 50 Places Free Oliver Munson: Rights sales - What authors need to know - 27 Places Free Toby Frost : Creating Worlds - 45 Places Free 15:30-16:30 Adele Geras: Welcome to the women’s fiction ghetto - 24 Places Free Darley Anderson: How to be successfully published and make.. - 60 Places Free Harry Bingham: Plotting for success - 77 Places Free Jane Johnson: The exotic & the realistic - 27 Places Free Julie Cohen: Creating Character - 25 Places Free M.Richardson & S.Rafique: From Authonomy to publication - 35 Places Free Val Tyler: Self-editing your children's fiction - 24 Places Free Saturday One-to-Ones One-to-One Selection #1 Ahmad, ImranAlper, DebiAuthonomy Editor (see A.Wright)Bates Tim (3rd session)Bates, TimBelli, LorellaBelli, Lorella (3rd session)Brit Writers - CANCELLEDBuckman, PeterBuckman, Peter (2nd session)Buckman, Peter (3rd session)Buckman, Peter (Extra session)Churchill, JuliaChurchill, Julia (3rd session)Churchill, Julia (Extra session)Coleman, JamieColeman, Jamie (3rd session)Cunningham, BarryDarwin, EmmaDarwin, Emma (2nd Session)Darwin, Emma (3rd Session)Elek, JonElek, Jon (2nd session)Elek, Jon (3rd session)Elek, Jon (Extra session)Frost, TobyGeraldine Cooke (2nd session)Geraldine Cooke (3rd session)Geras, AdeleJarrold, JohnJohnson, JaneJohnson, Jane (2nd session)Judd, JaneJudd, Jane (2nd session)Judd, Jane (3rd session)Judd, Jane (Extra session)Katie FfordeKing, ZoeKing, Zoe (2nd session)King, Zoe (3rd session)King, Zoe (Extra session)Llewellyn, DavidLlewellyn, David (2nd session)Llewellyn, David (3rd session)Llewelyn, David (Extra session)Lownie, AndrewLownie, Andrew (3rd session)Munson, OliverPatrick, LynnPatrick, Lynn (Extra session)Sheldon, JeremySheldon, JeremySiemaszkiewicz, ClaireSmith, DavidSmith, David (2nd Session)Smith, David (3rd Session)Smith, David (Extra session)Spedding, SallySpedding, Sally (3rd session)Trewin, SimonUnwin, Jo (1st session)Unwin, Jo (2nd session)Unwin, Jo (3rd session)Unwin, Jo (Extra session)White, IsabelWhite, Isabel (2nd session)Wright, Annabel (2nd session)Wright, Annabel (3rd session)                One-to-One Selection #2 Ahmad, ImranAlper, DebiAuthonomy Editor (see A.Wright)Bates Tim (3rd session)Bates, TimBelli, LorellaBelli, Lorella (3rd session)Brit Writers - CANCELLEDBuckman, PeterBuckman, Peter (2nd session)Buckman, Peter (3rd session)Buckman, Peter (Extra session)Churchill, JuliaChurchill, Julia (3rd session)Churchill, Julia (Extra session)Coleman, JamieColeman, Jamie (3rd session)Cunningham, BarryDarwin, EmmaDarwin, Emma (2nd Session)Darwin, Emma (3rd Session)Elek, JonElek, Jon (2nd session)Elek, Jon (3rd session)Elek, Jon (Extra session)Frost, TobyGeraldine Cooke (2nd session)Geraldine Cooke (3rd session)Geras, AdeleJarrold, JohnJohnson, JaneJohnson, Jane (2nd session)Judd, JaneJudd, Jane (2nd session)Judd, Jane (3rd session)Judd, Jane (Extra session)Katie FfordeKing, ZoeKing, Zoe (2nd session)King, Zoe (3rd session)King, Zoe (Extra session)Llewellyn, DavidLlewellyn, David (2nd session)Llewellyn, David (3rd session)Llewelyn, David (Extra session)Lownie, AndrewLownie, Andrew (3rd session)Munson, OliverPatrick, LynnPatrick, Lynn (Extra session)Sheldon, JeremySheldon, JeremySiemaszkiewicz, ClaireSmith, DavidSmith, David (2nd Session)Smith, David (3rd Session)Smith, David (Extra session)Spedding, SallySpedding, Sally (3rd session)Trewin, SimonUnwin, Jo (1st session)Unwin, Jo (2nd session)Unwin, Jo (3rd session)Unwin, Jo (Extra session)White, IsabelWhite, Isabel (2nd session)Wright, Annabel (2nd session)Wright, Annabel (3rd session)                Sunday Sunday Workshops 09:30-10:30 Emily Diamand: Children in mind - 25 Places Free Emma Darwin: History into fiction - 16 Places Free Genevieve Pegg: Publishing for success - 87 Places Free Julie Cohen: More than shoes and shopping - 42 Places Free Legg, Swaby, Cole - Writing groups to get you published - 34 Places Free RJ Ellory: A Beautiful Violence - 47 Places Free Veronica Henry: Keeping all your balls in the air - 71 Places Free 11:20-12:20 Emma Darwin: Finding voice - 14 Places Free Fiona Shaw: Finding the Soul of Your Book - 98 Places Free Harry Bingham: Prose Laboratory - 54 Places Free Lorella Belli: How to get published - an agent's view - 31 Places Free Lucy Gilmour & Meg Lewis: Harlequin Mills & Boon - 44 Places Free Roger Morris: Creating the Perfect Mystery - 19 Places Free Sally Spedding: Time to kill - How far dare you go? - 29 Places Free 13:50-14:50 Beverley Birch: The end of the rainbow - 22 Places Free Clare Alexander w. Darwin & Shaw: The business of pub... - 47 Places Free Kate Allan: Show me the money - 24 Places Free Linda Jones: Think you can make money from writing? - 23 Places Free Matt Hilton: What is a crime thriller? - 24 Places Free Robin Harvie: Using the media to promote your book - 21 Places Free Sue Moorcroft: Who's your hero? - 99 Places Free Sunday One-to-Ones One-to-One Selection #1 Alexander, ClareAllan, Kate (5th session)Alper, Debi (4th session)Belli, Lorella (6th session)Birch, BeverleyBuckman, Peter (4th session)Buckman, Peter (5th session)Buckman, Peter (6th session)Churchill, Julia (4th session)Churchill, Julia (5th session)Churchill, Julia (6th session)Cohen, JulieColeman, Jamie (5th session)Coleman, Jamie (6th session)Diamand, EmilyEllory, RJGeraldine Cooke (4th session)Geraldine Cooke (5th session)Gilmour, LucyHenry, VeronicaJudd, Jane (4th session)Judd, Jane (5th session)Judd, Jane (6th session)King, Zoe (4th session)King, Zoe (5th session)King, Zoe (6th session)Lewis, MegLlewellyn, David (4th session)Llewellyn, David (5th session)Llewellyn, David (6th session)Moorcroft, SueMoorcroft, Sue (5th Session)Pegg, GenevieveShaw, FionaSmith, David (4th Session)Smith, David (5th Session)Smith, David (6th Session)Tyler, ValWhite, Isabel (4th session)White, Isabel (5th session)                One-to-One Selection #2 Alexander, ClareAllan, Kate (5th session)Alper, Debi (4th session)Belli, Lorella (6th session)Birch, BeverleyBuckman, Peter (4th session)Buckman, Peter (5th session)Buckman, Peter (6th session)Churchill, Julia (4th session)Churchill, Julia (5th session)Churchill, Julia (6th session)Cohen, JulieColeman, Jamie (5th session)Coleman, Jamie (6th session)Diamand, EmilyEllory, RJGeraldine Cooke (4th session)Geraldine Cooke (5th session)Gilmour, LucyHenry, VeronicaJudd, Jane (4th session)Judd, Jane (5th session)Judd, Jane (6th session)King, Zoe (4th session)King, Zoe (5th session)King, Zoe (6th session)Lewis, MegLlewellyn, David (4th session)Llewellyn, David (5th session)Llewellyn, David (6th session)Moorcroft, SueMoorcroft, Sue (5th Session)Pegg, GenevieveShaw, FionaSmith, David (4th Session)Smith, David (5th Session)Smith, David (6th Session)Tyler, ValWhite, Isabel (4th session)White, Isabel (5th session)