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The Festival Programme
This page provides a quick overview of the Festival Progamme. For a more detailed listing of every event, you can print off the Full Festival Programme.
Friday 9 April
14.30 - 18.30 |
Mini courses (optional)
• Self-Edit & Sell your Children's Book, Val Tyler & Julia Churchill
• How to get Published, with Harry Bingham and Helen Corner
• Self-Edit your Work for Market, with Debi Alper & Emma Darwin
• Writing from Life, with Helena Drysdale
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13.30 - 18.00 |
Registration and collection of room keys |
16.00 |
Afternoon tea |
18.30 |
Speed Networking
A literary ice-breaker. Come along to meet agents, editors and fellow writers. |
19.15 |
Dinner |
20.30 - 21.30 |
Authonomy Live
Your chance for a panel of experts to hear and evaluate your book proposal. Terrifying, but useful. More details in the Full Festival Programme. |
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Saturday 10 April
| 08.00 |
Breakfast |
| 08.30 |
Registration for Saturday arrivals |
| 9.00 - 10.00 |
Festival Welcome Keynote Address - Katie Fforde
Bestselling novelist, Katie Fforde, opens the Festival with her top tips for writers. |
| 10.20 - 11.20 |
Workshops - Session 1
See workshops for more info. When you book your Festival ticket, you will be asked to select your workshop choice. |
| 11.20 - 11.50 |
Coffee break |
| 11.50 - 12.50 |
Workshops - Session 2
See workshops for more info. |
| 12.45 |
Lunch |
| 14.15 - 15.15 |
Key note address: Barry Cunningham & Simon Trewin
Confessions of a Publisher, by Barry Cunningham
• Barry is one of the best-known publishers in the UK
• Not least, because he discovered JK Rowling ...
• and worked with the legendary Roald Dahl ...
• and has had bestsellers in over 40 countries.
• Barry currently runs The Chicken House, a leading kids' publisher.
Confessions of a Literary Agent, by Simon Trewin
• Simon Trewin is one of the best known agents in the UK
• Currently co-head of the books department at United Agents
• He previously worked for two other of the UK's leading agencies
• He represents authors from Andrew Motion to Manchester Utd. |
| 15.30 - 16.30 |
Workshops - Session 3
See workshops for more info. |
| 16.30 - 17.30 |
Afternoon Tea - plus Q&A with Festival Speakers
Have a cup of tea, and also ...
• circulate round the hall meeting agents, editors & authors
• This is your chance to ask questions one-on-one
• Meet the SWWJ Panel
• There will also be author booksignings ...
• ... and the chance to sign up with writing / author societies |
| 18.00 - 18.45 |
Meet the Editor
Annabel Wright from HarperCollins/Authonomy will talk briefly about the editor's role in a modern publishing house. There will then be 30 minutes for a Q&A session in which all your questions will be answered ... |
| 18.30 - 19.15 |
Writers' Reception |
| 19.15 |
Gala Dinner |
| 20.45 |
Literary Death Match - Live
Britain's Got Talent meets the Booker Prize: pro authors will come up against unpublished authors in declaiming their work - to praise or ridicule from audience and judges. Points for Literary Merit, Performance Skills, and Chutzpah. Terrifying for participants, fun for everyone else. A prize for the winner. |
Sunday 11 April
| 08.00 |
Breakfast |
| 09.00 |
Registration for Sunday arrivals |
| 9.30 - 10.30 |
Workshops - Session 4
See workshops for more info. |
| 10.30 - 11.20 |
Coffee break |
| 11.20 - 12.20 |
Workshops - Session 5
See workshops for more info. |
| 12.30 |
Lunch |
| 13.00 - 13.30 |
Author booksignings |
| 13.50 - 14.50 |
Workshops - Session 6
See workshops for more info. |
| 15.00 - 15.45 |
Keynote Address with R.J. Ellory.
Roger Ellory is one of the most accomplished thriller writers around today. He's a bestseller who has also won or been shortlisted for countless awards - and was a Richard & Judy book club choice into the bargain. His keynote address will reveal his secrets.
Also Festival Q&A
There will also be the chance to grill our panel of Festival speakers with any questions that you still need answered. |
| 15.45 - 16.00 |
Wrap-up & farewells |
To find out more ...
Check out our Workshops schedule here. All Festival delegates are given their choice of workshops, but do note that workshops are first come, first served, so do book fast to ensure availability.
All delegates to the Festival have the opportunity to pitch their work directly to top agents and editors. For more about how to do that, please just check out the details here.
Check out the Friday afternoon Mini-courses here. These can be a brilliant way to get up to speed with one crucial aspect of the art and business of writing before the start of the Festival proper.
If you love what you see and want to book your place, then please do so quickly. All events are first come, first served and places are limited. Click here to book your place.
We're bringing the best of the books world to York 2010, so make sure you're there to meet it!
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Katie Fforde
Bestselling author of witty, romantic fiction
Barry Cunningham
Children's publisher - and the man who launched JK Rowling
Simon Trewin
Literary agent & co-head of books at United Agents
RJ Ellory
bestselling author of A Simple Act of Violence & other works
Clare Alexander
Agent to Mark Haddon, Sarah Dunant, Penny Vincenzi, etc
Adele Geras
author of more than 90 novels for children, teens & adults
Darley Anderson
Agent to Lee Child, Martina Cole, Alex Barclay &c
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