WINCHESTER WRITERS’ FESTIVAL 2019
Carrie Etter Poet American expatriate Carrie Etter has published hundreds of poems internationally in such journals as The New Republic, The New Statesman, Poetry Review, and The Times Literary Supplement, among many others. She has also published four collections of poetry, most recently The Weather in Normal (UK: Seren, US: Station Hill, 2018), a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. She is Reader in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University. www.carrieetter.com Jasper Fforde Author FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ONE-TO-ONE APPOINTMENTS TO GIVE ADVICE ON POLISHING THE OPENING OF YOUR NOVEL.
Please submit the first 1000 words of your novel and answer the following questions: 1. What is your book about thematically? (30 words or less) 2. What is the strongest element of your book? (30 words or less) Jasper has been writing in the Comedy/Fantasy Genre since 2001 when his novel The Eyre Affair debuted on the New York Times Bestseller list. Since then he has published thirteen more books, several of them bestsellers, and counts his sales in millions. Early Riser was his 14th book and was published in August 2018. His next book, Meet the Rabbits, will be published in August 2019. He lives and works in Wales. www.jasperfforde.com
Jo Fletcher Publisher, Jo Fletcher Books FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ONE-TO-ONE APPOINTMENTS
Please submit a cover letter, synopsis and first chapter, double-spaced in 12-pt serif font (Times New Roman). Looking for: science fiction, fantasy and horror, but has published all types of commercial fiction including thrillers, crime, women’s fiction and romance and can always pass anything outside her own imprint’s needs to colleagues within Quercus. Not interested in: children’s or YA fiction, literary fiction and non-fiction. Jo is the publisher of Jo Fletcher Books, a specialist fantasy, science fiction and horror imprint, part of Quercus, which she started after 16 years with Victor Gollancz, first an independent publisher (non-fiction, literary, commercial and children’s fiction) and latterly one of the country’s biggest SF and fantasy imprints. She was an investigative journalist in Fleet Street and spent several years as a film and book critic. Jo has published widely and her work includes non-fiction, ghost-written military and historical, fantasy and horror fiction. www.jofletcherbooks.co.uk
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