WRITERS & PUBLISHERS DAY Sun 10 July - 10:00 - 16:30 Frome Library
10:00 - 16:30 ONE-TO-ONE WRITING SURGERIES Words at Frome Festival offer aspiring writers 20-minute surgeries with literary agents and creative writing tutors. Each specialist requires a synopsis to read beforehand. Full details provided when booking. For more information, or to book a one-to-one surgery, email
sueffa@hotmail.co.uk or call 01225 864194 from 6pm-7pm.
10:00 - 16:30 1:1 WITH LITERARY AGENT LORELLA BELLI Lorella specialises in woman’s fiction, period drama, crime thrillers and general non-fiction. No children’s books, poetry, screen plays or science fiction books. Age 16+ £17. Event 1003
10:00 - 16:30 1:1 WITH LITERARY AGENT JAMES WILLS James specialises in strong, narrative non- fiction, including history, sport, science, popular music, comedy and internet blogs. Rip-roaring thriller fiction also considered. Age 16+ £17. Event 1004
10:00 - 16:30 1:1 WITH AUTHOR & WRITING TUTOR JANE ELMOR
Jane offers constructive and valuable advice on how to move a work in progress forward. Age 16+ £17. Event 1007
10:00 - 16:30 1:1 WITH LITERARY AGENT IMOGEN COOPER Imogen works at the Chicken House Children’s Book Publishing Company based in Frome. She wants to hear from new writers and illustrators. Age 16+ £17. Event 1008
11:00 - 13:00 BOMB-PROOF YOUR PLOT Want to write a crime novel? Creative writing tutor Jill Harris reveals how to plot a mystery and suspense thriller. Bring a brief synopsis to workshop. Age 16+. Max 14 £10 / £8. Event 1010
Matthew Graham
10:00 - 11:00 WRITING FOR YOUNG ADULTS & BLOGGING IT Emma Newman discusses the growing demand for young adult fiction and the five rules to follow when writing for this market. The author secured a book deal to publish her debut novel 20 Years Later, the first in a dystopian fantasy trilogy for young adults, by building a strong internet presence via blogs and podcasts. She offers advice to writers seeking to expand their online profile. Age 16+. Max 30 £5 / £4 concs. Event 1005
10:00 - 11:00 LYNDON STACEY - QUEEN OF WEST COUNTRY CRIME Author Lyndon Stacey talks about her latest crime novel No Going Back. Like her previous books, the drama unfolds in a familiar West Country setting where murder, fraud, blackmail and kidnap call on ordinary characters living everyday lives. Gripping stuff. Age 16+. Max 50 £5 / £4 concs. Event 1006
11:00 - 12:30 SHORT STORY COMPETITION PRIZE-GIVING Frome author Alison Clink announces the winner of this year’s Frome Festival International Short Story Prize judged by novelists Emma Darwin and Jonathan Lee. After the prize-giving, an actor reads out the winning entry. Book in advance and collect ticket on door. Age16+. Max 50. Deadline for entries to this year’s competition 31 May 2011. Free. Event 1009
12:45 - 13:45 MEET THE MURDER MAN Crime writer Peter Lovesey talks about his latest book Stage Struck, the eleventh in his Peter Diamond series. A master of characterisation, atmosphere and plot. Age 16+. Max 50
£5 / £4 concs. Event 1014
14:00 - 15:30 WRITERS QUESTION TIME Master of ceremonies Steve Voake, author of The Dream Walkers Child, invites Matthew Graham, screenwriter for Spooks, Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes, historical novelist Emma Darwin, author of The Mathematics of Love and a Secret Alchemy; Joel Stickley, author of How to Write Badly Well and Who Writes This Crap?, and Debby Holt, author of Friends Lies and Alibis, to answer the burning literary issues of the day. Email questions in advance to
fromewqt@hotmail.co.uk. Age 16+. Max 50 £8 / £6 concs. Event 1018
14:00 - 15:00 ALL ABOUT CHICKEN HOUSE Hear the story of how Chicken House Publishing founder Barry Cunningham discovered Harry Potter. The publisher’s literary agent Imogen Cooper answers questions on writing for children and how to get published. Age 16+. Max 30 £5 / £4 concs. Event 1017
15:30 - 16:30
WRITE ABOUT WHAT YOU KNOW Non-fiction writer and equestrian champion Jane Holderness-Roddam shares her tips for success and how she won team gold at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. Age 16+. Max 50 £5 / £4 concs. Event 1023
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