In the final post in our mini series about pitching at Novel Slam, joint winner Lorna Partington shares her thoughts about how to make the most of the pitching opportunity.

Kate Fox is our next guest at Sounds About Write and we couldn’t be more thrilled to host her at Sheffield Plate on Thursday 16th November. She’ll be performing some poems and talking about her eclectic writing career as a neurodiverse stand-up and stand-out poet, broadcaster and performer. In advance of the evening., we asked Kate to tell us a bit more about her work. Read on to find out why and how she wrote a poet about author, Adam Farrer’s mum!

Jane Croft was joint winner at this year’s Off the Shelf Novel Slam pitching contest. In the second post in the mini series featuring the winners, Jane tells us about her project and top tips for pitching success.

Pitching to a room full of people can be daunting indeed! But on Friday October 13, sixteen brave souls did just that at Novel Slam, the annual pitching contest held as part of the Off the Shelf lit fest. In this miniseries of blogs, we questioned the three winners to discover the secrets of their success.

Meet Rachel Guilford, member of The Writers Workshop.

Anna Caig is offering a new online course for you to work through at your own pace, Marketing for writers - the fundamentals, to all Writers Workshop members who sign up before the end of December. This includes existing WW members and new sign-ups.