Past Publishing / Editing Courses

The Podcasting Way

Ever wanted to make a podcast? No idea where to start? Nat Amoore, children’s author and podcast host, will take you through the basics of creating your podcast content. This workshop will cover planning, scripting, interviewing, recording and editing – all from the comfort of your home office chair! Details

Editing for the International English Market

Get an overview of editorial considerations and insights into what international editors are looking for in a manuscript submission. Details

Is My Book Agent Ready? Editing your manuscript for submission to an agent

Are you editing your work day and night with little direction? Join Smita Khanna in this talk as she guides you through the process of self-editing, both fiction and non-fiction manuscripts Details

Picture Book Matters

Through these workshops, participants will learn step-by-step how picture books of all genres are created for the traditional publishing market. Details

Book Cover Design: The Birth of Ideas

This workshop is targeted at professional creatives who want to explore the boundaries between written and visual storytelling. Details

Conversation with a Book Cover Designer

Xavier Comas will be sharing stories from his three decades of experience as a designer that will amuse, surprise and even shock you. Details

Conversation with a Literary Agent

This talk will introduce aspiring authors, especially first time authors, to the publishing industry. Details

Adapting For The International Chinese Market

Navigate the Chinese publishing market Details

Young Author Scheme

Write your own 3,000-word narrative and get a chance to enter a regional writing award. Details

Crafting for Comics with Lewis Trondheim

Craft stories through comics Details

The New Self-Publishing – How the entrepreneurial writer can challenge publishing’s status quo

This workshop will look at taking advantage of this publishing revolution and avoiding any pitfalls that might come your way. Participants will leave with a strategic plan to develop their presence, to grow their potential readership and to take their publishing projects from idea to paperback, hardback or eBook.

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Good, Clean Copy – How good editing can make you a great writer

Participants will explore and put into practice a variety of editing techniques and develop a new editing-focused approach to their work. Details

Masterclass on Advanced Copy-editing and Proofreading for Fiction and Non-fiction

In this two-day workshop, participants will work at an advanced level with a variety of text types, and hone their techniques for ensuring that each element of the text is the shape it should be Details

From Pitch to Publication Masterclass

Literary agents will help to demystify the publication process and give the authors of completed manuscripts invaluable tips on how best to present and pitch their work to publishers. Details

Becoming a Successful Literary Translator

Shelly Bryant, an experienced translator will address challenges unique to literary translation as well as provide insights to the literary translation industry particularly the China publishing market. Details