Event overview
The publishing revolution: what next for writers?
What are the opportunities and pitfalls for writers in the new era of publishing? Does the printed book still have a future? How does crowd-funding work? Is self-publishing a viable commercial option? Are digital texts the best way forward? Whether you’re a novelist, poet, short story writer or author of non-fiction, come and explore the range of possibilities for getting your work published with our four experts, who between them offer a wealth of experience.
Sarah Kember is Professor of New Technologies of Communication at Goldsmiths. She is in the process of setting up the Goldsmiths Press, starting with the principles of digital publishing although not necessarily abandoning print. She also writes novels and short stories as well academic monographs and has a research project on digital transformations in publishing.
Rachael Kerr began her career in 1985 at Bodley Head, then spent eight years at Jonathan Cape where she was Publicity Director. She subsequently worked at Picador and the Harvill Press before leaving publishing to raise a family. Since 2011 she has been Editor-at-Large at Unbound, the world's first crowd-funded publishing operation. She was the editor of Paul Kingsnorth's The Wake, recently shortlisted for the 2014 Goldsmiths Prize.
Andrew Laurence is a second year part-time student on the Goldsmiths Creative and Life Writing MA programme. He has been a barrister, actor and puppeteer, and is currently a PR man at of one of London’s top agencies. Last summer, writing as Laurence Cooper, he published George Valentine's Retirement Plan, a comedy thriller that explores the nexus of Westminster politics, PR and the media from the bottom rung of the ladder of intrigue. Reviews and more information about the book is available on http://www.laurencecooper.co.uk
Jessica Leeke is Editorial Director for Fiction at Penguin’s Michael Joseph. She is building a new list which hits that much-coveted ‘sweet spot’, novels which educate, illuminate but most importantly entertain. Her authors include New York Times bestseller Emma Straub and Alexandra Oliva, whose debut thriller has sold in 17 different countries. She was previously Senior Commissioning Editor at Simon & Schuster where she worked with authors as diverse as Graham Swift, Lisa Genova, Tom Rob Smith and Benjamin Wood.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
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| 25 Mar 2015 | 5:00pm - 6:30pm |
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