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Getting Published

Get published in Cornwall

Are you a budding first time writer? An up and coming literary talent? An established wordsmith? Popular Cornwall-based reading night Telltales is branching out into publishing and it's looking for submissions.

What Australia wants

I've just rushed home from the 2010 Sydney Writers' Festival event  So you think you can write? This was an opportunity for ten people, picked at random from a crowd of 250, to give a three-minute pitch of their book to two prominent personalities in Australian publishing. By Cynthia Haskell.

Must reads for journalists

If you want to be a great journalist these are the books you need says Richard Benson, writer and former editor of The Face.

Docudrama - the new buzz format

If reality TV is over, does that mean more opportunities for writers? Jessica Mayne quizzes Hannah Sim, one of the brightest names in factual entertainment.

How to get published

Authors, agents and publishers tell all at a London Book Fair master class. Aspiring novelist Phil Williams took notes.

Patrick Gale: a writer's life

Patrick Gale is one of Cornwall’s most successful writers. Joanna Lloyd finds out how he writes and learns all about his Richard and Judy shed.

Why you need a blog

Publisher insight on how they 'harvest' blogs, with tips to take you from blog to book.

What agents don't want to hear

A checklist of what to say – and what not to include – when approaching agents, from the forthright American literary agent Janet Reid:

Digitisation: good or bad for authors?

Digitisation

Has digitisation made it harder for writers to get their books in print – or is it democratising publishing? Read the thoughts of industry insider Martyn Daniels here.