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Includes all Festival events: Friday mini-course, accommodation on Friday and Saturday nights, meals (including Saturday gala dinner), refreshments, talks, your choice of workshops, agent/publisher one-to-one session, book doctor one-to-one, car parking, wi-fi. (Excludes the Monday Hangover.) £525 Includes all Festival events, except Friday mini-course. Includes accommodation on Friday and Saturday nights, meals (including Saturday gala dinner), refreshments, talks, your choice of workshops, agent/publisher one-to-one session, book doctor one-to-one, car parking, wi-fi. (Excludes the Monday Hangover) £450 Includes accommodation on Saturday night only. Also all meals (including Saturday gala dinner), refreshments, talks, your choice of workshops, agent/publisher one-to-one session, book doctor one-to-one, car parking, wi-fi. (Excludes the Monday Hangover) £385 All talks & workshops on Saturday. 1 Agent/Publisher one-to-one. 1 Book Doctor one-to-one. Meals & refreshments, including gala dinner. Car parking. All talks & workshops on Sunday. 1 Agent/Publisher one-to-one. 1 Book Doctor one-to-one. Meals & refreshments. Car parking.
The Monday Hangover
Accommodation on Sunday night. Survivors' breakfast. Trip to Haworth Parsonage. Return to York University / Railway Station. £95.00
Please select your Workshops (any available) & your One-to-Ones (two in total, one with an agent, one with a book doctor)
Friday Friday Mini-Courses Friday mini-course Ashley Pharoah: Screenwriting Masterclass - 41 Places Free Debi Alper & Emma Darwin: Developing your Voice - 35 Places Free Harry Bingham & Helen Corner: How to get Published - 9 Places Free Kate Allan and Jane Lovering: Characterisation Masterclass - 39 Places Free Writing for Children (Churchill & Ford) - 29 Places Free Friday One-to-Ones Agent / Book Dr Selection Adrian Magson (Fri 1) - 3 Places FreeDavid Headley (Fri 1) - 1 Places FreeJoanna Swainson (Fri 1) - 5 Places FreeJoanna Swainson (Fri 2) - 2 Places FreeJohn Jarrold (Fri 1) - 1 Places FreeMarcy Posner (Fri 2) - 3 Places FreeMarcy Posner (Fri 1) - 5 Places FreePiers Blofeld (Fri 1) - 3 Places FreePiers Blofeld (Fri 2) - 5 Places Free                Agent / Book Dr Selection Adrian Magson (Fri 1) - 3 Places FreeDavid Headley (Fri 1) - 1 Places FreeJoanna Swainson (Fri 1) - 5 Places FreeJoanna Swainson (Fri 2) - 2 Places FreeJohn Jarrold (Fri 1) - 1 Places FreeMarcy Posner (Fri 2) - 3 Places FreeMarcy Posner (Fri 1) - 5 Places FreePiers Blofeld (Fri 1) - 3 Places FreePiers Blofeld (Fri 2) - 5 Places Free                Saturday Saturday Workshops Workshop 1 1A) Philippa Pride: The Toolbox - 48 Places Free 1B) Nicola Morgan: What's wrong with your MS? - 19 Places Free 1C) Jean Fullerton: Show don't tell - 26 Places Free 1D) Tom Chalmers & friends: Getting Published - 27 Places Free 1E) Jane Holland: Writing Romance - 38 Places Free 1F) Tom Tivnan: Publishing - Present & future - 36 Places Free 1G) John Jarrold: the market for SF & fantasy - 32 Places Free Workshop 2 2A) Patrick Janson-Smith: Making Bestsellers - 10 Places Free 2B) Matt Hilton: Writing crime & thrillers - 28 Places Free 2C) Ashley Pharoah: Pitching the idea - 1 Places Free 2D) Debi Alper: Breaking the Rules - 31 Places Free 2E) Jeremy Sheldon: Plotting - 31 Places Free 2F) Jen Hamilton-Emery: Internet marketing - 33 Places Free 2G) Marcy Posner: a talk on International publishing - 56 Places Free Workshop 3 3A) Gurbutt & Taylor: The Market and the Muse - 20 Places Free 3B) Zoe King: from Slushpile to Book Deal - 14 Places Free 3C) Tim Murgatroyd: Character through Setting - 20 Places Free 3D) Louise Allen: The Mistakes we Make - 30 Places Free 3E) Blunden & Haynes: MS to publication - 33 Places Free 3F) Lyn Vernham: Choc Lit - 43 Places Free 3G) Jane Smith: Getting Published Isn’t Enough - 36 Places Free Saturday One-to-Ones Agent / Book Dr Selection Antony Topping (Sat 3) - 1 Places FreeBeverley Birch (Sat 3) - 1 Places FreeBeverley Birch (Sat 4) - 1 Places FreeCraig Taylor (Sat 2) - 3 Places FreeDavid Headley (Sat 4) - 2 Places FreeDebi Alper (Sat 1) - 1 Places FreeDebi Alper (Sat 4) - 2 Places FreeDiane Banks (Sat 4) - 1 Places FreeDonna Condon (Sat 4) - 2 Places FreeEd Handyside (Sat 4) - 2 Places FreeEmma Darwin (Sat 3) - 1 Places FreeHannah Westland (Sat 3) - 1 Places FreeJane Holland (Sat 2) - 4 Places FreeJane Holland (Sat 3) - 5 Places FreeJean Fullerton (Sat 3) - 1 Places FreeJim Gill (Sat 1) - 3 Places FreeJoanna Swainson (Sat 3) - 1 Places FreeJulia Churchill (Sat 1) - 1 Places FreeJuliet Pickering (Sat 1) - 1 Places FreeKathryn Price (Sat 3) - 2 Places FreeLyn Vernham (Sat 2) - 4 Places FreeMarcy Posner (Sat 1) - 1 Places FreeMatt Hilton (Sat 4) - 3 Places FreeNicola Morgan (Sat 2) - 1 Places FreePeter Buckman (Sat 3) - 1 Places FreePeter Buckman (Sat 4) - 2 Places FreePhilippa Pride (Sat 4) - 1 Places FreePiers Blofeld (Sat 1) - 3 Places FreeRebecca Connell (Sat 2) - 4 Places FreeSimon Trewin (Sat 3) - 1 Places FreeSimon Trewin (Sat 4) - 1 Places FreeSue Moorcroft (Sat 3) - 4 Places FreeToby Frost (Sat 3) - 3 Places FreeToby Frost (Sat 4) - 2 Places FreeTom Chalmers (Sat 3) - 2 Places FreeVicky Blunden (Sat 1) - 4 Places FreeVicky Blunden (Sat 2) - 5 Places FreeVicky Blunden (Sat 3) - 5 Places Free                Agent / Book Dr Selection Antony Topping (Sat 3) - 1 Places FreeBeverley Birch (Sat 3) - 1 Places FreeBeverley Birch (Sat 4) - 1 Places FreeCraig Taylor (Sat 2) - 3 Places FreeDavid Headley (Sat 4) - 2 Places FreeDebi Alper (Sat 1) - 1 Places FreeDebi Alper (Sat 4) - 2 Places FreeDiane Banks (Sat 4) - 1 Places FreeDonna Condon (Sat 4) - 2 Places FreeEd Handyside (Sat 4) - 2 Places FreeEmma Darwin (Sat 3) - 1 Places FreeHannah Westland (Sat 3) - 1 Places FreeJane Holland (Sat 2) - 4 Places FreeJane Holland (Sat 3) - 5 Places FreeJean Fullerton (Sat 3) - 1 Places FreeJim Gill (Sat 1) - 3 Places FreeJoanna Swainson (Sat 3) - 1 Places FreeJulia Churchill (Sat 1) - 1 Places FreeJuliet Pickering (Sat 1) - 1 Places FreeKathryn Price (Sat 3) - 2 Places FreeLyn Vernham (Sat 2) - 4 Places FreeMarcy Posner (Sat 1) - 1 Places FreeMatt Hilton (Sat 4) - 3 Places FreeNicola Morgan (Sat 2) - 1 Places FreePeter Buckman (Sat 3) - 1 Places FreePeter Buckman (Sat 4) - 2 Places FreePhilippa Pride (Sat 4) - 1 Places FreePiers Blofeld (Sat 1) - 3 Places FreeRebecca Connell (Sat 2) - 4 Places FreeSimon Trewin (Sat 3) - 1 Places FreeSimon Trewin (Sat 4) - 1 Places FreeSue Moorcroft (Sat 3) - 4 Places FreeToby Frost (Sat 3) - 3 Places FreeToby Frost (Sat 4) - 2 Places FreeTom Chalmers (Sat 3) - 2 Places FreeVicky Blunden (Sat 1) - 4 Places FreeVicky Blunden (Sat 2) - 5 Places FreeVicky Blunden (Sat 3) - 5 Places Free                Sunday Sunday Workshops Workshop 4 4A) Westland & Connell: Me and my agent - 15 Places Free 4B) Donna Condon: Publishing from Passion - 20 Places Free 4C) Allen & Fullerton: Writing Women's Fiction - 29 Places Free 4D) Nicola Morgan: Writing for Teenagers & Children - 19 Places Free 4E) Lesley Eames: Sparkling Dialogue - 24 Places Free 4F) Adrian Magson: Crime vs Thrillers - 24 Places Free 4G) Penny Legg - Stunning synopses and cover letters - 35 Places Free Workshop 5 5A) Cohen & Lovering: Laughing till you cry - 28 Places Free 5B) Alan Mahar: Tindal Street - 39 Places Free 5C) Lorella Belli: All about rejection letters - 22 Places Free 5D) Tom Harper: Doing your Research - 26 Places Free 5E) Emma Darwin: The Writer's Voices - 8 Places Free 5F) Jeremy Thompson: Self-Publishing - 33 Places Free Workshop 6 6A) Harry Bingham: The Prose Laboratory - 18 Places Free 6B) Ed Handyside: Myrmidon Books - 41 Places Free 6C) Toby Frost: Creating Worlds - 33 Places Free 6D) Julie Cohen: Pacing - 9 Places Free 6E) Jeremy Sheldon: Points of view - 19 Places Free 6F) Zoe King (SWWJ): Short stories - 40 Places Free Sunday One-to-Ones Agent / Book Dr Selection Beverley Birch (Sun 1) - 4 Places FreeBeverley Birch (Sun 2) - 1 Places FreeDavid Headley (Sun 3) - 1 Places FreeDebi Alper (Sun 1) - 1 Places FreeDebi Alper (Sun 2) - 4 Places FreeDebi Alper (Sun 3) - 4 Places FreeDiane Banks (Sun 1) - 4 Places FreeDonna Condon (Sun 2) - 1 Places FreeDonna Condon (Sun 3) - 3 Places FreeEd Handyside (Sun 1) - 2 Places FreeEd Handyside (Sun 2) - 2 Places FreeJoanna Swainson (Sun 3) - 5 Places FreeJulie Cohen (Sun 1) - 1 Places FreeKathryn Price (Sun 1) - 2 Places FreeKathryn Price (Sun 2) - 3 Places FreeMatt Hilton (Sun 3) - 4 Places FreeNicola Morgan (Sun 3) - 1 Places FreeToby Frost (Sun 1) - 3 Places Free                Agent / Book Dr Selection Beverley Birch (Sun 1) - 4 Places FreeBeverley Birch (Sun 2) - 1 Places FreeDavid Headley (Sun 3) - 1 Places FreeDebi Alper (Sun 1) - 1 Places FreeDebi Alper (Sun 2) - 4 Places FreeDebi Alper (Sun 3) - 4 Places FreeDiane Banks (Sun 1) - 4 Places FreeDonna Condon (Sun 2) - 1 Places FreeDonna Condon (Sun 3) - 3 Places FreeEd Handyside (Sun 1) - 2 Places FreeEd Handyside (Sun 2) - 2 Places FreeJoanna Swainson (Sun 3) - 5 Places FreeJulie Cohen (Sun 1) - 1 Places FreeKathryn Price (Sun 1) - 2 Places FreeKathryn Price (Sun 2) - 3 Places FreeMatt Hilton (Sun 3) - 4 Places FreeNicola Morgan (Sun 3) - 1 Places FreeToby Frost (Sun 1) - 3 Places Free