Getting Published as a Writer for Children
with Rosalind Price
and guests Elizabeth Honey, Lili Wilkinson and Erica Wagner
This one-day course offers new writers for children an understanding of what goes on inside a publishing house, how publishers make their choices, how to give themselves the best chance of publication and what to expect from the publishing process. It also provides an opportunity to discuss the author-publisher relationship with an experienced author and illustrator.
The program will include general sessions and individual feedback, and will address the much-asked questions:
• What are publishers looking for?
• Which publishers should I submit to?
• What should I submit?
• How can I polish the start of my manuscript?
• What makes a persuasive covering letter?
• What makes a great book title?
• Do I need an agent?
• What should I know about genres, age group and the current market?
• What happens once my book is accepted?
• What should I look out for in a publishing contract?
• How can I make the most of the publishing relationship?
About the Course Director
Rosalind Price is an experienced publisher and editor. She began her career in London with A&C Black, then moved to Australia where she worked for Oxford University Press and ran her own small publishing company. In 1986 she launched Allen & Unwin's children's book list, and guided its development for twenty years. She won the 2005 Pixie O'Harris Award for distinguished services to Australian children's books. She is now a publishing consultant for Allen & Unwin.
About the Guest Lecturers
Elizabeth Honey is an award-winning author of poetry, picture books and novels. Her playful humour, originality and energy strike a chord with children everywhere. Elizabeth is also an artist and she illustrates her own books. Her picture books include Ten Blue Wrens, Not a Nibble!, I'm Still Awake, Still! and That's Not a Daffodil! Elizabeth's books are published in many countries around the world.
Lili Wilkinson is the award-winning author of six Young Adult novels, including Scatterheart, Pink and most recently A Pocketful of Eyes. She established and curated the Centre for Youth Literature's insideadog.com.au website for teenagers at the State Library of Victoria, as well as coordinating the Inky Awards, until 2011. She is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne, and is working on a new novel about a magician's assistant.
Erica Wagner has worked with books for most of her life, first as a bookseller, then as an editor and publisher. During her ten years with Penguin Books, she worked with many of Australia's leading authors and illustrators before leaving to start up a children's list for Duffy & Snellgrove. In 2000 she moved to Allen & Unwin where she publishes a range of highly acclaimed picture books, fiction and non-fiction for children and teenagers.
Please note in the event of unforeseen circumstances, courses - including tutors and venues - may be subject to cancellation or change.
