The 2024 Events
How to Sell Rights and Understand Licensing in Children’s Books
30 April 2025
This event delivers a thorough explanation of copyright, the cornerstone of all rights, and the essential steps of rights selling, an essential base for anyone starting off, or considering, a career in rights, or those in their first year or two, and wish to consolidate their knowledge. It’s also very good training for those in contracts or related areas, or self-published children’s authors. It is delivered by children’s rights experts with proven experience across many territories and markets.
The full programme will be available early in 2025.
Self-Publishing: How to Succeed in Italy and Abroad
31 march & 1 April 2025
This is an invaluable event for all those aspiring or new authors who wish to forge a career in self-publishing. It covers platforms, marketing, different genres, legal considerations, social media and day one looks specifically at the craft of writing, and honing your skills.
The full programme will be available early in 2025.
Call Your Agent: How to Become a Successful Literary Agent
2 April 2025
Literary agents represent writers, assisting them in obtaining publishing contracts, and negotiating the best terms. They focus on the business side often, but also offer their authors creative guidance too. In the book world it is not always clear how to get started in this world. This unique event will guide you through explanations of how agents and scouts work; how to find authors; scouting, how publishing works and how to do the best for your authors. If you are thinking of becoming an agent, or in your first year or two, this half day will inform and enthuse.