Future events
Agent Tables Sponsored by HW Fisher (January 2021)
Thursday, January 21, 2021
THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT. IF YOU ARE AN AUTHOR WANTING TO MEET WITH AGENTS PLEASE SIGN UP FOR OUR 24TH MARCH EVENT. It’s notoriously hard for authors to meet agents so for the past few years we’ve been running Agent Ta…
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Byte Online: Should Knowledge Be Free? Sponsored by Harbottle & Lewis
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
What content should be free? How much should content cost? Is there a difference between print and digital content? What about access for developing countries and less privileged groups? Are attitudes towards book piracy…
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Byte Lunch Q&A: How Do You Publish Independently? With Caroline Goldsmith
Friday, January 29, 2021
This is the first of a regular Friday lunchtime chats. A chance for you all to ask your burning questions about publishing and also meet some of the other members. Our host Caroline has twenty years experience in book pu…
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Byte Connects: How to Make Use of the Byte The Book Network
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Join us as we explore ways in which our 400 person network can help you get published, or make useful connections in publishing. More details to follow. This event will run over Zoom. Please register for this event befor…
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Byte Training: How to Get Your Fiction Book Submission Agent Ready
Thursday, February 4, 2021
Join us for this workshop led by literary agent Julia Silk. We’ll give you an overview of the fiction book market, talk about what agents are looking for in a query package and help you to hone your submissions. Places a…
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Byte Training: How to Get Your Non-Fiction Submission Agent Ready
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Join us for this workshop led by literary agent, Anna Pallai. We’ll give you an overview of the non-fiction book market, talk about what agents are looking for in proposals and help you to hone your submissions. Places a…
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Scouting for Books: Why are Literary Scouts Important in Publishing? with Helen Francis
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
What do literary scouts do? And how do they link authors, publishers, agents with each other and across different media. Join us for this discussion and a chance to virtually meet our experts. Our host for this event is…
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Members’ Webinar: Singing In the Rain: Maximising Your Wellbeing As a Writer with Rachel Kelly
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Join us for this wonderful workshop where our host Rachel Kelly will talk openly about her own experience of depression and recovery. She’ll shares strategies and exercises to help authors ‘sing in the rain’, to see the…
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Members’ Webinar: Turning Your Passions into Prose with Chris Russell
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
“Write what you know”, goes the old adage — but the real magic comes when you write what fascinates you. The subjects, ideas or questions that consume you, that keep you up at night, that just won’t leave you alone. Auth…
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Agent Tables Sponsored by HW Fisher (March 2021)
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT. IF YOU ARE AN AUTHOR WANTING TO MEET WITH AGENTS PLEASE SIGN UP FOR OUR 13TH MAY EVENT. It’s notoriously hard for authors to meet agents so for the past few years we’ve been running Agent Tabl…
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Byte Lunch: How Can You Market Your Books? Q&A with Publishing Expert Hermione Ireland
Friday, April 23, 2021
The next of our regular Friday lunchtime chats. A chance for you all to ask your burning questions about book marketing and also meet some of the other members. Our host Hermione is an experienced marketer, communication…
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Agent Tables (May 2021) – Sponsored by HW Fisher
Thursday, May 13, 2021
It’s notoriously hard for authors to meet agents so for the past few years we’ve been running Agent Tables. Lots of authors have found agents and some have secured publishing deals, others have got useful advice that the…
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Read reports and view photos from past Byte The Book events.
Report on Byte the Book “How is Technology Influencing the Size and Shape of What We Read?”
We understand that some of you can’t get along to Byte the Book but are still curious to know what gets discussed. So we asked one of our members, Chris Russell, to write a report on our May meeting. …
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