Early Bird Discount for The Literary Consultancy Conference 7th – 8th June
The Literary Consultancy are running a conference in June and wanted to let Byte the Book subscribers know about the early bird discount which runs until the end of March. Here are some more details:…
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The Rites of Spring – Salon London 6th March at Adam Street
It’s been a long cold hard winter but there’s some light now at the end of the tunnel, another brilliant Salon London event – “The Rites of Spring”, here’s what the organisers have to say about it: Fi…
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Dame ‘Steve’ (Stephanie) Shirley – 20th March, 8pm, Ivy House, NW11 7SX
Another interesting event from one of our members, the London Jewish Cultural Centre, here are some more details: Let IT Go Dame ‘Steve’ (Stephanie) Shirley in Conversation With Trudy Gold Wednesday…
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City of Blood – An Evening with New Crime Author and City Alumna MD Villiers, 20th March
Another exciting event, this time from City University. Here are some more details: From a taste for Nordic noir immortalised in The Killing to Sophie Hannah’s best-selling psychological crime novels…
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A Response to “What Skills Do Publishers Need?”
Our event a few weeks ago “What Skills Do Publishers Need?” was absolutely fantastic and we had a really positive response on the night both at the event and via the twitter feed. We were especially…
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The Big DRM Debate from BIC 4th March 2013
A interesing event from BIC coming up in March, here are some more details: BIC BATTLE – THE DRM DEBATE MARCH 2013! EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION OPEN NOW! Not sure which way to go regarding DRM for digital…
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Two UK Start-ups as Semi-finalists for Tools of Change, NYC
Congratulations to BookMachine and Valobox for getting in to the semi-final of TOC NYC Startup showcase. If they win this round, they will have the opportunity to present their technology to leaders i…
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Salon London on 7th February at Foyles plus launch of the Transmission Prize
Salon London’s first event of the year is on Thursday 7th February, at Foyles Bookshop, Charing Cross Rd, from 6:30pm and it sounds like it’s going to be great. In addition to the launch of the Transm…
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What’s Going On In London?
To make sure literary and publishing folk don’t miss any great events in the capital and to ensure, where possible, event organisers avoid clashes, we’re going to try and track all the literary and pu…
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Hampstead and Highgate Literary Festival – Celebratory Talks from John McCarthy and Brian Sewell
Byte the Book members the Hampstead & Highgate Literary Festival are marking their 5th birthday with a series of special events throughout the year leading up to the 3-day Festival from Sunday 15t…
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London Premiere of Louis De Bernieres’ Mr Handel
We’re fascinated by Byte the Booker, Tatty Theo’s, upoming London premiere of Louis de Bernières’ Mr Handel at the Wigmore Hall, Friday 7 December, 7.30pm, and recommend you all go and see it. Tatty i…
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A Literary Evening from the TLC to Raise Money for Women on Low Incomes with Mental Health Issues
We recently heard about this excellent fundraising event that The Literary Consultancy are organising for the Maya Centre on Thursday 6th December 2012. Here are some details: The Literary Consultanc…
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Is Giving Away 1200 Books for Free a Good Idea?
This article was written by Jason Arnopp and first published on his personal blog on 18 November 2012. His latest novel ‘Beast in the Basement’ is available from Amazon here and was reviewed by Caroli…
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Special Offer From This Month’s Sponsor – Discount on Membership and Industry Training
This month’s sponsors BIC (Book Industry Communications) are expanding their suite of training and are happy to offer a 15% discount applicable to existing and any future training sessions. Simply ent…
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Byte the Booker, Guy Ware, in ‘The Special Relationship’ Sunday 25th November at The Book Club
One of our very own Byte the Bookers, Guy Ware, is just about to have his collection of short stories, ‘You Have 24 Hours to Love Us,’ published by Comma Press. You can see him in action at The Book C…
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Dream Corner – Radio Interview with Byte the Book Founder Justine Solomons
A few weeks ago, Byte the Book’s founder, Justine Solomons, was interviewed by the lovely Viv Oyolu at Dream Corner. Viv talks to women about pursuing their dreams. You can listen to their interview…
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Introducing Lucy Foley – Editorial Assistant (Fiction) and Book Reviewer
We’re proud to welcome Lucy Foley to the Byte the Book family. Lucy is a graduate of UCL and Durham universities. She’s been in publishing (editorial, fiction) just long enough to remember the days of…
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Going Indie – The Writer In The Digital Age on 22/11, at The Free Word Centre
I’m looking forward to being on a panel on Thursday 22nd November at the Free Word Centre. The title of the talk is ‘Going Indie – The Writer in The Digital Age.’ Here is what the organisers, The Lit…
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November is National Novel(la) Writing Month
November is National Novel Writing Month, according to NaNoWriMo, an organisation started out in the US in 1999, which encourages people to write 50,000 words in November. That’s about 1667 words a da…
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Special Offer From This Month’s Sponsors – One Day Social Media Workshop For Authors
This month’s sponsors ControlA are keen to help authors with their blogs and social media and are running a one day workshop on Saturday 10th November 2012. Only five places are available and the work…
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