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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

An Author’s response to our events – Networking at Byte the Book

Guest post by Tracey Sinclair. I’m not a great networker. While I find it extremely easy to ‘sell’ myself in a one-to-one (or one-to-several) meeting, put me in a room full of strangers and I’m likely…

Salon London is XXX – Book your ticket now for 3rd October at Adam Street

We thoroughly recommend Salon London events, the next one on 3rd October at the Adam Club sounds great, here are some more details: For its 30th event Salon takes its Triple X status seriously with X-…

Free New Networking event for Technology at Shoreditch House – Tech Talkfest on 22/10/12

We can’t wait to go along to Zoe Cunningham’s brand new and free networking event at Shoreditch House, we’re so excited in fact that we thought we should let Byte the Bookers know about it. Tech Talk…

Julia Newhouse – Reviewer, Aspiring Author, Publishing Rights and Freelance Editor

Julia recently left university, and embarked on a career in publishing, Julia spends all day surrounded by books – from the manuscripts and production copies filling the office, to her overstacked she…

Guest Post on Strictly Writing – answering some questions on Byte the Book and publishing in general

I guested on Strictly Writing this week, I thoroughly recommend the site for writers everywhere… here’s the article Tell us a little about Byte the Book… Byte the Book is a writing and publishing co…

Literary Lunch with the Best Selliing Authors Louise Voss and Mark Edwards

We’re intrigued by best selling author’s Louise Voss and Mark Edwards literary lunch next Friday 7th September at 1pm in Teddington. It sounds like a bit of bargain too, just £14.50 for a delicious th…

Brand New Digital Imprint Looking for Submissions – Red Button Publishing

Red Button Publishing is a brand new digital fiction imprint. It’s been set up by Karen Ings and Caroline Goldsmith who together have nearly three decades’ experience in trade publishing. They’ve live…

Zoe Cunningham – Tech Expert and Broadcast Journalist

Zoe wears so many hats that she confuses herself. She’s MD over at Softwire Technology, the Ladies’ World Backgammon Champion 2010, a radio and TV presenter and a volunteer at Ashanti Development. On…

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