Date: Saturday, 9th February
Time: 13:30 – 16:30
Venue: Bombay Natural History Society, Auditorium
Conducted by: Anita Roy
What Every Writer Should Know About Publishing is intended as an introduction to the book publishing industry for writers who are relatively new to it, or for those who just want to find out what goes in to making a book—from proposal to finished product.
It will offer guidance about how to go about finding the best ‘home’ for your work, and will also deal with some of the professional—rather than just the creative—aspects of writing. We’ll also cover some basics of editing your own work and that of others and what to expect from the editors you encounter along the way. This is aimed at maximizing your chances of getting your proposal or manuscript accepted. The workshop is open to writers of any denomination—fiction, non-fiction, children’s, poets, academics, published or unpublished, Booker prize-winners or absolute beginners.
(More about the workshop leader and details on how to register below the fold.)
Anita Roy has been an editor for exactly half her life: the first ten in England (with Routledge and then Manchester University Press), and the last eleven in Delhi (with OUP, Dorling Kindersley and currently Zubaan). As an editor, she’s worked on a range of books—from academic monographs, travel guides, general non-fiction, and fiction, to children’s books. She is the editor of 21 Under 40: New Stories for a New Generation, and her work has appeared in Civil Lines 5, City Impossible (ed. Kushwant Singh), and Superhero! (Scholastic, 2007).
To register
Please mail kalaghoda DOT workshops AT gmail DOT com with the subject line ‘ What Every Writer should know about Publishing.’
In your mail, please include:
1. Your name, an email address and a phone number (preferably cellular)
2. A line or two about your previous experience in this area.
3. A line or two about what you’re looking for from this workshop.
There are only 20 seats available. Please register early!
Please inform us well in time if you need to drop out, so we can free the seat for someone else.
Please make sure you are at the workshop venue 15 minutes before the posted start time.
We will inform all registered participants about any changes in schedules. But please keep an eye on this post as well for any changes.
