This roadshow will include sessions on the author-agent relationship and finding outlets for new work, as well as offering essential advice for novelists and poets considering applying for the Northern Writers’ Awards and other opportunities.

Confirmed speakers include the novelist, poet and editor Jacob Ross; Aki Schilz from TLC; Northern Writers' Awards winners Kit Fan and Karen Powell; and Amandeep Singh from the Blair Partnership literary agency.

Independent publisher Dead Ink will be present to tell us more about Test Signal, an exciting opportunity for writers based in the North of England to be considered for a new anthology.

Date: Saturday 23 November 2019, 12.30-5pm
Location:, University of Bradford
Cost: £5 (includes tea and coffee). A limited number of free tickets are available to people for whom this is prohibitive. Please contact Grace Keane grace@newwritingnorth.com

Thanks to Bradford Literature Festival and University of Bradford for their support for this roadshow.

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Can't join us in Bradford? We'll also be running roadshows in Blackpool, Newcastle and Sheffield in January 2020.

The Northern Writers' Awards are produced by New Writing North with support from Northumbria University, Arts Council England and a range of industry partners. The awards support work-in-progress by writers based in the North of England. Details here