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industry
13 - 15 SEPTEMBER
WHat publishers do for you the
role of an agent copYright +
coNtracts what i know about
being published... eveRthing a
writer needs to know about
digital marketing NAVIGATING
REJECTION + SUCCESs the coalface
patHways to publicAtion the
literature sector, support + YOUIntro2Industry
Friday 13 September 2019
DAY 1
TOWARDS PUBLICATION
9:00-10:30AM PRESENTATION
What publishers do for you
Jane Pearson, Text Publishing Chair: Paul Bissett
What does a publisher do for a writer? What are publishers looking for? How best to prepare your
submission to maximise your chance of publication? And what’s a day in the life of an Australian
publisher anyway? Jane Pearson is a publisher of nonfiction for Text, one of Australia’s most
innovative and successful houses, and she will take us behind the scenes and tell us how the
Australian publishing industry works.
BREAK
11:00-12:30PM PRESENTATION
THE ROLE OF AN AGENT:
WHat do agents do and what does representation mean for your career?
Fiona Inglis, Curtis Brown Australia Chair: Nigel Featherstone
Some authors have literary agents, some don’t. How do you know what will work for you and the
kind of books you’re writing? A great place to start is to listen to Fiona Inglis from Curtis Brown,
one of Australia’s – indeed the world’s – most highly regarded literary agencies. Jane Pearson is a
publisher of nonfiction for Text, one of Australia’s most innovative and successful houses, and she
will take us behind the scenes and tell us how the Australian publishing industry works.
LUNCH
1:30-3:00PM PRESENTATION
COPYRIGHT AND CONTRACTS:
EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK
Alex Adsett, Alex Adsett Publishing Services Chair: Meg Watson
Most writers just want to write, but it’s essentially to have an understating of Australian
copyright law and the importance and pitfalls of publishing contracts. If you would like to ensure
you stay on the right side of the law, this session, by the phenomenally knowledgeable – and
entertaining! – Alex Adsett, is an absolute must.
BREAK
3:30-5:00PM PANEL
What I know about being published…and what I wish I had known!
Zoya Patel, Patrick Mullins Chair: Nigel Featherstone
The publishing industry is, and probably has always been, a mysterious beast. What’s it like for
writers who’ve had their first book published? What did they learn? And what would they do
differently? Join two wonderfully thoughtful and engaging debut authors, Zoya Patel and Patrick
Mullins, as they share their experience of the writing journey.Intro2Industry
SATURday 14 September 2019
DAY 2
you’re published, now what?
9:00-10:30AM PRESENTATION
Everything a writer needs to know about digital marketing
Adam Rooijen, Head of Digital and Marketing, Harlequin/HarperCollins Chair: Katy Mutton
We’ve all heard of terms like ‘digital footprint’ and ‘findability’, but what’s really required of the
emerging writer in terms of making the most of the internet? Is it necessary to be on social media? If
so, which platform is the best? And websites? And newsletters? So much to consider! Let Adam
Rooijen from Harlequin / HarperCollins sort the wheat from the chaff.
BREAK
11:00-12:30PM PANEL
Navigating rejection and success
Michael Brissenden, Laura Dawes Chair: Nigel Featherstone
Most – if not all – writers have to navigate the tricky worlds of rejection and success, often
simulta-neously. The former can knock a writer sideways; the latter can lead to momentary
excitement but then crashing doubt. As always, there are strategies we can put into place to make
sure we survive, even enjoy, the writing life. Michael Brissenden and Laura Dawes, two prominent
Australian authors, will give us some tips.
LUNCH
1:30-3:00PM PANEL
The coalface – how books find readers
Katarina Pearsons, Harry Hartog; Jan Thurling, ACT Libraries Chair: Jerzy Beaumont You
walk into a bookshop and library, marvel at the shelves of beautifully produced tomes, and…
wonder, how on earth did they actually get there? Two stalwarts of the ACT’s book trade and
reading scene, Katarina Pearsons and Jan Thurling, will explain how it all works. They will also
share some thoughts on how to engage with your local bookshop and library.
BREAK
3:30-5:00PM PANEL/case studies
Pathways to publication
Serina Bird, Michelle Scott Tucker Chair: Nigel Featherstone
The publishing industry is, and probably has always been, a mysterious beast. What’s it
like for writers who’ve had their first book published? What did they learn? And what
would they do differently? Join two wonderfully thoughtful and engaging debut authors,
Zoya Patel and Patrick Mullins, as they share their experience of the writing journey.Intro2Industry
Sunday 15 September 2019
DAY 3
future opportunities
9:00-10:30AM PRESENTATION
The Literature Sector, Support, and YOU
Australia Council for the Arts; Robert Piani, Manager Arts Support, artsACT
Chair: Paul Bissett
Australian writers are lucky enough to be able to access a variety of support, from professional
development programs, residencies, and grants, all of which can help you progress your work. But
what is available? What’s the difference between state/territory support and national support?
And how to write a successful grant application? Representatives from artsACT and the Australian
BREAK
11:00-12:30PM PANEL
Going international
Anne Beilby, Rights Manager, Text Publishing Chair: Nigel Featherstone
We all want to be published in Australia, but how do literary agents and publishers go about
trying to sell your work in overseas territories? And what might international sales do for a
writer’s career and sustainability? Anne Beilby from Text Publishing will tell us how it all
happens. authors, will give us some tips.
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PANELLISTS & PRESENTERS
ALEX ADSETT
ALEX ADSETT is a literary agent specialising in genre fiction, as well as a freelance publishing
consultant offering commercial contract advice to authors and publishers. She has more than
twenty years experience working in the publishing and bookselling industry and has managed
Alex Adsett Publishing Services since 2008. As a consultant, Alex helps authors and publishers
negotiate publishing contracts in line with industry standards. As a literary agent, she is focussed
on finding exceptional manuscripts for adults and young adults, including commercial fiction,
narrative non-fiction, romance, science fiction, fantasy, crime and mystery. Alex represents a select
stable of authors including Jodi McAlister, Sasha Wasley, Isobelle Carmody, Shannon Horsfall,
Catherine Pelosi and Shelly Unwin. She is often to be found on twitter at @alexadsett or via her
website www.alexadsett.com.au.
JERZY BEAUMONT
A poet and writer, JERZY BEAUMONT works as the administrative officer at the ACT Writers
Centre, and is currently studying a Bachelor of Writing at the University of Canberra. He co-MCs
That Poetry Thing at Smith’s Alternative and represented the ACT at the 2017 Australian Poetry
Slam finals. He has performed his poetry on a local, interstate, and international level, and has been
published in various journals including the Australian Poetry Journal & Cicerone Journal. Jerzy
also comes to us by way of four years at QBD the Bookstore and twenty plus years of haunting
public libraries.
SERINA BIRD
SERINA BIRD is a HARDCOPY 2015 alumni. Her book THE JOYFUL FRUGALISTA was published by
Murdoch Books in February 2019 – a tale of ‘perseverance pays’ given the topic is nothing at all to do
with her 2015 Hardcopy manuscript. Passionate about helping people achieve financial resilience,
she is committed to promoting the financial, sustainable and community benefits of frugal living.
She’s a keen foodie who is one of those people who won’t let anyone eat dinner until she has posted
to Instagram. She is a regular contributor to Money Magazine, and her articles have also appeared in
news.com.au, Kidspot, Mamamia, The Riot-ACTand The Canberra Times. She talks food and savings
semi-regularly on ABC 666 FM, as well as being interviewed on other ABC and commercial radio.
More recently, she is famous for appearing on Sunrise, Your Money Live, Mums at The Table, and
being made fun of on The Project. She is also the co-host of the podcast, This Abundant Life, which
is due to launch in August 2019. She can be found at her blog www.joyfulfrugalista.com, on Twitter
at @joyfrugalista, on Instagram at @thejoyfrugalista and dowunder_dreaming, and on Pinterest @
thejoyfulfrugalisata.
PAUL BISSETT
PAUL BISSETT is the Director of the ACT Writers Centre. He is an award-winning screenwriter and
filmmaker who loves to write stories about time travel and warped realities. His TV comedy pilot,
ABOVE THE ANGELIC, won the Page International Screenwriting Awards. His first feature film, INSEARCH OF AN ENDING, was highly praised by the Academy Awards Nicholl Fellowship calling
it ‘wildly inventive’ and ‘very Charlie Kaufman – it’s that kind of brilliant’. IN SEARCH OF AN
ENDING is slated for production in 2019/2020 and will be directed by Peter Howitt (Sliding Doors).
Paul admires the way human beings can use words to invoke emotional responses and is passionate
about advocating for writers and their artistry.
MICHAEL BRISSENDEN
MICHAEL BRISSENDEN has been a political journalist and foreign correspondent for the ABC since
1987. He began his career covering Federal politics and has been a correspondent in Moscow, Brussels
and Washington. He was the political editor for the 7.30 Report in Canberra from 2003 to 2009, the
ABC’s Defence and National Security Correspondent between 2013 and 2015 and the host of the AM
national radio program. In 2017 Michael joined the 4 Corners program as a reporter. Michael is a
two-time Walkley award winner. He has written for a number of newspapers and magazines and
has published both fiction and non-fiction books. His most recent fiction THE LIST was published by
Hachette Australia in 2017 and new work is due to be published in 2020.
LAURA DAWES
LAURA DAWES is an award-winning historian, author and broadcaster, who is devoted to the
vibrant communication of the past through both non-fiction and fiction. Her speciality is the
history of science and particularly the history of medicine. Dr Dawes’s first book, CHILDHOOD
OBESITY IN AMERICA: BIOGRAPHY OF AN EPIDEMIC, was published to wide acclaim in 2014. She
holds a PhD from Harvard University in History of Science, a Masters degree from Oxford University
and a Bachelors degree from Murdoch University in Western Australia where she also won the
University Medal. Dr Dawes has received numerous awards, prizes and fellowships, including the
Frank Knox Fellowship at Harvard, the Clarendon and Chevening Scholarships at Oxford, a Warren
Center Research fellowship, Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Academic Excellence, the Frank Gillespie
Prize, the Ronald Searcy Prize, the Parnell O’Connor Prize for creative writing and an award in the
Wellcome Trust/Guardian Science Writing Prize. Her second book FIGHTING FIT: THE WARTIME
BATTLE FOR BRITAIN’S HEALTH (Hachette Australia) was short-listed for ACT Book of the Year.
NIGEL FEATHERSTONE
NIGEL FEATHERSTONE is an Australian writer of adult fiction. His new novel, BODIES OF MEN,
was published by Hachette Australia in April 2019 and has been described as ‘Remarkable’ (Can-
berra Times) and ‘A timeless novel of love between men in wartime’ (Newtown Review of Books). In
2014 the Goulburn Regional Conservatorium commissioned Nigel to write the libretto for an original
song cycle, with the music composed by James Humberstone from the Sydney Conservatorium of
Music. This work, titled THE WEIGHT OF LIGHT, was developed by The Street Theatre in Canberra
and had its world premiere in the national capital in March 2018 to critical acclaim; it has also been
performed in Goulburn (March 2018) and Sydney (July 2018). The work received a 2018 Canberra
Critics Circle Award. In 2018-2019 Nigel collaborated with singer-songwriter Pete Lyon on THE
FINAL HOURS, a suite of 5 songs inspired by the art work of Myuran Sukumaran, an Australian
man executed by the Indonesian government after being found guilty of smuggling heroin as part
of the ‘Bali 9’. Nigel is also the author of nearly 50 short stories published in Australian literary
journals including the Review of Australian Fiction, Meanjin, Island, and Overland, as well as inthe US. His collected stories are JOY (2000) and HOMELIFE (1999). He has also written 120 creative
non-fiction stories, which have been published in outlets such as the Canberra Times, BMA, 3:AM
Magazine, and The Millions. In 2013 Nigel was a writer-in-residence at UNSW Canberra / the Aus-
tralian Defence Force Academy; he has also held residencies at Varuna (Blue Mountains, NSW) and
Bundanon (Shoalhaven River, NSW). He was the founding editor of Verity La (2010-2014), for which
he received a 2012 Canberra Critics Circle Award. Nigel is currently a Visiting Fellow at UNSW
Canberra, a position he will hold until 2021. He is represented by the Naher Agency, and he lives on
the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales. For more information, please visit www.opentopublic.
com.au
FIONA INGLIS
FIONA INGLIS graduated with a BA from Melbourne Uni in the good old days when tertiary
education was free. She started in publishing working for the Australian branch of UK publisher
Routledge & Kegan Paul, and then worked for head office in London for two years. She returned
home in the mid-80s and began working for Allen & Unwin firstly in sales then as an editor on
their fiction list. Following that was a year at HarperCollins as Publisher of Literature. She joined
Curtis Brown as an agent in 1993, and oversaw the purchase of Hickson Associates in 1999 when
she became Managing Director. She was the founding President of the Australian Literary Agents’
Association.
PATRICK MULLINS
PATRICK MULLINS is a Canberra based academic and writer. He is adjunct assistant professor at the
University of Canberra, from which he obtained his PhD in 2014. TIBERIUS WITH A TELEPHONE,
his biography of former prime minister Billy McMahon, was published by Scribe in 2018.
KATY MUTTON
KATY MUTTON is a Canberra-based dedicated visual arts practitioner with a BA in Visual Arts
from the Australian National University and a BA in Environmental Design from the University of
Canberra She has been the recipient of two Canberra Critics Circle Awards and the CAPO Rosalie
Gascoigne memorial award for the arts. Her work is held in many public and private collections
including The Australian War Memorial, The State Library of Victoria. Katy is currently the
Communications Manager for the ACT Writers Centre following four years in Communications at
Megalo Print Studio + Gallery. Katy has extensive experience working in programs and
communications across the not-for-profit sector with a focus on the arts and was previously
Publication Manager for Art Monthly Australia magazine.
ZOYA PATEL
ZOYA PATEL is the author of NO COUNTRY WOMAN, a memoir of race, religion and feminism. She
is the Founding Editor of feminist journal Feminartsy, and former editor of Lip Magazine. Zoya was
Highly Commended in the 2015 Scribe Non-Fiction Prize, was the 2015 ACT Young Woman of the
Year, and was the recipient of the 2014 Anne Edgeworth Young Writers Fellowship. @zoyajpatel
ROBERT PIANI
ROBERT PIANI is the Director of Arts Programs, artsACT, within the Chief Minister, Treasury and
Economic Development Directorate of the ACT Government. artsACT provides policy and fundingadvice; manages the ACT Arts Fund and a range of other arts development and funding initiatives;
manages the ACT Government’s public art collection; oversees the development and management of
key ACT arts facilities; and maintain links with other arts and cultural organisations in Australia.
The Arts Programs team manages the ACT Arts Fund of over $10 million in arts funding across a
range of arts organisations, groups and individual artists to support and develop the arts in
Canberra and promote community access and engagement in the arts.
JAN THURLING
JAN THURLING is Lifelong Learning Manager for the Libraries ACT. She is a big reader, passionate
lifelong learner, and world traveller who loves to read books set in whatever exotic location she
finds herself in. Has a scary addiction to true crime and crime fiction, loves to listen to classical
music, and dreams of writing a book one day herself. Was once nominated for Australia’s Favourite
Librarian but got fewer votes than the library service dog (her only consolation is, he didn’t win
either). Has been a librarian in special libraries covering only television, radio, music and film, but
has moved to public libraries where she enjoys creating public events and programs which cele-
brate the rest of Dewey categories as well. Jan is passionate about getting books into the hands of
people, especially those who don’t know yet what they like.
MICHELLE SCOTT TUCKER
MICHELLE SCOTT TUCKER is the author of ELIZABETH MACARTHUR: A LIFE AT THE EDGE OF
THE WORLD , a compelling biography of the woman who established the Australian wool industry
(even though her husband received all the credit). Michelle participated in the 2015 HARDCOPY
program and it genuinely changed her life. Michelle is a freelance writer and consultant, having
had a successful career in government, business and the arts - including a recent stint as Executive
Director of the Stella Prize, Australia’s pre-eminent literary prize for women writers. She has served
as Vice Chair of the Writers Victoria board and is now a board member of the Macedon Ranges
Literary Association. Passionate about Australian literature, history and storytelling, Michelle
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