Ticketed event: $5

With authors Alan Carter, Karen Brooks and Meg Bignell, and publisher Annette Barlow

Moderator: Liz Evans

What does it take to publish your novel? How do you make the shift from writer to author? What are publishers looking for, and how might you, as a writer, respond? Transforming a manuscript into a book takes more than blood, sweat and tears, but with the right support, it needn’t involve the compromises many writers fear. This session represents a rare and valuable opportunity to get inside the publishing experience from both sides as some of Tasmania’s best-selling novelists and one of Australia’s most experienced publishers come together for an industry-focused panel discussion on the exciting, yet nevertheless daunting pathway to publication.

Featuring historical fiction author Karen Brooks (The Good Wife of Bath), romance novelist Meg Bignell (The Angry Women’s Choir), crime writer Alan Carter (Crocodile Tears) and Annette Barlow, senior publisher with Allen & Unwin (Kate Morton, Alex Miller, Holly Throsby) and responsible for the Vogel prize. Facilitated by Liz Evans.

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