If you are one of the lucky six people to have your name pulled from the hat, you will be allotted one of the 10 minute time slots to pitch your completed manuscript to Annette Barlow.
Annette Barlow has over thirty years of experience in the publishing industry and has worked with authors such as Alex Miller and Kate Morton.
Be on hand to find out if your name is one of the six selected to pitch your completed manuscript to Annette Barlow of Allen & Unwin.
If you’re a writer with a finished manuscript who’d like a shot at the Australian publishing industry, Allen & Unwin’s Annette Barlow will be actively scouting for new literary talent at the festival, and she wants to hear from you! A total of 12 face-to-face author pitches of 10 minutes’ duration are up for grabs. Come prepared with a compelling pitch, pop your name into the hat, and you’ll be in with a chance to spend 10 minutes summing up your story for her, in a private, face-to-face session.
This is the second and final chance to enter your name into the Pitch to a Pro ballot. WInners will be drawn at 12:30 pm.
If you are one of the lucky six people to have your name pulled from the hat at 12:30, you will be allotted one of these 10 minute time slots to pitch your completed manuscript to Annette Barlow.
Be on hand to find out if your name is one of the six selected to pitch your completed manuscript to Annette Barlow of Allen & Unwin between 2-3pm.
An invitation to pitch your book to publisher Annette Barlow of leading Australian press, Allen & Unwin.
If you’re a writer with a finished manuscript who’d like a shot at the Australian publishing industry, Allen & Unwin’s Annette Barlow will be actively scouting for new literary talent at the festival, and she wants to hear from you! A total of 12 face-to-face author pitches of 10 minutes’ duration are up for grabs. Come prepared with a compelling pitch, pop your name into the hat, and you’ll be in with a chance to spend 10 minutes summing up your story for her, in a private, face-to-face session.
Over the decades, Annette has worked with a litany of successful Australian authors, including Alex Miller, Kate Morton, Holly Throsby, Tony Jones and Fleur McDonald. She is also responsible for the annual Vogel award and teaches at the Faber Writing Academy. Known for discovering and nurturing new writers, Annette is widely and affectionately regarded as one of Australia’s most experienced and supportive publishers. These sessions are an unmissable opportunity for all writers aspiring to take their work to that next step.
Places for the author pitches will be randomly drawn on both days of the festival. To go into the running your name must be entered into the ballot at the Festival Hub between 10-11am. Eligibility is for writers with completed manuscripts only and will be spread across two separate hour-long sessions on the Saturday and Sunday of the festival.
