Podcasts

• Guy Gunaratne & Mary-Anne Harrington in Conversation at TLC Writers' Day 2018

  Negotiating Relationships: From Draft to Bookshelf with novelist Guy Gunaratne (In Our Mad and Furious City), and editor Mary-Anne Harrington (Tinder Press, Headline). This discussion was recorded live at The Literary Consultancy's Writers' Day 2018…

• Rebecca Swift 20th Anniversary Keynote speech - 'The Book Inside'

  TLC Founder Rebecca Swift discusses the notion of ‘The Book Inside’ in her keynote speech at TLC’s 20th Anniversary Symposium on November 11th 2016 at the Free Word Centre.

• Lemn Sissay - 'The Book Inside' Poems

  Poet Lemn Sissay OBE opens The Literary Consultancy’s 20th Anniversary Symposium at the Free Word Centre on November 11th 2016 with two specially commissioned poems.

• Quality Writing for All Launch 2015

  TLC launched its Quality Writing for All Campaign in 2015. Hear from Director and Founder Rebecca Swift, novelist, publisher and TLC editor Jacob Ross, and TLC Free Read recipient, novelist Liam Brown.

• Editing Matters: First Drafts

  'Editing Matters' is a series of podcasts from The Literary Consultancy and Free Word, for writers who want to further develop their manuscripts. Each week, we'll be looking at different aspects of the editing process,…

• Editing Matters: The Myth of the Lone Writer

  In episode two of 'Editing Matters' we muse on the myth of the lone writer, and hear why even great writers need great editors. Our guest is Tom Bromley, a TLC manuscript assessor, editor, ghost…

• Audrey Niffenegger

  The best-selling author of The Time-Traveler's Wife draws on her experiences as a writer and visual artist to consider the intersection of art, technology, and the future of the written word.

• Editing Matters: Journey to the Final Draft

  In episode three of 'Editing Matters' we talk about the long hard slog between the first draft and the finished product with Damien Brown, who spent three years writing and re-writing his memoir about his…

• Editing Matters: The Long Haul

  In episode four of 'Editing Matters' we talk to director of The Literary Consultancy, Rebecca Swift, about what's required of a manuscript you hope to publish. We also weigh up the options available to writers,…

Helpful films

Here are a mixture of films to watch to answer your questions, give you ideas and inspire you.

The Literary Consultancy Canon Tales - Live

The Literary Consultancy Canon Tales - Live

The Literary Consultancy: Literary Adventures 2013

TLC Literary Adventures 2012

The Literary Conference: Writing in a Digital Age 8th June -- 9th June 2012

Will Atkins Mentoring

Literary Consultancy at Freeword

Freeword Centre Launch

Prue Leith on how she wrote her first novel

Literary Adventurer Taz Shakir reading in Casa Ana, Spain. Literary Consultancy May 2010

Literary Adventures - Casa Ana, Spain. Literary Consultancy May 2010