What does it take to get your work out onto the editor desks and how do you most effectively present yourself as an emerging writer in the competitive world
Rebecca Swift’s article on how to write a synopsis originally appeared in the Writers’ and Artists’ Yearbook, 2009. Writing a synopsis The dictionary definition of ‘synopsis’ (derived from the
Granta Magazine in association with the Literary Consultancy provided an an intimate publishing event on the evening of January 13th at the Free Word centre. Granta Magazine is a
“The slush pile is the great awkward albatross of the publishing industry”, writes Aida Edemariam, when she thinks about her five-month internship at a magazine in New York. In
The spring 2008, Staple magazine secured funding for two further years and began their next series with Staple 69/70: The Publishing Issue, a 285pp anthology guest-edited by Rebecca Swift of the
The Guardian voted TLC’s first Literary Adventure as on of the top five writing holidays. TLC’s first literary adventure, based on Koh Chang Island, Thailand, included tutorials, workshops and
Rebecca Swift visited China 25 March, 2008, to take part in the industry information section of the first Sino-British translation conference arranged by Arts Council England, Penguin China and
Write Words interviews Caroline McCarthy, Manager of The Literary Consultancy, about their new mentoring scheme for writers. Tell us about the mentoring scheme In short, the TLC mentoring scheme
TLC first attended the Port Eliot Literature festival in July 2005. Developing authors had the opportunity to have their writing critiqued by our team of expert readers and benefit
Over the course of summer 2005, TLC readers tutored writing workshops on the Greek Island of Skyros. Skyros, which was originally established by American psychologist Dr Dina Glouberman and
Rebecca Swift was short-listed for the prestigious Kim Scott Walwyn Memorial Prize and attended a prize-giving ceremony and dinner at Oxford University Press in December 2004, where Kym worked
