Mentoring Industry Day
Meet and pitch to agents and publishers at the TLC Industry Day
Creativity 150
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February Member Events
February Member Events at Being A Writer
January Member Events
January member events for Being A Writer. Creating a community of happier, healthier writers.
Breakfast at Bronzefield: A Book from Inside Britain’s Largest Women’s Prison
This month, former TLC Free Read recipient Sophie Campbell shares the story of her journey to self-publication for her powerful memoir, ‘Breakfast at Bronzefield’, which depicts her experiences inside HMP […]
Writers’ Day Sponsor and £2,000 TLC Pen Factor Prizes Announced
We are delighted to confirm that IngramSpark are the official sponsor of the TLC Writers’ Day on Saturday June 11th for which there are still tickets available (though selling quickly). […]
TLC at the Northern Writers’ Awards Roadshow
To launch the 2015 application season for the Northern Writers’ Awards, which TLC supports with its Free Reads bursary scheme, regional writing organisation New Writing North toured four northern cities to meet […]
Literary Conference 2014: Early Bird Until April 14
The Literary Consultancy is delighted to announce the third year programme for the Writing in a Digital Age Literary Conference, with pioneering author and campaigner Cory Doctorow delivering the opening keynote. The […]
TLC Provides Bridge to Getting Published
TLC has helped thousands of writers over the past 15 years. Once in a while the editorial feedback leads to a swift sale or contact with an agent, but in most cases the journey is still long and winding. For many writers the exchange with an editor at TLC and the knowledge that they ‘can write’ encourages them to be persistent. In the case of Jim Powell his tenacity helped him to attain terrific results in a notoriously unpredictable industry.
Industry Day for TLC Mentees
TLC’s mentoring programme just keeps on growing. On 9th October, we had 15 mentees attend the second of our biannual industry days. The day is an event exclusively arranged for […]
Cutting Edge Debate with Google
The Literary Consultancy hosted a cutting-edge publishing debate last night, with Google, Canongate, Faber, Robert McCrum and digital expert Bill Thompson. In the audience were key agents such as Claire Alexander […]
TLC featured in The Guardian
These days, the task of first sifter generally goes to agents – but even they are feeling overwhelmed. Curtis Brown proclaims on its website, as a point of difference: “We are one of the few agencies who do accept unsolicited manuscripts.” Anyone who begins to feel this publishing business is a closed shop has good reason.
