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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 leads Pete Smith through a Gateway to success
‘TLC’s editorial advice was outstanding, as was their support through the traditional publishing environment, out in to self-publishing which seemed the best place for my hybrid memoir/ inspirational business book ‘All you Need is Love.’ My story ended up being featured on Amazon’s Gateway.’
Pete Smith, All you Need is Love
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Quercus Books Publishes TLC Client’s Third Book
Quercus Books, famously known for starting the Scandinavian thriller trend by publishing the Stieg Larsson series, recently published TLC client Max Kinnings‘ Baptism. The book is a thriller that tells […]
Rory’s Boys Reviewed in The New York Journal of Books
TLC client Alan Clark’s novel, Rory’s Boys, recently gained an excellent review in the New York Journal of Books. Rory’s Boys was published by BLISS in June 2011. The book […]
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.
TLC Mentee’s New Novel Acquired by Bloomsbury
Suzanne Joinson, a former mentee who came to TLC through the Arts Council and Writers’ Centre Norwich, agented by Rachel Calder, has recently been at the heart of an exciting five-way auction for her new novel A lady Cyclist’s Guide to Kashgari. Bloomsbury, who now owns the world rights to the novel, will publish the novel in the UK, US, Germany and Australia in summer 2012.
The novel, written after she finished the TLC mentoring programme, tells the story of two sisters who travel to Kashgar in 1923…
TLC Client Accepted by Serpent’s Tail Publishing House
Leaf Fielding came through TLC in the autumn of 2009. In mid-2011, Serpent’s Tail will publish his book. It’s not often that TLC experiences such a rapid progression of events, but when our reader Karl French first assessed his work in 2009, he immediately noted that this was one that we should look out for…
Win a Free TLC Assessment
TLC and Circalit have teamed up for a writing competition that will award writers a free in-depth editorial report on their novel as well as an invitation to a networking […]
Get connected with the Writers’ and Artists’ Yearbook
Info and advice from Jo Herbert, Editor of the Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook, published by A&C Black
Crossing Literary Continents- TLC in China
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 China’s […]
WriteWords Website Investigates TLC’s Mentoring Programme
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 gives […]
