Your chance to put your questions about the publishing process to literary agents Clare Coombes from The Liverpool Literary Agency, Marilia Savvides from The Plot Agency and Jenny Savill from Andrew Nurnberg. Hosted by Michael Stewart.
Jenny Savill joined Andrew Nurnberg Associates in 2002. She represents authors writing for both children and adults. On the adult side, she’s looking for literary fiction, literary and commercial women’s fiction, psychological suspense, gothic thrillers and stories with a touch of creeping horror, ghost stories, historical fiction. On the children’s side, she’s always on the look-out for new voices in 7+, Middle Grade and Young Adult writing. She looks particularly for originality, depth, and the ability to move and surprise across both adult and children’s writing. She is especially interested to hear from writers chronically underrepresented on the shelves.
Clare Coombes set up the first Liverpool-based literary agency in 2020 to help address inequality and underrepresentation in publishing. With more than 15 years’ experience of writing and editing professionally, she has developed an in-depth knowledge of what commissioning editors and publishers expect to see from a submitted manuscript. With a background in PR and marketing, alongside teaching on creative writing programmes, Clare also has extensive experience in pitching and promoting writers. Clare would love to see historical fiction, crime fiction, psychological thrillers and women’s fiction, and actively encourages submissions from writers who have been traditionally under-represented.
Marilia Savvides founded The Plot Agency, with a commitment to centring and championing authors and great stories. Marilia began her career in publishing at Peters Fraser and Dunlop, forst as International Rights Agent and later as Literary Agent, building her own list. In 2019, she joined 42MP, where she worked as a Literary Agent for four years, helping to launch and set up the Book Division. She has a Law Degree from UCL and is a graduate of the Columbia Publishing Course in New York. She is proud to represent an eclectic and talented list of writers and works closely with them on strategy and vision for their books and careers.
Note: this event will take place online as a Zoom webinar. A link to access the event will be sent to you the day before the webinar takes place.
Date: Sunday 11 May
Time: 12pm-1pm
Online
Tickets: £5 (booking required)
Age guidance: 16+
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