Meet the Programmers
The decisions that go into creating a festival programme are many and varied: as a poet, how can you best work with programmers, and how can you put your best foot forward when approaching them to flag up your work? Join this discussion chaired by Peggy Hughes to hear from Push the Boat Out director Emma Collins, freelance festival programmer Lee Randall and Theresa Muñoz from Newcastle Poetry Festival and learn more about how they work, and what you might want to consider when approaching festivals.
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Publisher Surgeries
12:45 pm - 1:45 pm
Sign up for a ten-minute 1:1 with some of the fantastic publishers attending our symposium day, including publishers and editors from Carcanet, Birlinn, Pamenar Press, Art Riot Press, Tapsalteerie and Stewed Rhubarb. Don’t miss this chance to get some individualised advice and guidance on the submission and publication process.
Editing Your Own Work
1:45 pm - 3:30 pm
Good editing can make the difference between a good poem and a great one. Join Helena Nelson (HappenStance Press) and Eleanor Livingstone (poet and former festival director) for a hands-on editing workshop. Bring along a draft poem, ideally 8 – 16 lines long, and experiment with techniques to take your writing to the next level…
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11:45 am - 12:45 pm
Navigating the world of contracts and copyright is daunting even at its best. Amanda Holiday, from the Society of Authors’ Poetry & Spoken Word Group, Duncan Lockerbie of publisher Tapsalteerie, and Anna Jaconelli, a senior solicitor in Intellectual Property will be discussing what you need you know when negotiating with publishers.
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