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Member only guide to the Australian book industry.
Picture book authors, author-illustrators, and illustrators, this course is for you!
With over 30 years experience in the Australian picture book publishing industry in various roles, Erica Wagner is perfectly positioned to teach you how the submission process works, how to craft your pitch, and how to find the best publication outcome for your book or illustrations.
Over two one-hour sessions, we will cover all steps of the process, including:
At the conclusion of each session, a detailed handout document will be provided to all registered participants.
This popular course will return in 2025 with a revamped format. Due to popular demand from picture book creators, we are launching a new, specialised Virtual Literary Speed Dating: Picture Books event specifically for authors, author-illustrators, or illustrators of children’s picture books!
Please take note of the key dates below so you can plan your writing year.
Pitch Perfect: Picture Books
To be confirmed
Virtual Literary Speed Dating: Picture Books
Wednesday 30 July & Friday 1 August 2025
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This course is designed for picture book authors and author-illustrators with a completed manuscript. Illustrators interested in pitching their portfolio to publishers and agent will also benefit from this course.
Previous participants of this course have stood out to and been highly praised by the attending publishers and agents at our Virtual Literary Speed Dating events.
We strongly encourage all members who intend to pitch at the new Virtual Literary Speed Dating: Picture Books event attend this course prior to pitching their work, however it is not necessary to attend in order to gain any kind of access to Virtual Literary Speed Dating: Picture Books events.
No problem! Everyone booked in to this event will be emailed a link and passcode to access the recording afterwards. This recording will be available to view for 10 days after the live session. This also means that if you wish to revisit the session after attending it live to take further notes, you can do so!
After 10 days, the link will expire and the recording will no longer be available to view.
