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Member only guide to the Australian book industry.
Both children and adults love a literary series, from The Bad Guys to A Court of Thorn and Roses and The Thursday Murder Club, but writing and securing publication for a series is a tough task. How do you create characters and worlds that will connect with readers and make them desperate for the next book? How do you write a series that stands out in a crowded market? How do you pitch a series to a publisher, and how many books is the right number?
Get expert advice from one of Australia’s leading authors of children’s series, Jacqueline Harvey. Jacqueline has authored five series for children, including the phenomenally successful Alice-Miranda (with sales of over one million copies in Australia and New Zealand), Clementine Rose, Kensy and Max, Willa and Woof, and Kevin the Sheep.
In this session, Jacqueline will share how she:
Writers across all fiction genres and age ranges will be able to apply these lessons to their own work and capitalise on the great potential of literary series.
There will be time for questions.
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.
