Ask An Industry Expert: Lisa Firth

...covers that I wish I could create! I’m a designer and not an illustrator, which is a different skill entirely, so I’m always envious of beautiful artwork. I often buy...

The team

...commas, her personal interests include archival research of domestic life in the 18th century, notions of social identity, and all things French. Ali Henderson Management Team Member/Secretary Ali joined the...

RNA Joan Hessayon Award Contender: Emma-claire Wilson – This Child Of Mine

...would you do? ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Although not entirely autobiographical, This Child of Mine is inspired by Emma-Claire Wilson’s real-life experiences and tackles issues very close to her heart. Dealing with...

Ask An Industry Expert: Michael La Ronn

Today I’m delighted to welcome Michael La Ronn, Outreach Manager for The Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi, pronounced al-eye). Hello and welcome, Michael. Many CONGRATULATIONS to you and all your...

Liam Livings: Writing, Publishing And Promoting

...with that. Know where your sort of readers hangout online and in person and go to them. Think about all of the marketing mix – all seven P’s: product, promotion,...

August 2019: Competition Monthly

...Closing date: 1 November 2019 Entry: £25 Details The Bath Children’s Novel Award Theme: For children’s or young adults. First 5,000 words plus 1 page synopsis, for unpublished or independently...

May 2019: Competition Monthly

...Details     August Competitions Curtis Brown First Novel Prize Theme: Open, for adults (no children’s or YA). Entrants must be unrepresented at time of entering. Up to 10,000 words...

May 2020: Competition Monthly

...Writer’s Circle, Retreat West, Cordelia.net, Meridian Writing, Flash a Famous Phrase, Wells Festival Book for Children, Writing Magazine and The People’s Friend serial competition. She’s had stories and a serial...

The Goldsboro Books Historical Romantic Novel Award

...partaken of these activities. About the book: Anwen is devastated when Idris, discharged from the army in 1915, ends their engagement. Coping with family problems, Anwen starts an allotment scheme,...

Jennifer Page – The Little Board Game Cafe

...your book? What prompted you to tell this story? I’d been doing online dating for 13 years and had pretty much given up on meeting Mr Right when I met...

Meet The RNA Team – Celia Anderson

...be allocated their books and can get in touch with any concerns very easily. We have a wide range of enthusiastic readers/romance-lovers on board. The list is growing all the...

Ask An Industry Expert: Charlotte Ledger

...division to reach our readers online and we’ve also been able to keep publishing without interruption as we don’t need to rely so heavily on physical sales – though we’ve...