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It’s notoriously difficult for authors to get in-front of agents, so we set up our Agent Tables events to enable writers to meet agents in person and get feedback on their work.
This Agent Tables event is on Wednesday 22nd April 2020 at The Groucho Club, Soho, and we are asking for submissions by Monday 30th March 2020 (see submission guidelines below for you to follow once you have booked your ticket).**
Think, eighteen authors, six agents plus a light breakfast at the Groucho Club, with each author submitting their work first and getting the opportunity to take two of the thirty-six slots on the day to meet privately with two agents each who have read their work
Tickets are £35* for Groucho members, £50* for Byte The Book members and £85* for non-members.
If you’re not already a member you can join Byte The Book from £36 a quarter here.
**Ticket price include a light breakfast but exclude booking fee and VAT.
*Submission Guidelines (once you have purchased your tickets)
Please submit to info@bytethebook.com and include the following and please include all below in a single document. Also please save the document as your name then title: e.g. JoeBloggsAgentsTablesApril2020ByteTheBook.
We require:
For adult fiction:
For adult narrative non-fiction (memoir/biography)
For ideas-led/serious non-fiction (science, smart-thinking, health/wellbeing, history, etc.)
For children’s fiction:
A brief personal biography of around 400 words with anything that you feel is relevant to your application and how you might help to promote it – details of your online presence, blog, social media platform, etc
A brief pitch of your story of up to 250 words, including genre (early reader (5-9), chapter book (7-10), middle-grade (8-12), YA (12+) and who is the target audience (ie what might they be reading already?)
A synopsis up to 400 words outlining the plot of your story.
First three chapters or equivalent amounting to:
Picture Book: 150-500 words
Early Reader: 500-1000 words
Chapter book: 1,000-2,000 words
Middle grade: 2,000-3,000 words
Young Adult: 3,000-4,000 words
Please also state what stage you are at – e.g. concept and sample text; unfinished/finished manuscript; second draft, etc.
If you have suggestions for illustrations include sample work from illustrators you like, but do not present the text with illustrations in place unless you are an author/illustrator (ie the Holy Grail).
For children’s non-fiction:
A brief personal biography of up to 400 words with anything you feel is relevant to your submission including why you are qualified to write on this subject and how you might help to promote it – details of your online presence, blog, social media platform, etc
An overview and outline (including brief chapter or spread breakdown) of the book of 600-800 words, including subject (history, science, environment), relevant school curriculum elements and how the book might fit into a gap in the market. List relevant books in the market that you like, and how your book is different to them.
Two or three chapters or spreads amounting to no more than 1000-1500 words.
Please also state what stage you are at – e.g. concept and sample text; unfinished/finished manuscript, second draft, etc.
If you have suggestions for illustrations include sample work from illustrators you like, but do not present the text with illustrations in place unless you are an author/illustrator.
We are very grateful to our sponsors for this event:
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