2012 Seminar: The Business of Being a Writer

With Judith Ridge, Angelo Loukakis, James Roy and Steve Miller
When:
Saturday 21 July 2012, 10am – 5pm
Full price:
$165; Member: $115; Conc Member: $100

This writer’s seminar will provide you with an introduction to the business side of being a writer: those legal and financial aspects you may not be familiar with or don’t have the expertise to deal with. You decided to become a writer because you’re good at expressing yourself creatively. What you weren’t expecting was all those other aspects you have to deal with – contracts, copyright, finances and how to promote yourself.

This seminar is appropriate both for those writers beginning the journey of getting published and those who may already have work published.

 Over the course of a day Judith Ridge and special invited guests will cover:

  • Working with editors, publishers and the various stages of getting a book to print.
  • Your rights as a writer and how to protect them.
  • What are the potential markets for your work and how to access them.
  • Promoting your work independently and with a publisher.
  • Other sources of income for writers such as speaking gigs, grants, Educational and Public Lending Rights.
  • The basic financial aspects that you need to be aware of and how to manage them.

There will also be time for questions at the end of the day.

Food
Tea and coffee making facilities will be provided. Course participants are advised to bring their own lunch as there are no cafes within easy walking distance.

About the tutors
JUDITH RIDGE
has worked in and around the children’s publishing industry for nearly twenty years. Her work on a range of literature-based programs, including the Byron Bay Writers Festival and the Western Sydney Young People’s Literature Project, has made her familiar with the publishing industry from all angles. Judith has a particular interest in writers’ rights and responsibilities.

ANGELO LOUKAKIS is the Executive Director of the Australian Society of Authors. Angelo was heavily involved in publishing between 1988 and 2006. He began his career at Transworld Publishers as a Senior Commissioning Editor, then became Head Publisher at HarperCollins Publishers, and subsequently Publishing Director at Simon & Schuster Australia.  Between 2002 and 2006 he worked with ABC Books as a publishing consultant and commissioning editor-at-large. Angelo is also known as the author of works of fiction and non-fiction including titles For the Patriarch, Vernacular Dreams, Messenger, and The Memory of Tides.

STEVEN MILLER has twenty-five years experience in the chartered accounting field and is the Principal at Steven J Miller & Co, Chartered Accountants. His involvement with the arts includes Directorships with the Sydney Film Festival (1994 – 2000), the Australian Music Centre and Railway Street Theatre (formerly the Q Theatre),ASDACS Ltd and Treasurer of SAMAG since its Foundation. His firm provides training, consulting and audit services to arts companies.

JAMES ROY has published twenty books for children and young adults since 1996, including the CBCA Honour Books Captain Mack and Billy Mack’s War and the 2008 Ethel Turner Prize winner Town. In addition to writing, he travels widely throughout Australia and the Asia-Pacific speaking to students about writing and presenting workshops. His latest book is Anonymity Jones.

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