The Summer Festival of Writing 2020
A ground-breaking digital festival for writers all over the world
Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell
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Amazon Publishing
Practical Plotting with James Law
Joanna Penn
THREE MONTHS. SIXTY+ WORKSHOPS. LIVE IN YOUR LIVING ROOM.
Join the biggest names in global publishing for the online writing event of 2020.
The Summer Festival of Writing is here to keep you focused on your writing career – whether you’re just starting out, are submitting to agents, or want to start self-publishing seriously.
Every year since 2010, over 300 writers have travelled to York, England to attend our Festival of Writing. This year, we’re going digital to bring you our biggest and best festival yet live in your living room.
Starting 1 June, join us for over sixty live events and mini-courses with top authors, agents, and publishers focused on building your writing career.
Catch the events live or watch the replays back at a time to suit you.
Don’t miss a word!
“I loved the festival. I learned loads and now feel re-energised to write more. Fabulous sessions.” – Chloe R
Your Summer starts here
Tickets are just £150 (approx. $182) and include access to:
- Over sixty live online workshops.
- Five mini-courses covering plotting, editing, commercial fiction, self-publishing, and making your writing dreams a reality.
- One entry to Friday Night Live, the competition that helped launch the careers of Joanna Cannon, Sarah Linley, Shelley Harris and more.
- An online networking group with other writers.
- Replays of all the events until 30 September, 2020.
Your Festival at a glance
FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
In-Conversation with Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell
Join two household names for this extra-special live event, featuring a live reading / drawing and a Q&A from the audience.
Neil Gaiman is a best-selling author whose award-winning titles include Norse Mythology, American Gods, The Graveyard Book, Good Omens, and The Sandman graphic novels. Some of his works have been adapted for theatre, TV, and film.
Chris Riddell, the 2015-2017 UK Children’s Laureate, is an accomplished artist and the political cartoonist for the Observer. His books have won a number of major prizes, including the 2001, 2004 and 2016 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medals and Costa Children’s Book Award 2013.
Mini-Courses with top tutors
Your ticket includes access to five mini-courses covering plotting, editing, self-publishing, writing, building your author career.
These half-day courses delve into detail on one aspect of writing and publishing and are taught by leading tutors from across the globe, including HarperCollins, Sophie Hannah and our very own Debi Alper.
During your mini-course, you’ll get the chance to put advice into action in your own work and ask specific questions to tutors. Don’t miss a word!
Friday Night Live competition
Every year, writers leave Friday Night Live with offers of representation.
This year the top prize also includes a Manuscript Assessment, a tailored 30-minute one-to-one with a literary agent and ongoing personal support from our team in your hunt for publication.
16 writers will be chosen to read at LIVE events during the festival judged by literary agents from Greene & Heaton, and The Ampersand Agency.
Only open to ticket-holders.
1 June – 5 September 2020
60+ events – one life-changing Summer of Writing
Location: Online
Prices:
- Full Festival Ticket £150
- 50% discount for members of Jericho Writers
Don’t miss a word
BECOME A MEMBER OF JERICHO WRITERS FOR YEAR-ROUND WRITING SUPPORT
Writing is hard – don’t do it alone! Our membership package gives you year-round writing support and guidance with video courses, live agent pitch sessions, masterclasses and more.
Become a member now and you’ll also get a huge 50% discount on your Summer Festival of Writing ticket plus access to:
- Our ‘Getting Published’ video course
- Our ‘How to Write’ video course
- Our ‘Self-Publishing’ video course
- Live literary agent pitch sessions
- ALL our video Masterclasses
- The AgentMatch literary agent database
- Feature films with agents, authors and publishers.
- FREE feedback on your query letter
- PLUS – a 10% discount on tutored courses, editorial services and events.
Festival success stories
The Summer Festival of Writing is based on the physical Festival of Writing conference, based in York, UK.
Jericho Writers have helped hundreds of writers finish books and go on to publish traditionally and independently, and The Summer Festival of Writing gives us an opportunity to help more writers than ever before. Get your ticket now.
Joanna Cannon
“The Festival is the most wonderful, supportive, fun environment, filled with amazingly talented people, and I’ve learned so much in the time I’ve been going… Within hours of leaving York and heading back down the M1 [in 2014], I would have seven offers of agent representation.”
Felicia Yap
“It made a huge difference!”
Felicia Yap, was snapped-up by Jonny Geller at Curtis Brown soon after our 2015 Festival of Writing. Her brilliant high-concept thriller, Yesterday, was bought by Headline’s Alex Clarke for a six-figure sum. The book has since been optioned for film.
Eleanor Anstruther
“I’d be very happy to credit Jericho with the enormous helping hand I received at the Festival of Writing 2016. Not sure I’d be where I am now, if I hadn’t got myself a ticket, taken a deep breath, and stood up on that stage at Friday Night Live.”
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