SCBWI North-East presents this popular speaker at the Lincoln Book Festival!
In the increasingly competitive and unforgiving publishing scene, a new writer struggles to get hard pressed editors to look at their work. Writing a good story, well told, is not enough to get published nor for a book to succeed, Join, BEVERLEY BIRCH to explore your own strengths and give your work the very best chance of getting noticed.
Beverley Birch is both author and editor. She commissions children's fiction for Hodder Children's Books, where she works with some of the most outstanding children's writers. , Her latest novel, RIFT, a mystery thriller set in contemporary Africa, is currently nominated for the Carnegie Medal and shortlisted in UK and abroad for a number of prizes. Author of more than 40 books, Beverley has been involved with children's publishing, on both sides of the fence, since she joined Penguin Books in 1975 to edit economics textbooks. Immediately offered the chance to work on the children's list, she realised she had found her true home, and has never looked back.
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