London Writers' Club

15/05/2024

So proud to be involved with this award again. The books this year are brilliant. Fabulous covers. Intriguing titles. A great shortlist. I look forward to choosing the overall winner once the category finalists have been decided!

14/05/2024

Aaah Puglia. Back again soon with another bunch of great writers who’ll focus on maximising their concept, writing, redrafting and pitching. Link in bio.

21/04/2024

First time I’ve had a Personal Buddha in my bedroom on retreat.

15/04/2024

Writing intensives in beautiful locations.

14/04/2024

Would love to be there. Always following and watching. I’ll get there one day!

🎉🎈📚🎬Detroit Book City's Juneteenth Book Fair 2024. We host this annual event to celebrate freedom through literacy! Let's welcome our ✨2024 Author Showcase✨ Meet over 30 A-A indie authors. Special thanks to our sponsors: National Heritage Academies and Aetna Health Insurance. RSVP free tickets…bring the kids!! https://JuneBookFair2024.eventbrite.com

11/04/2024

Looking for something decent to read? Perhaps you’re fussy and you want something specific. That’s me.

I’m enjoying the book chat in The Good Housekeeping Book Room. Lots of good recommends.

18/03/2024

2024 Writing Retreats: 🌸🌴St Leonard’s April. Puglia Italy May. Portugal November. Book a retreat chat with Jacq and find out if there’s a right one for you - link in bio.

15/02/2024

This city. This Book place. 🩷

🎉📚🔥Ready to kickoff Black History month with ‘The Indie Authors’ in Wayne, MI? Fact: Black books are crucial to our existence and celebrate the wholesome of the Black experience. Join us for a family-fun day…celebrating the remarkable achievements of 15 local writers. Their books share some incredible stories and knowledge for the entire family. The first 20 arrivals get a free door prize! Help spread the word.🎯 Be there! https://BHBF2024.eventbrite.com

25/11/2023

Books offline.

Today is , a campaign to encourage the nation to vote with our money for the kind of world we want to live in and support small businesses instead.

Where will you be shopping today?

Find out more: https://holly.co/campaigns/colour-friday

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17/11/2023

Sunny.

16/11/2023

Day 2 Writers’ Retreat Olhao Dawn shot courtesy of

16/11/2023

Cake and fizz and all that’s good. Day1 fizz and food Lush!

16/11/2023

The sky is the limit on my writing retreat. Yep, I throw out all the cliches so my writers can avoid them.

15/11/2023

Heading to market to provision the retreat with chef

15/11/2023

Write a Bestseller Retreat Portugal Day 1 Dawn

26/10/2023

Join me for a Q&A to ask about anything to do with writing and publishing.

The live Zoom events are a friendly chat with Jacq Burns, Literary Agent and Founder of London Writers' Club

NOVEMBER 7 at 6:00pm – 7:00pm

A little reminder about me:

Jacq Burns was commissioning editor at Random House & Editorial Director at Harper Collins where she edited classics such as Men are from Mars; Women are from Venus, Who Moved My Cheese, Chicken Soup for the Soul, and Toddler Taming - which have sold millions of copies.

She is the author of Write a Bestseller, published by Hodder, and a bestselling series of successful books for Random House, under a pseudonym. Jacq has also ghostwritten a number of well-known titles and co-founded The London Writers Club. She is also a literary agent for authors.

If you can’t make it on the day, a recording will be sent after the event to all members and paid ticket holders.

Head to here to get your ticket.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/745499136987?aff=oddtdtcreator

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20/10/2023

The publishing dream? When you get a book deal all of your worries are over aren’t they?
‘Like being massaged and stabbed at the same time’ is how describes the writing and publishing life. Join us at 12.30 today to find out the reality of publishing life. Free ticket link in bio. Use code LWCMemberVIP.

16/10/2023

There is just one more place open for my writers’ retreat in Portugal . Nine writers, two literary agents and writer and chef link in bio to find out more.

02/10/2023

We have two events this month! Make sure to get your ticket for each date so you don't miss out.

Damyanti Biswas, Author - October 20, 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Silé Edwards, Andrew Nurnberg Associates - October 24, 6:00pm – 7:00pm

Damyanti is currently based in Singapore. Her short fiction has been published at Smokelong, Ambit, Litro, Puerto del Sol, among others, and she's the coeditor of The Forge literary magazine.

She's the author of You Beneath Your Skin, an Amazon-bestselling crime novel, which has been optioned for screens by Endemol Shine. Her next crime novel, The Blue Bar was published by Thomas & Mercer USA. It received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, and Goodreads named it one of 2023's Most Anticipated Mysteries & Thrillers. The sequel, The Blue Monsoon, will be out in Oct 2023.

Her popular blog Daily (w)rite, where she speaks about the writing life and interviews publishing professionals turned 15 this year.

Silé began her career at the Publishers Association, supporting their campaigns and communication functions. She then moved to Curtis Brown as an assistant in the Book Department, where she supported deals for an extensive and eclectic list of clients before joining a boutique agency where she built a list of her own, brokering deals for debut novelists, content creators and experts writing commercial non fiction books on their specialty.

Silé joined Andrew Nurnberg Associates in 2022, bringing with her the dynamic list of authors she’d built in just two years including Kuchenga, writer-activists Natalie and Naomi Evans, co-founders of EverydayRacism, architect and TV presenter Laura Jane Clark, birthing coach Illiyin Morrison and food-writer Denai Moore. Silé was named a Trailblazer by London Book Fair in 2021 for her passion, dedication, resilience and commitment to her authors and is also a trustee for award-winning mentoring charity Arts Emergency.

If you can't make it to the live session, a recording will be sent after event to all members and paid ticket holders. ⁠
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https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/organizations/events



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13/09/2023

Join us at our next LWC LIVE MONTHLY ONLINE EVENT with Hannah Sheppard, Hannah Sheppard Literary Agency. The live Zoom events are a friendly chat with a leading literary agent and Jacq Burns.

SEPTEMBER 26 at 6:00pm – 7:00pm

Hannah Sheppard loves stories. She wants to make sure more fantastic stories from as diverse a group of authors as possible make it onto bookshop shelves.

She worked in-house in editorial for a decade (at Pan Macmillan and Headline Publishing Group) which gives her valuable insight into the workings of a publishing house and an ability to explain the industry and the publishing process from both sides of the business.

She joined the DHH Literary Agency in 2013 when she realised the more senior she got in-house, the less she got to do the bits of her job she really loves – working directly with authors to develop their ideas for commercial success.

In 2023 Hannah launched HS-LA with the aim of being part of the change that publishing so desperately needs.

If you can't make it on the night, a recording will be sent after event to all members and paid ticket holders.

Head to the link to get your ticket.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/704478422927?aff=oddtdtcreator

22/08/2023

Wandering through London after a great meeting with Susanna Abbott, Publishing Director at and saw this cafe. If only I took note of its name and location so I can go back!

22/08/2023

Join us tonight at LWC LIVE online event, 6pm – 7:00pm to meet Lou Hamilton, Brave New Girl Media.⁠
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Writers and authors know that books need readers. And that finding an audience requires us to build an author brand or have a platform. Trouble is, all that stuff seems hard and not at all about why you are writing in the first place. ⁠
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Jacq Burns and Lou Hamilton explain the two sides of authoring- expressing the essence of your book, your experience, expertise, imagination and vision, first as words on the page and then having conversations about your book. And how you can use podcasts - an incredible way to reach large audiences efficiently - to help give your book wings by finding new and relevant audiences. ⁠
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With the usual open and honest conversational style, we will look at how you dare to share the raw truth of why and how you wrote the book and how you can inspire podcast listeners to engage with you further and understand how your book is relevant to them.⁠
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Lou Hamilton is an author, artist and host of Brave New Girl podcast and her business Brave New Girl Media helps authors and expert entrepreneurs to share their message, mission and vision on podcasts for visibility, influence and impact.⁠
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Lou's books are: Brave New Girl- How to Be Fearless and Fear Less, and internationally best-selling book Dare to Share, a guide to podcasting. ⁠
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Head to the link below to get your free ticket.⁠

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-writers-club-live-with-lou-hamilton-brave-new-girl-media-august-tickets-690833661077?aff=oddtdtcreator
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20/08/2023

Mornin’

04/08/2023

Prawn on the Lawn popped up Pizarro’s, Swan Inn! Fabulous night except when I ate all the prawns. 😋

02/08/2023

Join us at our next LWC LIVE online event on August 25, 6pm – 7:00pm to meet Lou Hamilton, Brave New Girl Media.⁠
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Writers and authors know that books need readers. And that finding an audience requires us to build an author brand or have a platform. Trouble is, all that stuff seems hard and not at all about why you are writing in the first place. ⁠
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Jacq Burns and Lou Hamilton explain the two sides of authoring- expressing the essence of your book, your experience, expertise, imagination and vision, first as words on the page and then having conversations about your book. And how you can use podcasts - an incredible way to reach large audiences efficiently - to help give your book wings by finding new and relevant audiences. ⁠
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With the usual open and honest conversational style, we will look at how you dare to share the raw truth of why and how you wrote the book and how you can inspire podcast listeners to engage with you further and understand how your book is relevant to them.⁠
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Lou Hamilton is an author, artist and host of Brave New Girl podcast and her business Brave New Girl Media helps authors and expert entrepreneurs to share their message, mission and vision on podcasts for visibility, influence and impact.⁠
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Lou's books are: Brave New Girl- How to Be Fearless and Fear Less, and internationally best-selling book Dare to Share, a guide to podcasting. ⁠
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Head to the link to get your free ticket.⁠

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/690833661077?aff=oddtdtcreator
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24/07/2023

Find out what really, REALLY works for pitching your novel or non-fiction project. An insider chat and Q & A with work project at London Writers’ Club Live. 6pm, July 25. Link in bio.

04/07/2023

You could be right here on this rooftop! Getting my help to develop, create, write, and understand what you need and really want to get down in a book. November 15-20. Portugal. Still a gorgeous 21 degrees. Link in bio to book a retreat chat with me. -retreat

14/06/2023

Join us at our next LWC LIVE monthly online event to meet Julia Silk of Greyhound Literary.

JUNE 27 at 6pm (UK time)

Julia has worked in publishing for over 20 years as an editor, bookseller and, since 2016, now represents a wide range of fiction and non-fiction with Greyhound Literary. She loves to read voice and character driven fiction across the spectrum from commercial to literary, particularly when it opens a door into a previously inaccessible world or experience.

She is also drawn to the combination of the acutely personal and the universal that makes great memoir (Educated, Wild, House of Glass), as well as the blurring of the lines of form and genre in books such as true crime/memoir (The Fact of a Body) and the novel/short stories in A Visit to the Goon Squad and The Wonder Spot.

She is looking for work by writers of all ages and backgrounds. She grew up in London in a noisy Middle Eastern Jewish family, and is particularly keen to represent more stories exploring identity and belonging in whatever form that takes, whether fiction or non-fiction. In non-fiction she is also keen to hear from journalists and experts illuminating new stories and previously unexplored subjects. On the practical side she represents a number of writers in health and wellbeing and is interested in original evidence-based proposals in this area from experts with a strong platform. She loves to work with writers and on books that shape and change readers’ view of the world.

Head to the link in Bio to find out more and get your tickets. ⁠

Members will automatically receive an invitation to reserve their seat for the Live with an Agent event. Please remember to register in advance following the info on the email link you are sent.

Recording will be sent after event to all members and paid ticket holders.

28/05/2023

Last day of the writers’ retreat.

27/05/2023

Answering one of my burning questions. Grazie Brindisi.