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Filmed live at the Festival of Writing 2019
Join Publisher Sam Jordison from Galley Beggar Press as he reveals the key to writing strong literary prose.
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Presenter bio
Sam Jordison is a co-director at Galley Beggar Press, the award winning indy press. He has extensive editorial experience and knowledge of the book world – and has also been on the other side of the fence, having written several best selling works of non-fiction, including the notorious Crap Towns series, the best-selling I Spy for adults series, a book about Literary London (co-authored with Eloise Millar), political books like Enemies Of The People and, most recently, The 10 Worst Of Everything.
As a journalist, he mainly writers for The Guardian, and mainly about books. He runs the Not The Booker Prize, and the Guardian’s online book club, The Reading Group. He has also taught about publishing on several Creative Writing university courses, as well as teaching a course on publishing at Greenwich University and journalism at UEA.
Detail Summary
Sam Jordison reveals the cornerstones of writing beautiful literary prose in this masterclass, filmed live at the Festival of Writing 2019.
With examples, Sam shows us how to construct sentences that sing as well as convey meaning. He is also joined by literary agent Imogen Pelham to discuss the market for literary fiction.
- Total running time: 58:09
- Audio download: No
- PDF notes available: No
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