LONDON WRITERS’ CLUB LIVE WITH an AGENT
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Join us at our LWC LIVE MONTHLY ONLINE EVENT. The live Zoom events are a friendly chat with a leading literary agent and Jacq Burns.
23rd October 6:00pm – 7:00pm
Emily Barrett, The Blair Partnership
Throughout Emily’s career she has been lucky enough to edit and publish a wide variety of authors and brands, from household names and social media stars such as Ant & Dec, Fearne Cotton, Have I Got News for You and comedy platform Very British Problems, to people with extraordinary expertise or experience, including Nuremberg Trials prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz, River Café chef Joseph Trivelli, astrophysicist YouTuber Dr Becky Smethurst, talented nature illustrator Angela Harding, and Lee Lawrence, whose memoir The Louder I Will Sing about fighting racism in the police force won the Costa Biography award. Books she’s edited have been Sunday Times bestsellers, translated into multiple languages, exported around the world and sold TV options. As such, she has extensive experience across the spectrum of non-fiction with which to help and support aspiring authors.
Emily loves and is very open to seeing most non-fiction so long as it fits this criteria: it has an eye-catching hook or an appealing promise; you have proof that there’s an adult audience for the idea (please do also tell her upfront if you personally have an existing engaged audience); you have strong reasons why you’re the right author for the project; it’s written with flair – and, perhaps, includes beautiful illustrations.
More specifically, she’d love to see engaging history (both broad brushstrokes and specific stories from the past that read as compellingly as fiction); eye-opening but sympathetic true crime; supportive parenting guides backed up by a digital community; accessible pop science; stories with animals at their heart; useful cookery that does something new; and puzzle and humour books. She is also keen to see books that are seeking to bring readers joy, could improve their health, wellbeing, career or lives in general, and will help readers understand the world today (e.g. books on politics, climate, nature etc).
Emily is not looking for fiction at this time.
Hosted by,
Jacq Burns, Literary Agent and Founder of London Writers’ Club
Join Jacq and a leading literary agent about anything to do with writing and publishing.
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.
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2024/25 Events
23rd October – Emily Barrett, The Blair Partnership
November – Literary Agent with Jacq Burns
December – Virtual Christmas Drink with Jacq Burns
January – Literary Agent with Jacq Burns
February – Literary Agent with Jacq Burns