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Blake Friedmann literary agency launches second online open week for writers
The Blake Friedmann Literary Agency will run a week dedicated to demystifying publishing and agenting, and supporting writers seeking representation. From Monday, 6th March, the agency will share agent blogs on a variety of agenting and publishing topics. It will also run book giveaways across its social media accounts until 10th March.
The aim is to offer insights into what an agent does, how to navigate the submission process to find an agent, and how an author and agent work together. There will also be a focus on understanding the publication process, earning income as an author through rights sales, as well as getting into the agenting or publishing industries.
Blake Friedmann’s book agents Isobel Dixon, Juliet Pickering, Kate Burke and Sian Ellis-Martin will be involved, along with their media and translation rights colleagues. Three writers will also be offered a 20-minute online feedback meeting on their submission packages in April. More information on submissions will be revealed during the week on their social media accounts and website, using the hashtag #BFLAOpenWeek.
The author-focused endeavour follows Blake Friedmann’s ongoing Carole Blake Open Doors Project which was launched in 2017.
Burke said: “Last year’s Open Week was fantastic in terms of hearing from writers, sharing information and chatting to people interested in getting into our industry. I hope we managed to help people on their publishing journey in some way and, as we mentioned last year, our plan is to run this Open Week annually as our industry is constantly changing and facing fresh challenges.
“At Blake Friedmann we are committed to supporting writers who feel that the publishing industry is inaccessible to them. It’s clear – from social media and what our agents hear when they give talks at schools, writers’ groups, conferences and festivals – that people have a lot of questions about what agents actually do and how it all works in terms of money, deals and rights."
