Programme Outline for 2020 RWNZ conference (@21 February 2020)
Note: This programme and times are DRAFT and may be subject to further changes.
Time |
Description |
Title |
Speaker |
| 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm | International speakers and RWNZ/Exec/Comittee Mixer | ||
| 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm | REGISTRATION | ||
| 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm | Free 2-hour workshop | Ask a Dominatrix | Jenny Nordbak |
Time |
Description |
Speaker |
| 8:00 am – 9:00 am | REGISTRATION | |
| 8:30 am – 9:00 am | Tea and coffee | |
| 9:00 am | Official Opening | MC |
| 9:30 am | From The Blank Page To The Bookshop | Rachael Herron |
| 11:00 am | MORNING TEA | |
| 11:30 am | From The Blank Page To The Bookshop | Rachael Herron |
| 1:00 pm | LUNCH / TRADE SHOW | |
| 2:00 pm | From The Blank Page To The Bookshop | Rachael Herron |
| 3:30 pm | AFTERNOON TEA | |
| 4:00 pm | Writing The Wounded Hero | Crystal Kaswell |
| 5:00 pm | CLOSE | |
| 5:00 pm – 5:45 pm | First Timers Event | |
| 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm | “Harlequin Sweet Dreams” Cocktail Party | |
Time |
Description |
Speaker |
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| 7:30 am – 8:45 am | Cold Reads | |||
| 8:00 am – 9:00 am | REGISTRATION | |||
| 8:30 am – 9:00 am | Tea & Coffee | |||
| 9:00 | International speaker panel Q&A | |||
| 9:30 am | Keynote | Artistic vs The Business Mind | Crystal Kaswell | |
| 10:30 am | Romance Writers of NZ Annual General Meeting (open to all members) | |||
| 11:00 am | MORNING TEA | |||
| 11:30 AM | Publishing House Spotlight | Amazon Montlake | Sammia Hamer | |
| 12:00 |
WORKSHOP 1 |
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Craft |
Career |
Genre |
Business |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finish The Book – tips and techniques to get you over the hurdles and past the finish line | Publishing with Harlequin | Kicking Ass With Paranormal Romance – Q&A | The Write Frame Of Mind – mindset for writers | |
| Jaye Ford & Fiona McArthur | tba | Jaymin Eve | Lauren Clarke | |
| 1:00 pm | LUNCH / TRADE SHOW | |||
| 1:45 pm | Copyright For Authors | New Zealand Society of Authors | ||
| 2:00 pm |
WORKSHOP 2 |
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Craft |
Career |
Genre |
Business |
|
| Crafting Compelling Characters | Podcasting For Authors | Rainbow Romance MM, FF, And Beyond | Ask Jim McCarthy Anything About Agenting, Business, And The Publishing Marketplace | |
| Lizzi Tremayne | Jenny Nordbak | Jamie Sands | Jim MCarthy | |
| 3:00 pm | Draft to Digital Spotlight | Draft to Digital | Dan Woods | |
| 3:30 pm | AFTERNOON TEA | |||
| 3:45 pm | Wicked Wallflowers Podcast Taping | Q&A | Rachael Herron and Jenny Nordbak | |
| 5:00 pm | CLOSE | |||
| 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm | Le Cirque des Reves (Circus of Dreams) Awards Dinner | |||
Time |
Title |
Description |
Speaker |
|
| 7:30 am – 8:45 am | Cold Reads | |||
| 8:30 am – 9:00 am | Tea & Coffee | |||
| 9:00 am | Keynote | Finance for Writers | Rachael Herron | |
| 10:00 am |
WORKSHOP 3 |
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Craft |
Career |
Genre |
Business |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open Big to Hook Them: Hollywood Ending To Sell More | Engaging Your Readers Online And Off | Spice Up Your Sex Scene: Tips And Tricks From A Sexologist | Voices In Your Head: Audiobooks For Authors | |
| Bronwen Evans | Jaymin Eve | Teddy Curle | Sarah Williams | |
| 11:00 am | MORNING TEA | |||
| 11:30 am | Publishing House Spotlight | Harlequin | tba | |
| 12:00 pm |
WORKSHOP 4 |
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Craft |
Career |
Genre |
Business |
|
| No Man Or Woman Is An Island – Writing Secondary Characters | Building A Successful Career With Harlequin | Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Publishing With Amazon | Facebook Ads Basics | |
| Alison Stuart | TBA | Q&A Sammia Hamer | The Spa Girls | |
| 1:00 pm | LUNCH | |||
| 2:00 pm | TBA | Jim McCarthy | ||
| 2:30 pm | Publishing Mistakes And How To Recover From Setbacks | Crystall Kaswell | ||
| 3:30 pm | 2021 Conference Announcement | |||
| 3:45 pm – 4:00 pm | CLOSING | |||
