Programme Outline for 2019 RWNZ conference (@19May2019)
Note: This programme and times are DRAFT and may be subject to further changes.
Description |
Description |
Title |
Speaker |
| 5.30pm – 7.00pm | REGISTRATION | ||
| 7.00pm – 9.00pm Plenary |
Free 2-hour workshop for 3-day attendees | Think Like A CEO, Earn Like A CEO | Melissa Storm |
Description |
Title |
Speaker |
| 8.00am – 8.50am | REGISTRATION | |
| 8.55am | Welcome & Introduction | MC |
| 9.00am
Plenary |
Beginnings: It Takes More than Once Upon a Time…
(Starting the Journey by Hooking the Reader) |
Sophie Jordan |
| 10.30am | BREAK | |
| 11.00am
Plenary |
Unforgettable Heroines
(Making the Journey Unforgettable) |
Sophie Jordan |
| 1.00pm | BREAK | |
| 2.00pm
Plenary |
The Dreaded DNF
(Finishing the Journey by Keeping the Reader) |
Sophie Jordan |
| 3.00pm | BREAK | |
| 3.30pm
Keynote
|
Confessions of a Romance Writer | Sophie Jordan |
| 5.00pm | CLOSE | |
| 7.00pm | Cocktail Party, Official Welcome & Conference Opening | |
Description |
Title |
Speaker |
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| 7.30am – 8.45am | REGISTRATION | |||
| 7.45am – 8.45am | COLD READS (Nalini, May, Jo) | |||
| 8.55am | Welcome & Introduction | MC | ||
| 9.00am
Keynote
|
Love is Hard, and So Is Writing: Accidents, Silver Linings, and Reinventions | Laura Kaye | ||
| 10.00am
Plenary |
Publishing House Spotlight – St Martin’s Press | Monique Patterson | ||
| 10.30am | BREAK | |||
| 11.00am
Breakout Workshops 1 |
Charmaine Ross:
Book Cover Design Secrets that Sell
|
Amy Andrews: Laughing Them into Bed
|
Jackie Ashendon: Tension is the Thing | |
| 12.00pm
Breakout Workshops 2 |
Sophie Jordan: Historical Romance | Natalie Anderson & Soraya Lane:
So You Got Published? Now Stay Published |
Iola Goulton:
Ten Top Tips to Improve your Manuscript |
|
| 1.00pm | BREAK | |||
| 2.00pm
Breakout Workshops 3 |
Bronwyn Sell:
Publicity: Interviews for Introverts |
Melissa Storm:
Relaunch & Reinvigorate Your Backlist |
Laura Kaye:
Writing stories at every length: Tips for single-title novels, category novels and novellas |
|
| 3.00pm | BREAK | |||
| 3.30pm
Plenary |
Publishing House Spotlight | Harlequin | ||
| 4.00pm
Plenary/Workshop |
Digital & Audio Trends Draft2Digital |
Nicola Caws:
Editorial process |
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| 4.40pm | RWNZ Annual General Meeting (AGM) | RWNZ Executive | ||
| 5.00pm | CLOSE | |||
| 7.00pm | Conference Dinner and RWNZ Awards Presentations | |||
Description |
Title |
Speaker |
|
| 7.45am – 8.45am | COLD READS (Monique, Nicola) | ||
| 8.55am | Welcome & Introduction | MC | |
| 9.00am
Keynote |
From Assistant to USA Today Bestselling Author | Melissa Storm | |
| 10.00am
Plenary |
Publishing House Spotlight – Harper Collins (Avon) | May Chen | |
| 10.30am | BREAK | ||
| 11.00am
Breakout Workshops 4 |
Laura Kaye:
Social Media Mistakes You Might be Making |
Zana Bell:
The Joy of Writing – Going with the Flow |
Michelle Somers: Characterisation Through Narration |
| 12.00am
Breakout Workshops 5 |
Mel Storm:
Going Deep with Data to Up Your Marketing Game |
Nalini Akolekar, with Bronwyn Sell, Janet Elizabeth Henderson and Barbara DeLeo:
Do I need an Agent? |
Amy Andrews:
Let’s Talk Dialogue |
| 1.00 pm | LUNCH & TRADESHOW | ||
| 2.30pm
Plenary |
Create Page Turning Conflict | Laura Kaye | |
| 4.00pm | BREAK | ||
| 4.15pm
Plenary |
Guest Speaker Panel | International Speakers | |
| 4.45pm | 2020 conference & close | MC et al | |
| 5.00pm | CLOSE | ||
