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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
