Sunday Programme

Sunday August 20th

Time Description   Speaker Location
7.15am – 8.15am Cold Reads  

Host / Reader:

Host/ Reader:

  

Elaine Spencer

Allison Carroll/Jo MacKay

 Coffee available foyer

Batten 1

Batten 2

 
8.15am to 8.35am Day 2 Opens  NZSA CEO – Jenny Nagle MC’s Catherine robertson Batten 1&2
8.30am to 9.35 KEYNOTE  It’s Not Just Adding a Naked , Tattooed Guy: Using Humour in Your Writing  Christie Craig Batten 1&2

 
9.35am to
10.05am 		 That Tricky High Concept Pitch  Elaine Spencer Batten 1 & 2
10.05am  Harlequin Spotlight  Allison Carroll Batten Room
 10.35am    Morning Tea    Foyer
10.55am – 11.55pm BREAKOUT

SESSION ONE 

Batten Room 1

ANNE GRACIE

Creating Reader Engagement 

 Batten Room 2

YVONNE WALUS

Beyond Plot: What is Your Story About

 Mansfield room

JUDY L MOHR

SCRIVENER – Part One

Nuts and Bolts

 Seddon Room

JENNIFER KLOESTER

GEORGETTE HEYER: HOW SHE WROTE HER REGENCY NOVELS
11.55am
to
12.55pm		 BREAKOUT
SESSION TWO
Batten 1
KYLIE SCOTT Making a Scene:
Every Scene has to earn its space on the page 		 Batten Room 2

TEE AYER

When the Hobby Becomes A Job.
(how to write 4 or more books a year)

 Mansfield room

JUDY L MOHR

SCRIVENER – Part Two

Nuts and Bolts

 Seddon room

IOLA GOULTON

Introducing Christian Romance (the biggest little genre you’ve never heard of)
1.00pm to 1.55pm    HARLEQUIN LUNCH  Rutherford
2.00pm to 2.30pm Introducing the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency  Jessica Watterson  Batten 1 & 2
2.35pm
to
3.35pm		 KEYNOTE

 

 Bullies and Baddies Kristen lamb Batten 1&2
3.35pm – 4.05pm  KEYNOTE Crystal Ball Gazing

Anything you want to know about publishing 

 Sue Grimshaw
Elaine Spencer
Jessica Watterson
Kristen Lamb
Christie Craig
Anne Gracie
Kylie Scott
Allison Carroll
Jo MacKay		  Batten 1 & 2
4.o5pm – 4.15pm   Introducing the 2018 Conference Committee MC Catherine Robertson Batten 1&2
CONFERENCE CLOSED

The Conference Programme is subject to change.

Workshop rooms will be designated and set up to cater for participants using your selected registration options so please honour the selections you have made at time of booking. Please be considerate of the presenter and other participants if you need to leave for pitch appointments.

As always, our conference is perfume free.

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