London

<h2>SAFe® for Teams: In-House Training</h2>
<p>Build the skills needed to become a high-performing team member of an Agile Release Train (ART)  and learn how to collaborate effectively with other teams  by becoming a SAFe® 5 Practitioner (SP).</p>
<p>During this course, you will gain an in-depth understanding of the ART, how it delivers value, and what you can do to effectively perform the role using Scrum, Kanban, and Extreme Programming (XP). You will also learn how to write stories and break down features, plan and execute iterations, and plan Program Increments. Finally, you'll learn about the continuous delivery pipeline and DevOps culture, how to effectively integrate with other teams in the program, and what it takes to continuously improve the train.</p><h3>What you will Learn</h3>
<p>To perform the role of a SAFe® Practitioner, you should be able to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Apply SAFe® to scale Lean and Agile development in their enterprise</li>
<li>Know their team and its role on the Agile Release Train</li>
<li>Know all other teams on the train, their roles, and the dependencies between the teams</li>
<li>Plan Iterations</li>
<li>Execute Iterations and demonstrate value</li>
<li>Plan Program Increments</li>
<li>Integrate and work with other teams on the train</li>
</ul><section>
                    <ul><li>Introducing the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®)</li><li>Building an Agile Team</li><li>Planning the Iteration</li><li>Executing the Iteration</li><li>Executing the Program Increment</li><li>Practicing SAFe®</li></ul>


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IIL Europe Ltd

SAFe for Teams: In-House Training

General Admission

<p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;Narrative Therapy helps couples re-author the stories they tell about their relationship. By reshaping these narratives, couples can foster a healthier and more constructive dynamic, enhancing their emotional bond and understanding.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Key areas</strong>: re-authoring, relationship narratives, emotional bond, constructive dynamic, understanding</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">3 x 1 hour sessions&nbsp;</p>

Miss Date Doctor Dating Coach London, Couples Therapy

Narrative Therapy (COUPLES)

General admission

<h2>Agile Sprint Planning: In-House Training</h2>
 <p>The goal of the course is to provide you and your team with the ability to develop effective and realistic Sprint plans.</p>
 <p>Without effective Sprint Plans, iterations are set up for failure. But Sprint Planning cannot be improved on its own, in isolation. The Scrum processes are highly intertwined and influence each other. The surrounding artifacts, events, and roles must be examined closely, and enhanced, in order to improve Sprint Planning.</p>
 <p>This course will remind you of the theory to reinforce the principles, but will concentrate on next-level skills, so that you and the team are able to create realistic and usable Sprint Plans.</p>
 <p>This course is not introductory. You are already aware of the Scrum framework and have been implementing Scrum on your projects. Now is the time to improve efficiency and effectiveness, to facilitate successful Agile projects.</p><h3>What you will Learn</h3>
 <p>You'll learn how to:</p>
 <ul>
 <li>Identify and correlate the key symptoms and root causes of ineffective sprint plans</li>
 <li>Improve key Product Backlog elements</li>
 <li>Evaluate Agile roles in sprint planning</li>
 <li>Appraise key product practices</li>
 <li>Enhance project transparency</li>
 </ul><section>
                    <h3>The Product Backlog</h3> <ul> <li>User stories</li> <li>Acceptance Criteria</li> <li>Backlog Refinement</li> </ul> <h3>Supporting Roles</h3> <ul> <li>Product Owner (the Backlog)</li> <li>Development Team</li> <li>Stakeholders and SMEs</li> </ul> <h3>Supporting Product Practices</h3> <ul> <li>Roadmaps and release plans and story maps</li> <li>Definition of Done</li> <li>Technical Debt</li> </ul> <h3>Transparency</h3> <ul> <li>Daily Scrums</li> <li>Information radiators</li> <li>Retrospectives</li> </ul> <h3>Sprint Planning</h3> <ul> <li>Capacity and Velocity</li> <li>Sprint Planning Meetings</li> <li>The Sprint Backlog</li> </ul> <h3>Summary</h3> <ul> <li>What did we learn, and how can we implement this in our work environments?</li> </ul>


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Agile Sprint Planning: In-House Training

<h2>Business Process Modeling: In-House Training</h2>
 <p>This course is part of IIL's Business Analysis Certificate Program (BACP), a program designed to help prepare individuals pass the IIBA® Certification exam to become a Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP®). Learn more at www.iil.com/bacp</p>
 <p>A process model is a description of a process in terms of its steps or actions, the data flowing between them and participants in the process, machines, systems, and organizations involved. Modeling is a critical business analysis skill. It applies graphical and text communication techniques to describe the actions, objects, and relationships acted upon in the process and the steps that act upon them. This course teaches the technique of process modeling and ties together the core methods of process, behavior, and data modeling to enable business analysts to fully describe business processes in levels of detail from multiple perspectives.</p><h3>What you will Learn</h3>
 <p>Upon completion, participants will be able to:</p>
 <ul>
 <li>Identify business processes and their components</li>
 <li>Work with UML diagrams</li>
 <li>Use process modeling in business diagramming</li>
 <li>Diagram and model business processes</li>
 </ul><section>
                    <h3>Foundation Concepts</h3> <ul> <li>The role of the business analyst</li> <li>The IIBA® <em>BABOK® </em>Knowledge Areas</li> <li>Business Process Modeling (BPM) and the business analyst</li> <li>A practical approach to business process modeling</li> </ul> <h3>The Context for Modeling Business Processes</h3> <ul> <li>Overview of context for business process modeling</li> <li>Analyzing stakeholder information</li> <li>Modeling best practices</li> <li>Critical inputs for BPM: Business Rules</li> <li>Critical inputs for BPM: Context Diagrams</li> </ul> <h3>Data Models</h3> <ul> <li>Overview of data modeling</li> <li>Entity relationship diagrams</li> <li>Object-oriented approach</li> <li>Class diagrams</li> <li>Other data models</li> </ul> <h3>Process Models - Part I (Non-UML)</h3> <ul> <li>Overview of process modeling</li> <li>Data flow diagrams</li> <li>Workflow diagrams</li> <li>Flowcharts</li> </ul> <h3>Process Models - Part II (UML)</h3> <ul> <li>Overview of UML Process Models</li> <li>UML Activity Diagrams</li> <li>UML Sequence Diagrams</li> </ul> <h3>Usage Models - Part I (Non-UML)</h3> <ul> <li>Overview of usage modeling</li> <li>Prototyping options</li> <li>Static prototyping and storyboards</li> <li>Dynamic prototyping</li> <li>User Interface Design and user stories</li> </ul> <h3>Usage Models - Part II (UML Use Cases)</h3> <ul> <li>Overview of Use Cases</li> <li>Use Case diagrams</li> <li>Use Case descriptions</li> <li>Use Cases and the product life cycle</li> </ul> <h3>Integrating the Models</h3> <ul> <li>Overview of integrating the models</li> <li>General analysis best practices</li> <li>Specific analysis techniques summary</li> <li>Best practices for transition to design</li> </ul> <h3>Summary and Next Steps</h3> <ul> <li>What did we learn and how can we implement this in our work environments?</li> </ul>


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Business Process Modeling: In-House Training

<p style="color: rgb(212, 212, 212); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(212, 212, 212);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">The package includes the following:</strong></span></p><ul style="color: rgb(230, 230, 230); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(230, 230, 230);"><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Reshaping relationship narratives through therapy</strong></li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Empowering stories in couples therapy</strong></li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Rediscovering connection with Narrative Therapy</strong></li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Exploring alternative perspectives in relationships</strong></li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Overcoming communication barriers through narrative approach</strong></li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Transforming relationship narratives</strong></li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Authentic and empowering couples therapy program</strong></li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Invest in the future of your relationship today and experience the power of Narrative</strong></li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Therapy. Our compassionate therapists are dedicated to guiding you and your partner towards a more authentic, empowering, and fulfilling connection. Take the first step towards transformative change by scheduling a session with us now.</strong></li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">3 x 1 hour</strong></li></ul><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://relationshipsmdd.com/product/narrative-therapy-package/" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="-webkit-user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;">https://relationshipsmdd.com/product/narrative-therapy-package/</a></p>

M.D.D NARRATIVE THERAPY PACKAGE (COUPLES) 

<p dir="ltr" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color:#000000;">Crafting and delivering powerful stories is how people persuade, inspire and unite those around them. Without a compelling narrative and great delivery, even the strongest ideas, proposals and appeals can be undervalued or misunderstood.</span></p><p dir="ltr" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color:#000000;">Whether that&#39;s in a presentation, networking session, video conference, internal meeting or a major pitch - the ability to find and articulate a persuasive story is an invaluable skill.&nbsp;</span></p><p dir="ltr" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color:#000000;">This training harnesses insight from psychology and neuroscience to ensure your story connects in a meaningful way.&nbsp;</span></p><p dir="ltr" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color:#000000;">We cover the principles of crafting a compelling story to engage audiences, ensuring people feel inspired and energised by what you have to say.&nbsp;</span></p><p dir="ltr" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color:#000000;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Course attendees:</strong><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></p><p dir="ltr" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Minimum attendees: 4 people (Maximum 30)<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Please note: cost stated is per person</p>

4and20Million.

Confidence

Presentation Skills

Storytelling

Create great presentations and persuasive narratives.  This session covers the principles of engaging an audience, from narrative structure to thinking about slides.  Put an end to Death by PowerPoint!

Compelling Storytelling

Cost per person

Wakefield

<section data-element_type="section" data-id="141278d" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); box-sizing: border-box;"><div data-element_type="column" data-id="e6dbe55" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div data-element_type="widget" data-id="2d2bccd" data-widget_type="heading.default" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><section data-element_type="section" data-id="2aa0345" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); box-sizing: border-box;"><div data-element_type="column" data-id="1938d5f" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div data-element_type="widget" data-id="f368761" data-widget_type="heading.default" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><section data-element_type="section" data-id="91abf80" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); box-sizing: border-box;"><div data-element_type="column" data-id="4a7372b" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div data-element_type="widget" data-id="b7118bc" data-widget_type="heading.default" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h2 fr-original-style=" color: var( --e-global-color-primary );" style="color: var( --e-global-color-primary ); box-sizing: border-box;">Overview</h2></div><div data-element_type="widget" data-id="765717d" data-widget_type="text-editor.default" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p fr-original-style="" style="font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); box-sizing: border-box;">Appreciative Inquiry is a form of action research that collects people&rsquo;s stories of best practices. &nbsp;We can use these best practices as a way to initiate organisational change.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); box-sizing: border-box;">This course will guide attendees through the process of Appreciative Inquiry (AI) and give them&nbsp;the techniques to succeed in using the AI system. This course will benefit anyone that leads change and wants to create positive dialogue that leads to improvements within their organisation.</p></div></div></section><section data-element_type="section" data-id="6f21180" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); box-sizing: border-box;"><div data-element_type="column" data-id="df9ba20" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div data-element_type="widget" data-id="6e84304" data-widget_type="heading.default" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h2 fr-original-style=" color: var( --e-global-color-primary );" style="color: var( --e-global-color-primary ); box-sizing: border-box;">Description</h2></div><div data-element_type="widget" data-id="38d6fd1" data-widget_type="text-editor.default" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p fr-original-style="" style="font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); box-sizing: border-box;">David Cooperrider, Suresh Srivastva, and their colleagues at Case Western Reserve University developed AI in the 1980s. According to them, the aim of Appreciative Inquiry is to help the organisation in:</p><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Envisioning a collectively desired future</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Realising that vision in ways that successfully translate intention into reality and beliefs into practices</li></ul><p fr-original-style="" style="font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); box-sizing: border-box;">The AI approach can be applied in almost all&nbsp;<strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">groups of people</strong>&nbsp;and once the process starts, the&nbsp;<strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">change</strong>&nbsp;is put in motion. The appreciative approach works in individual conversations among colleagues, managers and employees.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); box-sizing: border-box;">AI consultants around the world are increasingly using an appreciative approach to bring about collaborative and&nbsp;<strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">strengths-based change</strong>.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); box-sizing: border-box;">This course will provide attendees with the means to effectively develop the skills of managers for the benefit of their organisation. They will be taken through the full process of appreciative inquiry; developing a wide understanding of the tools and techniques required to effectively improve communication and affect change.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">What can Appreciative Inquiry achieve?<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></strong></p><p fr-original-style="" style="font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); box-sizing: border-box;">Well, just imagine you were better able to:</p><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Solve problems within an organisation in a positive and forward-thinking way.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Be more curious and excited about the challenges faced within the business.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ask unconditional, positive questions to strengthen the organisations capacity to increase potential.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Approach change in an affirmative mindset.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Use questions to create movement and change within the company.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Simply apply core communication skills, for overall organisational success</li></ul><p fr-original-style="" style="font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); box-sizing: border-box;">Topics covered:</p><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">What is Appreciative Inquiry?&nbsp;</strong>&ndash; A review of the subject with an activity that helps embed understanding and a case study that explains the process in action.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Benefits of Appreciative Inquiry to the Organisation&nbsp;</strong>&ndash; Establishing how AI can aid and improve the way an organisation works and how people communicate within it. Exploring how specific organisational issues can be viewed positively.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Appreciative Inquiry Questions&nbsp;</strong>&ndash; Understanding how questions can be used to identify positive organisational improvements and refocus our approach to business issues.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Appreciative Inquiry Interviews&nbsp;</strong>&ndash; A set process for performing AI interviews and framing consultations to get the best out of those involved. A chance to practice the given approach and hone personal skills.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">The 4D Model&nbsp;</strong>&ndash; An overview of the AI 4D Model (Discovery, Dream, Design, Destiny) and how it is applied.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">The 4D Model: Topic&nbsp;</strong>&ndash; Demonstrating how selecting the topic is the beginning of the 4D model process. Choosing the participants own topic&nbsp;to work on throughout the training.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">The 4D Model: Discovery&nbsp;</strong>&ndash; Showing how positive discussions are kick-started at this stage and taking a chance to look at, &lsquo;the best there is and what has been&rsquo;.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">The 4D Model: Dream&nbsp;</strong>&ndash; &lsquo;Thinking big and beyond what they have in the past&rsquo;. Creating an amazing and positive vision for the future.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">The 4D Model: Design&nbsp;</strong>&ndash; Laying the foundation with a design of the vision, principles, and set of propositions that describe the ideal end state. Defining the desired state by creating a hierarchy and blueprint for success.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">The 4D Model: Destiny&nbsp;</strong>&ndash; Defining clear actions that will help the organisation and individuals achieve what they have set out to.&nbsp;The output is the self-reinforcing nature of using positive and affirmative inquiry to improve the business.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">The 4D Model: Summary Task&nbsp;</strong>&ndash; Review of learning and knowledge check.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">The Change Process</strong>&nbsp;&ndash; Exploring Dr. Kotter&rsquo;s 8-step change process and how it can support the AI approach.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Rooms of Change&nbsp;</strong>&ndash; Understanding&nbsp;feelings and attitudes to change, using this interesting and memorable model. Using an activity to help participants consider their own &lsquo;change position&rsquo; and what this might mean for them.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Strategies for Managing Change&nbsp;</strong>&ndash; A simple set of skills to help overcome the challenges faced by people trying to implement change. Applying these strategies to the 4D Model and Appreciative Inquiry.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Recall Quiz&nbsp;</strong>&ndash; A chance to review learning in an engaging way.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Summary&nbsp;</strong>&ndash; Developing actions and key points to take away.</li></ul></div></div></section><section data-element_type="section" data-id="4011a48" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); box-sizing: border-box;"><div data-element_type="column" data-id="0575279" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div data-element_type="widget" data-id="832ffa9" data-widget_type="heading.default" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h2 fr-original-style=" color: var( --e-global-color-primary );" style="color: var( --e-global-color-primary ); box-sizing: border-box;">Who should attend</h2></div><div data-element_type="widget" data-id="e6caea6" data-widget_type="text-editor.default" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p fr-original-style="" style="font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); box-sizing: border-box;">Managers who want to learn about and practice the Appreciative Inquiry approach to drive positive changes.</p></div></div></section><section data-element_type="section" data-id="8418d0b" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); box-sizing: border-box;"><div data-element_type="column" data-id="8700eec" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div data-element_type="widget" data-id="a8f02ee" data-widget_type="heading.default" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h2 fr-original-style=" color: var( --e-global-color-primary );" style="color: var( --e-global-color-primary ); box-sizing: border-box;">Requirements for Attendees</h2></div><div data-element_type="widget" data-id="3793680" data-widget_type="text-editor.default" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p fr-original-style="" style="font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); box-sizing: border-box;">None.</p></div></div></section></div></div></section></div></div></section><section data-element_type="section" data-id="f9cb5f1" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); box-sizing: border-box;"><div data-element_type="column" data-id="bda27b8" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div></section>

Inovra Group

Business Development

Professional Development

Appreciative Inquiry

Session for up to ten delegates in a single session

Group Session

Harpenden

<p>The aim of this course is to provide an overview of Agile approaches to product development. It explains what Agile is and when and why to use it.</p><p>The scope of the programme includes:</p><p>The course emphasises the collaborative nature of Agile and the flexibility it offers to customers.</p>The principal training objectives for this programme are to help participants understand:<ul><li>Why and when to use Agile</li><li>How to use Agile</li><li>The roles involved in Agile development</li><li>The cultural factors to take into account</li><li>How to manage Agile developments</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>1 Introduction (Course sponsor and trainer)</h3><ul><li>Why this programme has been developed</li><li>Review of participants' needs and objectives</li></ul> <h3>2 Background to Agile</h3><ul><li>Issues with traditional approaches to product development</li><li>How Agile helps</li><li>Roots of Agile</li><li>Agile lifecycles</li><li>Product <em>v</em> project</li></ul> <h3>3 How Agile works</h3><ul><li>The Agile Manifesto</li><li>Agile principles</li><li>Process control: defined v empirical</li><li>Different Agile methods</li><li>The Scrum framework</li><li>DSDM Atern</li></ul> <h3>4 Managing Agile</h3><ul><li>When to use Agile</li><li>Managing Agile projects</li><li>Team organisation</li></ul> <h3>5 Agile techniques</h3><ul><li>Daily stand-ups</li><li>User stories</li><li>Estimating</li><li>MoSCoW prioritisation</li></ul> <h3>6 Course review and action planning (Course sponsor present)</h3><ul><li>Are there opportunities to use Agile?</li><li>What actions should be implemented to adopt Agile?</li><li>Conclusion</li></ul> 


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The In House Training Company

Agile Business Analyst

Certified SAFe Agilist

ICP-ACC (ICAgile Certified Agile Coaching)

Agile

ACP (Agile Certified Practitioner)

Scrum

Agile product development: an introduction (In-House)

<p>Agility has become a prized business attribute. Although Agile methods were once most associated with software development, they are now applied in a host of different areas. Agile continues to find new applications because it is primarily an attitude.</p><p>This programme delivers a solid grounding in both the Agile mindset and Agile methods. It covers three methods, illustrates the benefits of each and shows how they can be integrated. It includes practical techniques as well as background knowledge.</p><p>By the end of the session, participants will be able to:</p><ul><li>Apply Agile concepts to self-manage their work</li><li>Understand the roles people take on in Agile teams</li><li>Use a variety of techniques to help deliver customer satisfaction</li><li>Focus on delivering against priorities</li><li>Employ a range of estimating techniques</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>1 Introduction</h3><ul><li>Overview of the programme</li><li>Review of participants' needs and objectives</li></ul> <h3>2 The basics of Agile</h3><ul><li>What makes Agile different</li><li>Agile Manifesto and Principles</li><li>Using feedback to deliver what is needed</li></ul> <h3>3 Agile teams</h3><ul><li>Multi-disciplinary teams</li><li>Team size and empowerment</li><li>Agile values</li></ul> <h3>4 Agile at the team level - Scrum</h3><ul><li>Scrum roles</li><li>Scrum 'events'</li><li>Scrum 'artifacts'</li></ul> <h3>5 Agile for teams juggling multiple demands - Kanban</h3><ul><li>Taking control of the work</li><li>Improving throughput</li><li>Dealing with bottlenecks</li></ul> <h3>6 Agile in projects - AgilePM</h3><ul><li>The phases of an Agile project</li><li>Managing change requests</li><li>Delivering on time</li></ul> <h3>7 Estimating</h3><ul><li>T-shirt / Pebble sizing</li><li>Yesterday's weather</li><li>Planning poker</li></ul> <h3>8 Pick 'n' mix - some useful techniques</h3><ul><li>The daily stand-up</li><li>User stories</li><li>Retrospectives</li><li>Work-in-process limits</li><li>Burndown charts</li><li>Minimum viable product</li><li>A / B testing</li></ul> <h3>9 Review and action planning</h3><ul><li>Identify actions to be implemented individually</li><li>Conclusion</li></ul> 


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Agility

Agile: an introduction (In-House)

<p>Conflict is a word that conjures up many emotions. It is something that most people would prefer to avoid, if possible. Work can be an emotive place. Positive relationships can make your life at work exciting, motivating and challenging, whilst relationships that do not hold value to you could make your life very difficult and stressful, especially if there is conflict between you and your manager. This course is essential for people who want to understand where conflict can be used to positive effect and how to manage conflict in your working relationships and see it as something positive that can stimulate the environment.</p><p>Research has shown that relationships at work are an extremely high motivational factor, and for a lot of people it has a higher importance that salary! Therefore, it is essential that we invest in relationships and search out new ways to make them better in order to have a more positive influence on our surroundings. By understanding why other people are in conflict we can manage the conversation a lot better, with outcomes managed more effectively so the 'conflict' will add value to the organisation.</p><p>This participative event will cover a wide variety of exercises and personal stories, and leave course participants with a clear strategy to identify when they are in conflict with someone and how they will structure their approach to get to a satisfactory outcome.</p>This is a workshop that targets anyone where conflict needs to be managed and cannot seem to resolve it, whether internally or externally. At the end of the day, participants will:<ul><li>Know their key relationships and the strength of those relationships</li><li>Complete the Strengths Deployment Inventory (SDI) to identify where you deploy your strengths</li><li>Understand what is important to you and your key stakeholders</li><li>Know how motivational value systems can influence behaviour</li><li>Tailor your communication style to match that of your opposite party</li><li>Know conflict strategies to resolve conflict in others</li><li>Learn to be more assertive when challenging</li><li>Achieve key personal, departmental and organisational objectives</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>1 Where are you now?</h3><ul><li>How effective are your current working relationships?</li><li>Can I work effectively without the input from others?</li><li>Who do you need to be a success?</li></ul> <h3>2 The Strengths Deployment Inventory (SDI)</h3><ul><li>Completion of the SDI questionnaire</li><li>An understanding of the theory</li><li>A 'trip around the triangle'</li><li>Predicting relationship interaction</li><li>Your scores and what they mean in your relationships</li></ul> <h3>3 Conflict theory</h3><ul><li>What is conflict?</li><li>The 3 flags of conflict</li><li>What are your conflict triggers?</li><li>Your conflict scores plotted</li><li>The conflict sequence</li></ul> <h3>4 Conflict resolution strategies</h3><ul><li>Early warning signs</li><li>Most productive behaviours</li><li>Least productive behaviours</li><li>Preventable / unwarranted conflict</li><li>Review of the dynamic triangle</li><li>Review of the day, personal learning and action planning</li></ul> 


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Conflict Resolution

Team Building

Counselling Skills

Conflict Management

Organisational Skills

Management Skills

Conflict management (In-House)

<p id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">LOOKING FOR</strong>: ADULT FICTION, NON-FICTION</p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Amanda Preston has been a literary agent for over 20 years and co-founded LBA in 2005. She won the RNA Literary Agent of the Year award in 2018.&nbsp;</p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">She represents commercial and reading group fiction, as well as a range of narrative non-fiction and memoir. She loves working with authors, championing them every step of the way, and works with them and their publishing teams to build them into brand names and award winning and bestselling authors in the UK and internationally. Whether commercial or reading-group, she loves innovative and well-written stories that hook her in from the start and whose voice stays with her. She is looking for novels that demand to be talked about and shared, whatever their genre, and that she is still thinking about days after finishing.&nbsp;</p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">She is on the hunt for a high-concept thriller which is character and plot driven, but also has a discussable issue at its heart i.e Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey and Girl A by Abigail Dean. She love thrillers where the location is as integral to the plot as the crime i.e The Dry by Jane Harper and The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse, and would love a good locked-room thriller but is only looking for fresh and unique ideas in this area.&nbsp;</p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">She is also on the hunt for a glorious book club love story that is doing something a bit different and special i.e Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus or anything by Taylor Jenkins Reid or Liane Moriarty! Or smart, contemporary, observant romcoms with a very strong emphasis on diverse / own voices.&nbsp;</p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Finally, she would love a historical that vividly brings that period to life as well as having a stunning plot i.e, The Familiars by Stacey Halls and The Doll Factory by Elizabeth MacNeal.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Amanda would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 page synopsis and the opening three chapters (max 5,000 words).</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">(<em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">In addition to the paid sessions, Amanda is kindly offering one free session for low income/under-represented writers. Please email <a href="mailto:agent121@iaminprint.co.uk" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer; user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size);" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer; user-select: auto;">agent121@iaminprint.co.uk</a> to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the </em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">discretion of&nbsp;</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print)</em>.&nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with<strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;</strong><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Pr</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">int</em> prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print</em> by the stated submission deadline and note that <em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print</em> take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">The submission deadline is: Wednesday 25 September 2024</strong></p>

LOOKING FOR: ADULT FICTION, NON-FICTION
Amanda Preston has been a literary agent for over 20 years and co-founded LBA in 2005. She won the RNA Literary Agent of the Year award in 2018. 
She represents commercial and reading group fiction, as well as a range of narrative non-fiction and memoir. She loves working with authors, championing them every step of the way, and works with them and their publishing teams to build them into brand names and award winning and bestselling authors in the UK and internationally. Whether commercial or reading-group, she loves innovative and well-written stories that hook her in from the start and whose voice stays with her. She is looking for novels that demand to be talked about and shared, whatever their genre, and that she is still thinking about days after finishing. 
She is on the hunt for a high-concept thriller which is character and plot driven, but also has a discussable issue at its heart i.e Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey and Girl A by Abigail Dean. She love thrillers where the location is as integral to the plot as the crime i.e The Dry by Jane Harper and The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse, and would love a good locked-room thriller but is only looking for fresh and unique ideas in this area. 
She is also on the hunt for a glorious book club love story that is doing something a bit different and special i.e Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus or anything by Taylor Jenkins Reid or Liane Moriarty! Or smart, contemporary, observant romcoms with a very strong emphasis on diverse / own voices. 
Finally, she would love a historical that vividly brings that period to life as well as having a stunning plot i.e, The Familiars by Stacey Halls and The Doll Factory by Elizabeth MacNeal.
Amanda would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 page synopsis and the opening three chapters (max 5,000 words).
(In addition to the paid sessions, Amanda is kindly offering one free session for low income/under-represented writers. Please email agent121@iaminprint.co.uk to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the discretion of I Am In Print). 
By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with I Am In Print prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach I Am In Print by the stated submission deadline and note that I Am In Print take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting.
The submission deadline is: Wednesday 25 September 2024

I Am In Print

Fiction Writing

SOLD OUT! 7th October Amanda Preston #Agent121. Looking for: ADULT FICTION

Bournemouth

London Waterloo Academy

Flight Attendant

Stewardess

FLIGHT ATTENDANT VIRTUAL VIA ZOOM COURSE, EVENINGS

Registration Fee

Course Fee

<p id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">LOOKING FOR:</strong> ADULT FICTION</p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Louise Buckley</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">has worked in publishing for well over a decade. She was inspired to enter the publishing industry after completing an MA in Creative Writing and then spent a hugely enjoyable year working as a bookseller for Waterstones, wishing that she could have a hand in publishing books.</span></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">After a year working at Dorling Kindersley, she then spent almost five years working in the commercial fiction division at Pan Macmillan, where she published a mix of commercial bestsellers and award-winning authors.</span></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Most recently, she was an Associate Literary Agent at Zeno Agency Ltd. As an agent she represented a roster of commercial and literary fiction, including Anne Griffin&rsquo;s <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">When All is Said</em>, which spent five weeks at number one in Ireland and sold into 17 territories.</span></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">She is delighted to be working with Hannah at Hannah Sheppard Literary Agency.</span></p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Louise is looking for:-</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Literary and upmarket fiction</strong> that focusses on the underdog, the repressed, the suppressed. Louise is especially interested in novels that represent working-class people or children going through difficult circumstances (think <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Shuggie Bain</em> by Douglas Stuart, <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">My Name is Leon</em> by Kit de Waal or <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Boys Don&rsquo;t Cry</em> by F&Iacute;ona Scarlett).</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Irish literary and book club fiction</strong>. Think Claire Keegan, Louise Kennedy or Anne Griffin.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">In <strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">commercial fiction</strong> she loves novels set during the Second World War, such as <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Nightingale</em> by Kristin Hannah, <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Beekeeper of Aleppo</em> by Christi Lefteri or <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Midwife of Auschwitz</em> by Anna Stuart. Louise recently read and loved <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Last List of Mabel Beaumont</em> by Laura Pearson and would love to see anything in the same &lsquo;older person going on a journey&rsquo; category, a more recent <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry</em>.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Louise had a lot of fun publishing a &lsquo;pet fiction&rsquo; novel as an editor (<em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Molly and the Cat&nbsp;Caf&eacute;</em>) and would love to find an author who can write an <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Alfie the Doorstep Cat/Dog</em>.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">She has a soft spot for novels featuring <strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">time-travel or parallel universes</strong>, a &lsquo;what if&rsquo; that plays around with conventions. At the literary end this would be books like <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Life After Life</em> by Kate Atkinson, <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Shining Girls</em> by Lauren Beukes or <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">This is How You Lose the Time War</em> by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. At the more commercial end Louise loved <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Wrong Place, Wrong Time</em> by Gillian McAllister, <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Dark Matter</em> by Blake Crouch and <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Oona Out of Order</em> by Martina Montimore. She also enjoys novels set in the real world but featuring a hefty dose of magic or the supernatural. They can be commercial or literary, present-day or historical. Think <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Rivers of London</em> by Ben Aaronovitch, <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Threadneedle</em> by Cari Thomas, <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">A Discovery of Witches</em> by Deborah Harkness or <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Gifts</em> by Liz Hyder. And also cosy fantasy in the vein of <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Legends and Lattes</em> or<em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;The House in the Cerulean Sea</em>.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Cosy or humorous crime</strong>. Recently, Louise absolutely loved <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Over My Dead Body</em> by Maz Evans. When she was an editor Louise published the hit <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Luckiest Girl Alive</em> by Jessica Knoll and would love to represent incisive, intelligent suspense written by authors such as Jessica Knoll and Gillian Flynn, or something a little more subversive and blackly comic like <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">My Sister, the Serial Killer</em> by Oyinkan Braithwaite.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">More generally, Louise would also love to see novels with a disabled protagonist or someone (like myself) who is living with an invisible disability. As an ex-primary school teacher, she also warmly welcomes submissions from teachers, especially if the submission falls into one of the other categories she has listed. Following-on from this, she enjoys reading stories that follow a &lsquo;beating the system&rsquo; narrative.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><u fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Louise is NOT looking for</u>:</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">-romance</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">-romantasy</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">-epic, traditional fantasy</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">-space opera</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">-straightforward women&rsquo;s fiction</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">-children&rsquo;s fiction of any kind</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">-non-fiction</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(16, 24, 64); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(16, 24, 64);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Louise would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 page synopsis and the first three chapters or 5,000 words of your manuscript in a single word document.</span></strong>
</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(</span><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In addition to the paid sessions, Louise is kindly offering one free session for low income/under-represented writers. Please email</span> <a href="mailto:agent121@iaminprint.co.uk" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer; user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size);" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer; user-select: auto;">agent121@iaminprint.co.uk</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the </span></em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">discretion of&nbsp;</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print)</em>.&nbsp;</span></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with<strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;</strong><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Pr</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">int</em> prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print</em> by the stated submission deadline and note that <em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print</em> take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The submission deadline is: Tuesday 1 October 2024</span></strong></p>

LOOKING FOR: ADULT FICTION
Louise Buckley  has worked in publishing for well over a decade. She was inspired to enter the publishing industry after completing an MA in Creative Writing and then spent a hugely enjoyable year working as a bookseller for Waterstones, wishing that she could have a hand in publishing books.
After a year working at Dorling Kindersley, she then spent almost five years working in the commercial fiction division at Pan Macmillan, where she published a mix of commercial bestsellers and award-winning authors.
Most recently, she was an Associate Literary Agent at Zeno Agency Ltd. As an agent she represented a roster of commercial and literary fiction, including Anne Griffin’s When All is Said, which spent five weeks at number one in Ireland and sold into 17 territories.
She is delighted to be working with Hannah at Hannah Sheppard Literary Agency.
Louise is looking for:-
Literary and upmarket fiction that focusses on the underdog, the repressed, the suppressed. Louise is especially interested in novels that represent working-class people or children going through difficult circumstances (think Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart, My Name is Leon by Kit de Waal or Boys Don’t Cry by FÍona Scarlett).
Irish literary and book club fiction. Think Claire Keegan, Louise Kennedy or Anne Griffin.
In commercial fiction she loves novels set during the Second World War, such as The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christi Lefteri or The Midwife of Auschwitz by Anna Stuart. Louise recently read and loved The Last List of Mabel Beaumont by Laura Pearson and would love to see anything in the same ‘older person going on a journey’ category, a more recent The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.
Louise had a lot of fun publishing a ‘pet fiction’ novel as an editor (Molly and the Cat Café) and would love to find an author who can write an Alfie the Doorstep Cat/Dog.
She has a soft spot for novels featuring time-travel or parallel universes, a ‘what if’ that plays around with conventions. At the literary end this would be books like Life After Life by Kate Atkinson, The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes or This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. At the more commercial end Louise loved Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister, Dark Matter by Blake Crouch and Oona Out of Order by Martina Montimore. She also enjoys novels set in the real world but featuring a hefty dose of magic or the supernatural. They can be commercial or literary, present-day or historical. Think Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch, Threadneedle by Cari Thomas, A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness or The Gifts by Liz Hyder. And also cosy fantasy in the vein of Legends and Lattes or The House in the Cerulean Sea.
Cosy or humorous crime. Recently, Louise absolutely loved Over My Dead Body by Maz Evans. When she was an editor Louise published the hit Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll and would love to represent incisive, intelligent suspense written by authors such as Jessica Knoll and Gillian Flynn, or something a little more subversive and blackly comic like My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite.
More generally, Louise would also love to see novels with a disabled protagonist or someone (like myself) who is living with an invisible disability. As an ex-primary school teacher, she also warmly welcomes submissions from teachers, especially if the submission falls into one of the other categories she has listed. Following-on from this, she enjoys reading stories that follow a ‘beating the system’ narrative.
Louise is NOT looking for:
-romance
-romantasy
-epic, traditional fantasy
-space opera
-straightforward women’s fiction
-children’s fiction of any kind
-non-fiction
Louise would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 page synopsis and the first three chapters or 5,000 words of your manuscript in a single word document.

(In addition to the paid sessions, Louise is kindly offering one free session for low income/under-represented writers. Please email agent121@iaminprint.co.uk to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the discretion of I Am In Print). 
By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with I Am In Print prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach I Am In Print by the stated submission deadline and note that I Am In Print take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting.
The submission deadline is: Friday 27 September 2024

ONE SPACE LEFT! 8th October Louise Buckley #Agent121. Looking for: ADULT FICTION

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<p id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">LOOKING FOR</strong>: MG, ADULT FICTION</p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Jo Williamson has been in publishing for over 25 years. Having worked in Children&rsquo;s books PR for Dorling Kindersley, HarperCollins and Orion, she started as an agent with Antony Harwood in 2008. She feels very privileged being with authors at the very start of their publishing journey and enjoys close working relationships with all her clients. From editorial help, general advice on the publishing world, guiding careers long-term and general cheerleading, she feels she has the perfect job. Although nothing is off limits and she loves being surprised by submissions,</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">In middle grade children&#39;s fiction, Jo is particularly looking for books with heart, epic adventures with voice-led characters, and younger funny fiction with series potential.&nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">In adult fiction, page-turning Commercial Women&rsquo;s and Book Club fiction are right up Jo&#39;s street, including psychological suspense, thriller, cosy crime and books that don&rsquo;t quite fit the mould. Above all, she wants stories that linger long after the final page has been read. Jo is not the right fit for police procedurals.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Jo would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 page synopsis and the first 5,000 words of your manuscript in a single word document.</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">(<em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">In addition to the paid sessions, Jo is kindly offering one free session for low income/underrepresented writers. Please email <a href="mailto:agent121@iaminprint.co.uk" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer; user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size);" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer; user-select: auto;">agent121@iaminprint.co.uk</a> to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the </em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">discretion of&nbsp;</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print)</em>.&nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with<strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;</strong><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Pr</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">int</em> prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print</em> by the stated submission deadline and note that <em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print</em> take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">The submission deadline is: Monday 7th October 2024</strong></p>

LOOKING FOR: MG, ADULT FICTION
Jo Williamson has been in publishing for over 25 years. Having worked in Children’s books PR for Dorling Kindersley, HarperCollins and Orion, she started as an agent with Antony Harwood in 2008. She feels very privileged being with authors at the very start of their publishing journey and enjoys close working relationships with all her clients. From editorial help, general advice on the publishing world, guiding careers long-term and general cheerleading, she feels she has the perfect job. Although nothing is off limits and she loves being surprised by submissions,
In middle grade children's fiction, Jo is particularly looking for books with heart, epic adventures with voice-led characters, and younger funny fiction with series potential. 
In adult fiction, page-turning Commercial Women’s and Book Club fiction are right up Jo's street, including psychological suspense, thriller, cosy crime and books that don’t quite fit the mould. Above all, she wants stories that linger long after the final page has been read. Jo is not the right fit for police procedurals.
Jo would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 page synopsis and the first 5,000 words of your manuscript in a single word document.
(In addition to the paid sessions, Jo is kindly offering one free session for low income/underrepresented writers. Please email agent121@iaminprint.co.uk to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the discretion of I Am In Print). 
By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with I Am In Print prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach I Am In Print by the stated submission deadline and note that I Am In Print take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting.
The submission deadline is: Monday 7th October 2024

ONE SPACE LEFT! 14th October Jo Williamson #Agent121. Looking for: MG, ADULT FICTION

<p id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">LOOKING FOR</strong>:&nbsp;YA, NA, ADULT FICTION</p><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-size: 16px;">Helen Lane is a Junior Agent at The Booker Albert Literary Agency. She is also an editor and a writer of Adult Fantasy and Horror. She has a BSc in Environmental Science from the University of East Anglia and a postgrad qualification in Acoustics. She is passionate about books and has spent the last decade working with manuscripts. She lives in London with her family and the world&rsquo;s naughtiest cocker spaniel.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></div><div style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(42, 42, 42);"><span style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">Helen represents Adult Fantasy, Sci Fi, Horror, Paranormal Romance, LGBTQ+ Romance, Action &amp; Adventure &amp; Thrillers. She also represents YA Fantasy.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-size: 16px;">She is slightly obsessed with monster stories (especially if they have giant sharks or squids). And stories set in extreme environments such as the arctic, jungle, caves, ocean, and mountains.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-size: 16px;">She DOES NOT want to read about affairs or abuse in any genre. (My husband likes me to add here that this is nothing to do with him, I just don&#39;t like sad stories).</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-size: 16px;">Her favourite authors are Mira Grant, Greig Beck, James Rollins, Matthew Reilly, Jennifer L. Armentrout, Darcy Coates, Patricia Briggs &amp; Kelley Armstrong.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-size: 16px;">To make querying more accessible she does not require personalisation in the letter, comparison titles or a synopsis. But if you have them already, please include them.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">Follow Helen on social media:&nbsp;</span><a href="https://twitter.com/HFLane_writing" target="_blank" fr-original-style="" style="user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">@HFLane_writing</span></a></span></div><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Helen would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 page synopsis and first three chapters (Max 5,000 words) of your manuscript in a single word document.</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">(<em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">In addition to the paid sessions, Helen is kindly offering one free session for low income/under-represented writers. Please email <a href="mailto:agent121@iaminprint.co.uk" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer; user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size);" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer; user-select: auto;">agent121@iaminprint.co.uk</a> to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the </em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">discretion of&nbsp;</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print)</em>.&nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with<strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;</strong><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Pr</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">int</em> prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print</em> by the stated submission deadline and note that <em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print</em> take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong style="color: rgb(16, 24, 64); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(16, 24, 64);">The submission deadline is: Tuesday 8 October 2024</strong></p>

LOOKING FOR: YA, NA, ADULT FICTION
Helen Lane is a Junior Agent at The Booker Albert Literary Agency. She is also an editor and a writer of Adult Fantasy and Horror. She has a BSc in Environmental Science from the University of East Anglia and a postgrad qualification in Acoustics. She is passionate about books and has spent the last decade working with manuscripts. She lives in London with her family and the world’s naughtiest cocker spaniel.

Helen represents Adult Fantasy, Sci Fi, Horror, Paranormal Romance, LGBTQ+ Romance, Action & Adventure & Thrillers. She also represents YA Fantasy.
She is slightly obsessed with monster stories (especially if they have giant sharks or squids). And stories set in extreme environments such as the arctic, jungle, caves, ocean, and mountains.
She DOES NOT want to read about affairs or abuse in any genre. (My husband likes me to add here that this is nothing to do with him, I just don't like sad stories).

Her favourite authors are Mira Grant, Greig Beck, James Rollins, Matthew Reilly, Jennifer L. Armentrout, Darcy Coates, Patricia Briggs & Kelley Armstrong.

To make querying more accessible she does not require personalisation in the letter, comparison titles or a synopsis. But if you have them already, please include them.

Follow Helen on social media: @HFLane_writing
Helen would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 page synopsis and first three chapters (Max 5,000 words) of your manuscript in a single word document.
(In addition to the paid sessions, Helen is kindly offering one free session for low income/under-represented writers. Please email agent121@iaminprint.co.uk to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the discretion of I Am In Print). 
By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with I Am In Print prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach I Am In Print by the stated submission deadline and note that I Am In Print take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting.
The submission deadline is: Tuesday 8 October 2024

17th October Helen Lane #Agent121. Looking for: YA, NA, ADULT FICTION

<p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">LOOKING FOR: ADULT FICTION, NON-FICTION, MG/YA inc GRAPHIC NOVELS</strong></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">Gyamfia Osei</span> <span style="color: black; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color:black;">has joined Andrew Nurnberg Associates Ltd and&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color:black;">is looking for writers of Children&#39;s and YA, commercial adult fiction and narrative non-fiction.&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color:black;">&nbsp;</span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Gyamfia began her career in publishing working as a Bookseller at Waterstones, before joining Caskie Mushens as a literary assistant in 2018. She relocated to Amsterdam for two years, where she managed international sales for The Pepin Press and held the role of Editor for Plural Magazine, before returning to London in 2021 to start building her own list of authors at The G</span><span style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">ood Literary Agency. Gyamfia is now an agent at Andrew Nurnberg Associates, representing a diverse list of clients writing children&rsquo;s books and a bespoke adult list focusing on commercial fiction and narrative non-fiction.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Gyamfia is currently looking for contemporary children&rsquo;s stories that are full of heart and joy-driven books that celebrate kids from underrepresented backgrounds&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(think Clare Weze, Kimberly Whittam and Elle McNicoll). Unique picture books, funny middle-grade and teen projects&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(think <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging</em> and <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Glow Up Lara Bloom</em>)&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">are currently at the top of her list &nbsp;this year. She is very interested in finding a graphic novel or illustrated project for either MG or YA readers.&nbsp;</span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">She is very open when it comes to Children&rsquo;s non-fiction but would be particularly interested to consider unique cookbooks aimed at young chefs, books exploring mental health/wellness and projects that bring the experiences of marginalised children to the forefront.</span><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In the adult fiction space, Gyamfia enjoys well-plotted, fast-paced narratives with authentic characters who lodge themselves in her mind long after she&rsquo;s finished reading (think <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Big Little Lies</em>, <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Verity</em> and <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Girl A</em>). She&rsquo;s open to a broad range of genres, but would be particularly keen to see cosy crime, global stories and tightly plotted domestic noir.&nbsp;</span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In the adult non-fiction space, she would be happy to consider commercial narrative non-fiction and cultural history projects (think <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Brit(ish)</em>, <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">It&rsquo;s Not That Radical</em> and <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Everything I Know About Lov</em>e).</span></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Gyamfia</strong></span><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 page synopsis and the opening three chapters (max 5,000 words).&nbsp;<strong id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">For picture books please send two texts and a covering letter. For non-fiction please supply a cover letter and proposal with up to 5,000 words of your sample text.</strong></strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">(<em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">In addition to the paid sessions, Gyamfia is kindly offering one free session for low income/under-represented writers. Please email <a href="mailto:agent121@iaminprint.co.uk" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer; user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size);" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer; user-select: auto;">agent121@iaminprint.co.uk</a> to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the&nbsp;</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">discretion of&nbsp;</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print)</em>.&nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with<strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;</strong><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Pr</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">int</em> prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print</em> by the stated submission deadline and note that <em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print</em> take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">The submission deadline is: Monday 7 October 2024</strong></p>

LOOKING FOR: ADULT FICTION, NON-FICTION, MG/YA inc GRAPHIC NOVELS
Gyamfia Osei has joined Andrew Nurnberg Associates Ltd and is looking for writers of Children's and YA, commercial adult fiction and narrative non-fiction.  
Gyamfia began her career in publishing working as a Bookseller at Waterstones, before joining Caskie Mushens as a literary assistant in 2018. She relocated to Amsterdam for two years, where she managed international sales for The Pepin Press and held the role of Editor for Plural Magazine, before returning to London in 2021 to start building her own list of authors at The Good Literary Agency. Gyamfia is now an agent at Andrew Nurnberg Associates, representing a diverse list of clients writing children’s books and a bespoke adult list focusing on commercial fiction and narrative non-fiction.
Gyamfia is currently looking for contemporary children’s stories that are full of heart and joy-driven books that celebrate kids from underrepresented backgrounds (think Clare Weze, Kimberly Whittam and Elle McNicoll). Unique picture books, funny middle-grade and teen projects (think Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging and Glow Up Lara Bloom) are currently at the top of her list this year. She is very interested in finding a graphic novel or illustrated project for either MG or YA readers. 
She is very open when it comes to Children’s non-fiction but would be particularly interested to consider unique cookbooks aimed at young chefs, books exploring mental health/wellness and projects that bring the experiences of marginalised children to the forefront.
In the adult fiction space, Gyamfia enjoys well-plotted, fast-paced narratives with authentic characters who lodge themselves in her mind long after she’s finished reading (think Big Little Lies, Verity and Girl A). She’s open to a broad range of genres, but would be particularly keen to see cosy crime, global stories and tightly plotted domestic noir. 
In the adult non-fiction space, she would be happy to consider commercial narrative non-fiction and cultural history projects (think Brit(ish), It’s Not That Radical and Everything I Know About Love).
Gyamfia would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 page synopsis and the opening three chapters (max 5,000 words). For picture books please send two texts and a covering letter. For non-fiction please supply a cover letter and proposal with up to 5,000 words of your sample text.
(In addition to the paid sessions, Gyamfia is kindly offering one free session for low income/under-represented writers. Please email agent121@iaminprint.co.uk to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the discretion of I Am In Print). 
By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with I Am In Print prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach I Am In Print by the stated submission deadline and note that I Am In Print take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting.
The submission deadline is: Monday 7 October 2024

18th October Gyamfia Osei #Agent121. Looking for: PICTURE BOOKS, MG, YA, CHILDREN'S NON-FICTION, ADULT FICTION, NON-FICTION

<h5 id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(20, 24, 39); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(20, 24, 39);">A talk with Nikki Parmenter - Textiles/Mixed Media Artist</h5><p style="color: rgb(20, 24, 39); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(20, 24, 39);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">TUESDAY 30TH JANUARY</strong></p><p style="color: rgb(20, 24, 39); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(20, 24, 39);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">START TIME: &nbsp;7.00pm &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></p><p style="color: rgb(20, 24, 39); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(20, 24, 39);">Join our TEA &rsquo;N CHAT with Textile Artist <strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Nikki Parmenter</strong><strong data-slate-leaf="true" fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">,</strong> who will talk about her work, explaining some of the techniques she uses.</p><p style="color: rgb(20, 24, 39); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(20, 24, 39);">She will also demonstrate the fused fabric method she will be using for her workshop on Saturday 2nd March in Cranleigh (Near Guildford) and show some finished examples on a PowerPoint Presentation. This will entail some layering of fabric, soldering and free machine embroidery and some ideas regarding ways of displaying the finished piece.&nbsp;</p><p style="color: rgb(20, 24, 39); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(20, 24, 39);">&nbsp;<img src="https://images.cademy.co.uk/textiles-skills-centre/8ca94218-7a1b-44de-825f-dcf168ae0928/original.webp" style="width: 164px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto 5px 0px; text-align: left; cursor: auto; padding: 0px 1px; -webkit-user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="width: 164px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto 5px 0px; text-align: left; cursor: auto;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"></p><p id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(var(--color_15)); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(var(--color_15));">Nikki taught art for 30 years to secondary school children, and having left full time work in 2016 , &nbsp;has been providing talks, demonstrations, summer schools, &nbsp;workshops to schools, groups and societies. She is a member of various art and textile groups.</p><p style="color: rgb(var(--color_15)); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(var(--color_15));">She exhibits her work widely and <span id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(35, 59, 26); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(35, 59, 26);">has written a number of articles for both magazines and online sites. She is based in <span id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(35, 59, 26); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(35, 59, 26);">Cheshire and specialises in mixed media textile pieces, taking inspiration from a variety of sources and particularly interested in the way societies created a series of visual symbols to represent the things which were important to them. She investigates myths, legends, stories and beliefs. She is also inspired by art, architecture and artefacts.</span></span></p><p style="color: rgb(var(--color_15)); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(var(--color_15));"><span style="color: rgb(35, 59, 26); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(35, 59, 26);"><span style="color: rgb(35, 59, 26); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(35, 59, 26);">This event is held on ZOOM, so p</span></span><span style="color: rgb(35, 59, 26); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(35, 59, 26);"><span style="color: rgb(35, 59, 26); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(35, 59, 26);">lease register to get the Zoom details.</span></span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(40, 50, 78); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(40, 50, 78); font-size: 16px;"><img src="https://images.cademy.co.uk/textiles-skills-centre/cd5f7ce8-1b39-4f6e-ac85-924136a75c39/original.jpeg" style="width: 628px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; cursor: auto; padding: 0px 1px; -webkit-user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="width: 628px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; cursor: auto;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"></span></p><hr fr-original-style="" style="border-color: var(--border-muted); border-style: solid; clear: both; break-after: page; -webkit-user-select: none; box-sizing: border-box;"><p id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(40, 50, 78); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(40, 50, 78); font-size: 16px;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></em></span></p><p id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(40, 50, 78); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(40, 50, 78); font-size: 16px;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The <strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Textiles Skills Centre Associates</strong> are a team of volunteers that manage the social media platforms and website, and offer support, mentorship and advice to textile teachers and trainees. We organise free resource networking events each month (Tea &#39;N Chat) and are always on hand to help and encourage when needed.<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">We are always looking for new Associate members, so if you would like to join this small team then do contact us at: <strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">info@textileskillscentre.com</strong></em></span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(40, 50, 78); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(40, 50, 78); font-size: 16px;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">At the moment all costs are met by our team and time is given freely. If you are able to support us with a donation, however small, this will help to enhance the work we are doing.</em></span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(40, 50, 78); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(40, 50, 78); font-size: 16px;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">You can donate using the DONATION button below which will take you to the Paypal donations page, or select an amount when you book the event. All donations gratefully received.</em></span></p><p style="text-align: center; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(40, 50, 78); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(40, 50, 78);"><a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=P3GCCAAFZBJWC" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 5px; background-color: rgb(61, 86, 224); border-width: 12px 18px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(61, 86, 224); display: inline-block; -webkit-user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 5px; background-color: #3D56E0; border-top: 12px solid #3D56E0; border-bottom: 12px solid #3D56E0; border-right: 18px solid #3D56E0; border-left: 18px solid #3D56E0; display: inline-block;" fr-original-class="wysiwyg_no_decoration_link_cls"><span style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">DONATION</span></a></span></p>

A talk with NIKKI PARMENTER - Textiles/Mixed Media Artist
TUESDAY 15TH OCTOBER
START TIME: 7.00pm 
Join our TEA ’N CHAT with Textile Artist Nikki Parmenter, who will talk about her work, explaining some of the techniques she uses.
She will also demonstrate the plastic entrapment method she will be using for her workshop on Wednesday 6th November and show some finished examples. This will entail some layering of fabric, soldering and free machine embroidery and some ideas regarding ways of displaying the finished piece. 

Nikki taught art for 30 years to secondary school children, and having left full time work in 2016 , has been providing talks, demonstrations, summer schools, workshops to schools, groups and societies. She is a member of various art and textile groups.
She exhibits her work widely and has written a number of articles for both magazines and online sites. She is based in Cheshire and specialises in mixed media textile pieces, taking inspiration from a variety of sources and particularly interested in the way societies created a series of visual symbols to represent the things which were important to them. She investigates myths, legends, stories and beliefs. She is also inspired by art, architecture and artefacts.
This event is held on ZOOM, so please register to get the Zoom details.






The Textiles Skills Centre Associates are a team of volunteers that manage the social media platforms and website, and offer support, mentorship and advice to textile teachers and trainees. We organise free resource networking events each month (Tea 'N Chat) and are always on hand to help and encourage when needed.
We are always looking for new Associate members, so if you would like to join this small team then do contact us at: info@textileskillscentre.com
At the moment all costs are met by our team and time is given freely. If you are able to support us with a donation, however small, this will help to enhance the work we are doing.
You can donate using the DONATION button below which will take you to the Paypal donations page, or select an amount when you book the event. All donations gratefully received.
DONATION

Textiles Skills Centre

TEA ’N CHAT with Textile Artist NIKKI PARMENTER, who will talk about her work.

Tea 'N Chat - NIKKI PARMENTER Talk & Demo

At the moment all costs are met by our team and time is given freely. If you are able to support us with a donation, however small, this will help to enhance the work we are doing.

DONATION £5

DONATION £10

<p id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">LOOKING FOR:</strong> MG, YA, ADULT FICTION, ADULT NON-FICTION, NON-FICTION FOR 7+</p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Megan Carroll</strong> is looking for writers in a variety of areas, and from a wide range of backgrounds &ndash; she is particularly keen to hear from Black, Asian, and LGBTQIA+ writers. Her main areas of focus this year are adult fiction and non-fiction, as well as non-fiction for 7+, and MG and YA fiction.</p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">In Fiction, Megan is keen to see high-concept love stories (think <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Flat Share</em> or <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Lock In</em>) for both commercial and reading group readers. She&rsquo;d love to see those familiar romance tropes &ndash; enemies to lovers, friends to lovers, love triangles, forbidden love etc. &ndash; with underrepresented characters at the centre.</p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">She is also looking for historical fiction and gothic horror (think Laura Purcell, Stacey Halls and Silvia Moreno-Garcia) &ndash; anything that has a creepy, uneasy undertone is likely for Megan&rsquo;s list.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Megan is also actively looking for upmarket fiction and would love to see layered family drama, contemporary stories about life today and darkly comic novels that explore a specific time, place or experience.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">In Non-Fiction, Megan is keen to hear from experts in their field talking about topics relating to film, music, true crime, popular culture, history and issues from largely unrepresented perspectives. She is keen to see memoir, narrative non-fiction and essay collections.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">In Children&rsquo;s and YA, she is keen to see contemporary YA with humour, and romance at the heart &ndash; fun and emotional stories that appeal to the interests and issues of the teenage readers. She&rsquo;d also love to see thrillers and horror stories for this age group too. It&rsquo;s unlikely that high fantasy novels for YA readers will be right for her, but she is keen to see stories with fantasy elements in a real world setting.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">On the younger end, Megan is looking for funny, contemporary middle grade &ndash; think Louise Rennison and Karen McCombie &ndash; and anything creepy and spooky for 8-12 year old readers too. She&rsquo;d love to find something like <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Lemony Snicket&rsquo;s A Series of Unfortunate Events</em> and is keen to find original adventure stories in both fantasy and realistic settings.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(16, 24, 64); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(16, 24, 64);">Megan would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 page synopsis and the first three chapters or 5,000 words of your manuscript in a single word document.</strong>
</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">(<em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">In addition to the paid sessions, Megan is kindly offering one free session for low income/under-represented writers. Please email <a href="mailto:agent121@iaminprint.co.uk" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer; user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size);" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer; user-select: auto;">agent121@iaminprint.co.uk</a> to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the </em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">discretion of&nbsp;</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print)</em>.&nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with<strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;</strong><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Pr</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">int</em> prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print</em> by the stated submission deadline and note that <em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print</em> take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">The submission deadline is: Thursday 5 September 2024</strong></p>

LOOKING FOR: MG, YA, ADULT FICTION, ADULT NON-FICTION, NON-FICTION FOR 7+
Megan Carroll is looking for writers in a variety of areas, and from a wide range of backgrounds – she is particularly keen to hear from Black, Asian, and LGBTQIA+ writers. Her main areas of focus this year are adult fiction and non-fiction, as well as non-fiction for 7+, and MG and YA fiction.
In Fiction, Megan is keen to see high-concept love stories (think The Flat Share or The Lock In) for both commercial and reading group readers. She’d love to see those familiar romance tropes – enemies to lovers, friends to lovers, love triangles, forbidden love etc. – with underrepresented characters at the centre.
She is also looking for historical fiction and gothic horror (think Laura Purcell, Stacey Halls and Silvia Moreno-Garcia) – anything that has a creepy, uneasy undertone is likely for Megan’s list.
Megan is also actively looking for upmarket fiction and would love to see layered family drama, contemporary stories about life today and darkly comic novels that explore a specific time, place or experience.
In Non-Fiction, Megan is keen to hear from experts in their field talking about topics relating to film, music, true crime, popular culture, history and issues from largely unrepresented perspectives. She is keen to see memoir, narrative non-fiction and essay collections.
In Children’s and YA, she is keen to see contemporary YA with humour, and romance at the heart – fun and emotional stories that appeal to the interests and issues of the teenage readers. She’d also love to see thrillers and horror stories for this age group too. It’s unlikely that high fantasy novels for YA readers will be right for her, but she is keen to see stories with fantasy elements in a real world setting.
On the younger end, Megan is looking for funny, contemporary middle grade – think Louise Rennison and Karen McCombie – and anything creepy and spooky for 8-12 year old readers too. She’d love to find something like Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events and is keen to find original adventure stories in both fantasy and realistic settings.
Megan would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 page synopsis and the first three chapters or 5,000 words of your manuscript in a single word document.
(In addition to the paid sessions, Megan is kindly offering one free session for low income/under-represented writers. Please email agent121@iaminprint.co.uk to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the discretion of I Am In Print). 
By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with I Am In Print prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach I Am In Print by the stated submission deadline and note that I Am In Print take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting.
The submission deadline is: Wednesday 16 October 2024

SOLD OUT! 24th October Megan Carroll #Agent121. Looking for: MG, YA, ADULT FICTION, NON-FICTION

<p id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">LOOKING FOR:</strong> ADULT FICTION, NON-FICTION</p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Liza represents a range of fiction and non-fiction. On the fiction side, she is looking for historical fiction that is well researched, immerses readers in the era, and looks at overlooked characters from the past, or perhaps gives a new spin on someone we think we know. On the literary and upmarket side, she is looking for novels infused with emotions that capture the human experience and make readers think. If your literary novel is something at A24 productions might turn into a movie, this is Liza&rsquo;s taste.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">When it comes to fantasy, she loves urban and grounded fantasy (no sci-fi please!), and is always happy to look at anything with a vampire, werewolf, witches, warlocks, fairies, and perhaps a sinister selkie or two. She is also very much looking for romantasy and is the best person at the agency to submit that too. For thrillers, send her anything set in an exotic location, high-concept, or things with a speculative twist. She loves when characters are put in situations she would never want to be in, and then they have to get out of it. Her recent favourite fiction includes:&nbsp;<em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Notes on an Execution, Lady Macbethad, Hamnet, A Discovery of Witches, House of Earth and Blood, The Starless Sea, Piranesi, Our Wives Under the Sea, The Pisces, Such A Fun Age.</em></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">When it comes to non fiction, she is looking for books that teach her something new or reframe a topic from an alternative point of view. This can include cookery, pop science, and social history. Liza&rsquo;s recent favourite non-fiction include:&nbsp;<em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Five, A History of Art Without Men, Messalina, The Authority Gap, Finding The Mother Tree, Cook This Book, Dessert Person.</em></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Liza would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 - 2 page synopsis and the first 5000 words of your manuscript in a single word document.&nbsp;</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">(<em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">In addition to the paid sessions, Liza is kindly offering one free session for low income/underrepresented writers. Please email <a href="mailto:agent121@iaminprint.co.uk" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer; user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size);" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer; user-select: auto;">agent121@iaminprint.co.uk</a> to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the discretion of </em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print)</em>.&nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with<strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"> </strong><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Pr</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">int</em> prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print</em> by the stated submission deadline and note that <em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print</em> take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">The submission deadline is: Wednesday 2 October 2024</strong></p>

LOOKING FOR: ADULT FICTION, NON-FICTION
Rachel Neely began her publishing career in 2016 at HarperCollins, before moving to Hachette where she worked as an editor for the next six years, specialising in crime and thrillers along with book club novels and contemporary fiction, most recently as a Commissioning Editor at Orion. 
Rachel joined Mushens Entertainment at the start of 2022 as an Associate Agent, assisting Juliet Mushens with her client list, including multiple Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling authors. Simultaneously she began signing her own clients. In August 2023 she was promoted to Literary Agent and is actively growing her list, looking for book-club fiction, dark academia, rom-coms, tragic love stories, crime and thrillers. Please note she is not the right agent for sci-fi, espionage novels, YA or children’s books. 
She signs both commercial and literary authors, and is always looking for a distinctive voice matched with a compelling plot. She also is especially drawn to darker stories that centre characters with tragic fates, dark pasts or buried trauma. She is also keen to find authors from underrepresented groups who can bring a fresh perspective to well-worn story arcs, or capture experiences shared by many but, as of yet, underexplored in fiction. 
She would love to see a commercial locked-room thriller in the vein of The Midnight Feast, The White Lotus or with shades of Succession; novels about cults such as The Girls; a voice-led serial-killer thriller reminiscent of How to Kill Your Family; compelling dark academia to rival The Secret History; a high-concept but tragic love story that will make her ugly cry in the vein of The Time Traveller’s Wife or One Day; and anything that has an outsider trying to break into the world of the privileged and morally bankrupt.
Besides those above, her favourite novels include The List, The Talented Mr Ripley, The Lovely Bones, Other People’s Clothes, The It Girl, The Girl Before, Notes on an Execution, My Dark Vanessa and My Sister the Serial Killer.
Rachel would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 - 2 page synopsis and the first 5000 words of your manuscript in a single word document. 
(In addition to the paid sessions, Rachel is kindly offering one free session for low income/underrepresented writers. Please email agent121@iaminprint.co.uk to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the discretion of I Am In Print). 
By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with I Am In Print prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach I Am In Print by the stated submission deadline and note that I Am In Print take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting.
The submission deadline is: Monday 7 October 2024

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