Not sure if this is the right place but thought I'd let people know about this.

Hi folks. I have copied this from a pdf file so it might come out funny. I went to this last year and it was terrific and better than the Edinburgh bookfest in terms of encouragement for new writers. It is a small intimate festival - but in some ways I think that is better and this year it is quite interactive which takes advantage of this. The Unpublished Writer's Jam is a brilliant opportunity and the teaching how to read and present for authors is a unique thing, plus a discussion on the place of creative writing courses. Plus lots of interesting debut writers. I put what I can below:

Friday 8th
7pm
Unpublished Writers Jam Session
Judges: Alan Taylor, Fatema Ahmed and David Stenhouse
This is a fantastic opportunity to read your unpublished work in front of an expert
panel. Alan Taylor (Literary Editor; Sunday Herald & Editor, Scottish Review of
Books), David Stenhouse (writer and BBC producer and broadcaster) and Fatema
Ahmed (Managing Editor at Granta) will judge the winner, who will take home
a bottle of whisky and, if they wish, have their entire manuscript read by Mark
Stanton, literary agent at Jenny Brown Associates. Each author may read their
unpublished work for four minutes.
To take part in this event as an author, please email pru@authortalks.org by 25th
May. The first 14 names out of the hat will be selected. For audience tickets of the
Unpublished Writers Jam Session and all other Festival events, please contact the