Don’t Miss our March Ask ALLi Author Q&A Event

March 8, 2016

Your Self-Publishing Questions answered by Joanna Penn and Orna Ross Tuesday March 22nd at 8pm

Our monthly Member Q&A is part of our “Ask ALLi” Campaign: in which ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors) commits to answering any question about self-publishing.

If you are an ALLi member, click here to submit your questions

Only ALLi members can submit questions to Orna and Joanna but everyone is welcome to watch the event live.

Click this link to join the Ask ALLi Google+ Hangout Event and watch it live

Date: 22nd March 2016
Event starts at 8:00pm BST/London

Global Dates and Times:

Time: 12noon PST (Vancouver) / 3pm EST (New York City / 6pm BRST (Sao Paolo) / 8pm GMT (London) / 10pm SAST (Johannesburg) /and +1 day at: 1.30am IST (Dehli) and 7am AEDT (Sydney)

Meet the Ask ALLi Hosts

Joanna Penn is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling thriller author, as well as writing non-fiction for authors. She is also a professional speaker and entrepreneur, voted as one of The Guardian UK Top 100 creative professionals 2013.

She spent 13 years as a business IT consultant in large corporations across the globe before becoming a full-time author-entrepreneur in September 2011.

Connect with Joanna on Twitter @thecreativepenn

Orna Ross launched the Alliance of Independent Authors at the London Book Fair in 2012. Her work for ALLi has seen her named as one of The Bookseller’s “100 top people in publishing”.

She also publishes poetry, fiction and nonfiction, and is greatly excited by the democratising, empowering potential of author-publishing.

Connect with Orna on Twitter @OrnaRoss

Why is there no ALLi Insights Event this Month?

This month we're excited to be hosting an “Member-Only” ALLi Insights event. Our special guest has requested that the invite is limited to ALLi Members. Limited space available. If you're an ALLi member, visit the Special Event page on our ALLi Website to sign up to attend. (Log-in required)

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