An invitation to read your self-published book before an audience at literary festivals and other events provides a great opportunity to gain new readers - if you do it well. It can also be great fun, allowing you to connect…
In our continuing series of reports on publishing and literary events around the world, Keith Dixon shares his experience of an inspired local Salon du Livre book festival in Montmorillon, France. Montmorillon is a historic town in Vienne, a département…
To help indie authors who are planning to set up their own literary events in 2015, Catriona Troth, part of the Triskele collective, shares post-event feedback on the first Indie Author Fair which took place at the Chorleywood Lit Fest…
Occupational psychologist and indie author Sarah Dale reflects on how much she gained from being part of her local literary festival - the Nottingham Festival of Words- and not only in terms of reaching readers. Tomorrow I am meeting a…
Self-published thriller writer Tim (TJ) Cooke reports on the Crimefest 2014, offering top tips on reaching and engaging readers from leading indie crime writers and encouraging observations on how a leading festival is embracing the indie author movement. This year's…
As self-publishing becomes more common, and increasing numbers of indie authors achieve both commercial and critical success, literary festivals urgently need to think about their approach to self-published authors. There are three areas where self-publishing writers can add value to…