This year's programme features keynote speaker Gemma Creffield, the Editorial Director of Simon & Schuster's new SFF imprint. We'll also be delivering a variety of writing workshops & industry panels, plus a day of networking with other genre writers!

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Featuring keynote speaker Gemma Creffield, Editorial Director of Simon & Schuster's new SFF imprint – plus panels on collaborative writing & agent-author relationships, discussions about book marketing, a look behind the scenes at indie publisher Bona Books, workshops on working with editors & more.

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With over 10 years’ experience, Gemma Creffield is the Editorial Director of Solstice, Simon & Schuster UK’s new SFF imprint. She works with internationally bestselling authors such as Nikita Gill (Hekate) and Stacey McEwan (A Forbidden Alchemy), publishing the very best in SFF, horror & romantasy.