Emma Walsh will help writers understand the best way to approach agents, how to get their work in the right shape before submitting to agents, how to maximize their chances of securing publication, what the commercial market is like and what editors are looking for and the business side of publishing. She will also discuss how to employ the right tools and tactics to ensure they increase their chances of getting published.

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Eoin McHugh will discuss various aspects of the publishing process from submission through to publication, with particular emphasis on the publication of non-fiction. He has worked with authors in varied fields, from politics to sport, current affairs to humour – for example, former Taoiseach Albert Reynolds, rugby star Ronan O’Gara, journalists like Declan Lynch and Lorna Siggins, and comedian Jarlath Regan. He will also talk about some of the key considerations which inform the publisher’s evaluation of a book proposal or completed manuscript, especially in the current book market.

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As self publishing becomes easily accessible to all, are publishers now redundant? Should authors bypass agents and publishers with a view to publishing directly and retaining more revenue? What roles will publishers need to assume in an increasingly digital world? How can they remain relevant and valued? These are some of the questions facing authors and publishers as eBooks gain in popularity. The talk will begin with a brief overview of the eBook market within the larger publishing industry. The benefits of eBooks for both parties will be outlined, leading to the question of how best to marry the skills and attributes of both publishers and authors to mutual benefit.

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Starting with Lenin’s observation (and how often does one get to quote a dead Bolshevik in the early twenty-first century? Not a lot) ‘The production of art, what ever else it is, is always an economic act’, I am going to talk about how to survive, or how I survive, as a writer, on Grub Street, now. 

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