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Monthly archive - April 2016

IPR License sale bring subsidiary rights to the fore

25 April 2016

Subsidiary rights are very much in the news in this week when IPR Licensethe global, digital marketplace for authors, agents and publishers to list and license book rights; launched in 2012, whose former MD has written two articles for us, was bought by the Frankfurt Book FairWorld's largest trade fair for books; held annually mid-October at Frankfurt Trade Fair, Germany; First three days exclusively for trade visitors; general public can attend last two.. But don't think rights are just for publishers, the astute self-publisher also needs to have a clear handle on what might be possible.  Read more

25 April 2016 - What's new

April 2016
  • The Troubadour International Poetry Prize 2016 is open to all poets over 18 with an entry fee of £5/€6/$8 and a First Prize of £5,000, but closes on 21 June.
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'Trapped between adulthood and childhood'

25 April 2016

‘I remember as a teenager I was trapped between adulthood and childhood. I still loved reading Roald Dahl but I also loved Stephen King, Clive Barker and James Herbert. I think teenagers are drawn to both worlds so I try to tell stories that have all the darkness of adult books, but which are written with a younger audience in mind.  Read more

Troubadour International Poetry Prize 2016

Information

Closing date: 
21 June 2016
Entry: 
Open to all poets over 18 entry fee £5/€6/$8
Prize: 
First Prize £5,000, Second Prize £1,000 and Third Prize £500

Judged by Jane Yeh & Glyn Maxwell

prizes: 1st £5,000; 2nd £1,000; 3rd £500

first prize sponsored by cegin productions

plus 20 prizes of £25 each
plus a spring 2016 coffee-house-poetry season-ticket
plus a prize-winners' coffee-house poetry reading
with jane yeh & glyn maxwell on mon 31 oct 2016

for all prize-winning poets  Read more