Faber & Faber

Saturday 8th May 2010

Bloomsbury House
74-77 Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3DA

Course cost: £175

The Art of Publication: Covering Letters, Opening Chapters and Great Titles
with Hannah Griffiths

A one-day course offering aspiring fiction writers the opportunity to find out what really goes on inside a publishing house, how editors make their choices and how to improve one’s chances of publication. The programme will include sessions on Editing your First Page, how to write a great covering letter and the top ten reasons manuscripts are rejected.

Held at the Faber offices in the heart of literary Bloomsbury, the course will be directed by Faber's Hannah Griffiths, one of publishing’s most established editors.

The course includes:

•    1 day of intensive tuition by Hannah Griffiths (10am-5pm)
•    A complimentary Moleskine® Notebook
•    An artisan lunch
•    Regular coffee breaks
•    A handy course pack
•    A special discount off Faber books purchased at www.faber.co.uk

About the Tutor

Hannah Griffiths has worked in publishing for seventeen years. She began life as a publicist, then became an agent and now works as an editor at Faber and Faber. Her list includes the award-winning novelists Rachel Cusk, Miriam Toews, Barbara Kingsolver and Deidre Madden.

About Faber

Faber and Faber is the last of the great independent publishing houses in London. We were established in 1929 by Geoffrey Faber and our first editor was T. S. Eliot. Among our list of authors we are proud to publish five Booker Prize winners and eleven Nobel Laureates. We are particularly well-known for our unrivalled list of modern poets and playwrights, as well as for publishing writers of prize-winning fiction and general non-fiction. More

To make a booking:

Contact Patrick on either patrickk@faber.co.uk or +44 (0) 207 927 3822

Alternatively, write to:

Patrick Keogh
Faber and Faber Ltd
74-77 Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3DA

Places are strictly limited, so book soon to avoid disappointment.