The Writing Life

We're a weekly podcast for anyone who writes. We talk to writers about their writing journeys and techniques, from early career debuts to self-publishers and narrative designers. We've featured Margaret Atwood, Jackie Kay, Sara Collins, Antti Tuomainen, Val McDermid, Sarah Perry, Elif Shafak and many more!Brought to you by the National Centre for Writing at Dragon Hall in Norwich.

#22 The Value of Editing With Georgia De Chamberet

This week we’re talking with Georgia de Chamberet, founder-director of BookBlast. Georgia has had a long and varied career as an editor, translator and agent, including being a senior editor at Quartet Books and commissioning editor at Robin Clark before setting up BookBlast in the late ’90s.Georgia was in town with the BookBlast 10×10 Tour, which is described as “a carnival of authors, poets, translators and publishers.” In association with Waterstones, the tour involved nine publishers in nine cities across England, with Galley Beggar Press featuring at the Norwich stop.Hosted by Simon Jones, writer and Digital Marketing Manager at the National Centre for Writing.Find out more about the National Centre for Writing: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/Links:Christmas Open House: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/whats-on/christmas-open-house-at-dragon-hall/Dragon Hall Christmas Salon: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/whats-on/dragon-hall-salon-the-christmas-edition/BookBlast: https://www.bookblast.com/NanoWriMo: https://nanowrimo.org/Music by Bennet Maples: https://sonicfruit.co.uk/

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