What writers need to know about marketing and PR

Episode 2 • March 28, 2019 • 00:41:23
What writers need to know about marketing and PR
The Fremantle Press Podcast
What writers need to know about marketing and PR

Mar 28 2019 | 00:41:23

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Hosted By

Claire Miller Helen Milroy Georgia Richter Brooke Dunnell

Show Notes

Get insider tips on how to build your author profile. Fremantle Press Marketing and Communications Manager Claire Miller is joined by Hancock Creative social media mentor Lisa Shearon, Small Press Network General Manager Tim Coronel and award-winning children's book creator James Foley. In this panel they talk about how writers can prepare for media interviews, how to develop an author brand and an authentic social media profile, getting to know your audience and best practices when networking with anyone in the book trade.
 
The panel session was part of The Business of Being a Writer which was delivered live from the Perth Festival Writers Week in February 2019.
The Business of Being a Writer was part of the Four Centres Emerging Writers Program, which is funded by the Western Australian Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries and offered in association with the Fellowship of Australian Writers Western Australia, Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers' Centre, Peter Cowan Writers Centre and WA Poets Inc.
Music: Letter to a Daughter of St George, from the Meat Lunch E.P: Songs from Floaters. Written by Alan Fyfe. Performed by Trevor Bentley (guitar and vocals - @trevormb) and Chris Parkinson (harmonica). Produced by Blake Carnaby of Nuglife studios (www.facebook.com/nuglifestudios/) with impresario work by Benjamin P Newton.
Podcast editor: Claire Miller
Mastered by: Aidan d’Adhemar
 
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