THE BOOK MARKET
SORRY! REGISTRATION AT THE 2014 INTERNATIONAL WRITER'S CONFERENCE IS CLOSED - SOLD OUT!!
The Book Fair and the Help Desk are available to all registered participants in the Writers Conference of the International Women's Fiction Festival. Whether you are unpublished or the author of fifty books, whether you write literary fiction or genre fiction or even non fiction, the writers conference is for you.
Pitch your novel to an editor or an agent. The Women's Fiction Festival calls in editors and agents from the US and Europe and the afternoon pitching sessions are part of the conference program.
We have an exciting range of editors and agents this year at the 11th International Women's Fiction Festival.
FROM USA
LITERARY AGENCY
Anne Colette of Rees Literary Agency
Christine Witthohn of Book Cents Literary Agency
EDITORS:
Monique Patterson, executive editor of San Martin's Press
Carrie Feron, Senior Vice President, Executive Editor Morrow/Avon, HarperCollins Publishers
FROM ITALY
LITERARY AGENCY
Laura Ceccacci of Laura Ceccacci Agency
EDITORS
Alice Di Stefano, Fazi
Gemma Trevisani, Rizzoli
Francesca Lang, Piemme
Giulia Ichino, Mondadori
FROM UK
LITERARY AGENCY
Andrew Lownie of Andrew Lownie Literary Agency
READ FOR EDITORS AND AGENTS ARE LOOKING FOR
HELP DESK
Most writers need help with their writing career--sometimes they need help with plotting and craft issues, sometimes they need help with navigating the new world of publishing, with its many opportunities and challenges, sometimes they need help with promotion. The International Women's Fiction Festival writers' conference has instituted each year a HELP DESK to provide answers and concrete help.
This year we have:
ASK A PRO
THE TRANSLATORS CORNER
Athina Papa
DIGITAL PROMOTION
David Gaughran
PROMOTION IN GERMANY
Matthias Matting
DIGITAL PUBLISHING
Ricardo Fayet, Reedsy
Jane Friedman
Camille Mofidi, Kobo
Alessandra Tavella, Amazon KDP
Marylin Atlas, from book to film
Jane Friedman for authors interested in digital publishing
David Gaughran for authors interested in self publishing
Matthias Matting for authors interested in self-publishing and promoting their books in the German market
Athina Papa for authors who want their novel translated
SPECIAL PROGRAMS: BRAINSTORMING SESSIONS
Brainstorming in italian with MARIA PAOLA ROMEO - afternoon session of an hour and a half September 25
Brainstorming in English with JANE CORRY- afternoon session of an hour and a half September 26 and September 27
REGISTER FOR APPOINTMENTS (ONLY FOR REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS)
To register for an appointment with an editor or an agent, or to sign up for a "Ask a pro" slot, or for the brainstorming session, please contact
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not later than September 15, 2014.
HOW TO PITCH
Prepare a brief synopsis of your book. You have ten minutes to close the deal so be organized, succinct and persuasive. If you're interested in the foreign market, you might want to bring a translated synopsis of your book to present to the foreign agent or editor. It would be helpful to have business cards with your contact info printed up.
The pitching sessions will have interpretation available, make sure you ask for interpretation beforehand.
The Festival will do everything in its power to ensure that writers will be able to communicate with foreign editors and agents.
The Book Fair does not issue day passes.
As always with pitching sessions, the Festival makes the sessions possible but is not responsible for delayed or negative responses. In any event, access to top agents and editors from your own country and to top foreign agents and editors is a fabulous opportunity which you shouldn't miss. You can learn even from a no. Remember Stephen King's first book was rejected 30 times and Twilight was rejected 14 times.
WOMEN’S FICTION DISCOVERIES
The Women’s Fiction Festival has a great track record in recognizing new talent. This is a list of books discovered in Matera: Margaret Moore, Tuscan Terminator (Worldwide Mystery); Elizabeth Edmondson, Doume (Sourcebooks), Cristina Cassar Scalia, L'ultima estate (Sperling & Kupfer), Elisabetta Flumeri e Gabriella Giacometti, L'amore è un bacio di dama (Sperling & Kupfer), Giovanni Ziccardi, L’Ultimo Hacker (Marsilio), Giuseppina Torregrossa, Il Conto delle minne (Mondadori), Emilia Marasco, Famiglia femminile plural (Mondadori), Daniela de Prato, Il Sole negli occhi (Tea Libri), Gabriella Genisi, La Circonferenza delle arrange (Sonzogno) which will be shortly made into a TV series. Many other books are still under consideration by international editors and agents.
