Professional Development – Plan and Run your own Brilliant Book Launch
6 June @ 10:00 - 11:30 BST
A good book launch does many things. It is a celebration of a phenomenal achievement, the writing and publishing of a book, but it can also be a great launchpad for sales, a platform to help you find and engage audiences who’ll love your book. At its best, your launch can recruit readers who’ll be your biggest cheerleaders for this book and well into any future projects too.
This session will cover how to plan a book launch that will work well for you, what to do in the lead-up to your big day, and how to make sure everything goes smoothly. We’ll also cover what to do afterwards – how to make sure the interest in your book lasts beyond the warm glow of the launch itself.
Programme
- Welcome, introductions and housekeeping from Lilly Brend-Fish – Events & outreach Assistant, SoA (3 mins)
- Presentation by Anna Caig (60 mins)
- Comfort break (5 mins)
- Q&A with audience – moderated by Lilly Brend-Fish, SoA (20 mins)
- Summary and closing comments (2 mins)
Who is this workshop for?
This workshop is suitable for traditionally or self-published authors who’d like to run a book launch which is enjoyable and works hard for you, contributing to book sales and finding readers.
What will this workshop cover?
We’ll cover:
- Planning your launch – a timeline
- Why – how your launch can work hard and achieve your objectives
- Where – choosing a venue or online platform
- What – tailoring the format of your launch to you and your writing
- Who – engaging the right audiences
- Ensuring it all runs smoothly on the day
- Beyond the launch – keeping the momentum going.
Send us your questions in advance
If you would like to send questions in advance, email [email protected] with ‘Brilliant Book Launch’ in the subject header. We will prioritise questions sent in advance and answer as many as we can from the audience on the day.
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The Line -up
Anna Caig – Communications Specialist
Anna Caig has worked in communications for 18 years, specialising in media relations, reputation management and strategic marketing campaigns. She began her training business to support writers to build their brand and reach more readers. She now works with traditionally, indie and self-published writers, as well as helping creatives in any discipline find a wider audience. Since setting up Anna Caig Communications, she has worked with over 250 authors to help them spread the word about their work in a way that is authentic to why they write in the first place.
Anna tutors on the MA Journalism course at The University of Sheffield and is the former Head of Communications at Sheffield City Council. She writes crime and historical fiction, and reviews books for the Sheffield Telegraph and on her blog.
Website: www.annacaigcomms.co.uk | Twitter: @AnnaCaig
You can catch up with the recordings of Anna’s previous #SoAatHome Professional Development events on our Vimeo Channel, Social Media for Authors and Pre-Publication Book Marketing – How to find readers before your book launch
Need to know
Accessibility
- Attendees will have the option to turn on the live transcript option to watch with subtitles
- If you require BSL interpretation for this event, please email [email protected]
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During the event
- This online event will take place on Zoom Webinar; you will not be visible on screen but will be able ask questions via the Q&A function or interact via the chat box
- This event will be recorded but you won’t be on screen
- This event is 90 minutes
After the event
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- You’ll be able to catch the recording on our Vimeo channel
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