How to develop a successful freelance career as an author/illustrator with Melanie Abrahams

This session is suitable if you're curious about entering the world of freelancing in literature but aren't sure how to get started or make it work for you. You need to know what to do to make a freelance career work for you and to shape the life you want. How to get noticed. Ways you can manage your finances to maintain balance. What to develop to give you an edge.

This session is delivered via Zoom.
To register please email your expressed interest to Booktrust.represents@booktrust.org.uk

Melanie is a literature producer, arts curator, speaker and coach. She is the founder of independent organisations Renaissance One and Tilt, which make regular use of live events, tours and commissions to highlight the diverse canons of British and international literature. As an active freelancer in the creative industries, she consistently pushes for greater diversity in the arts, with a focus on narratives of race, class, mixed-race identities and intersectionality. She curates what she sees and feels. www.melanieabrahams.co.uk