Comma Press are delighted to invite new and emerging writers to this year's annual National Creative Writing a full day of events for aspiring writers to gain insight into the publishing industry and advice on how to excel in their practice with a keynote lecture from Vanessa Onwuemezi.

This special conference hosts a full day of events for aspiring writers to gain insight into the publishing industry and advice on how to excel in their practice. The event will run from 9.30am-5pm on Saturday 19th November, and will offer a keynote speech from a prominent author, two panel discussions, a bespoke synopsis writing workshop ran by The Literary Consultancy as well as two 1:1 sessions with an agent per attendee, and a choice of two workshops.

In addition to Vanessa Onwuemezi's keynote speech, there will be two panel discussions – one on the pitching and publishing process, and another special panel on writing through the climate crisis.

There will also be a variety of workshops that attendees can choose from, ranging from topics on marketing yourself as a writer and editing your manuscript, to genre workshops on poetry and nature writing.

All day tickets £65 (discount price: £32.50), book via eventbrite. Please get in touch with Nia at nia.thomas@commapress.co.uk if you are a writer from an underrepresented background.