LOOKING FOR: MG, YA, GRAPHIC NOVELS Katie Blagden is a Literary Agent at The Ampersand Agency, representing authors and author-illustrators across various genres and age ranges. She previously worked with Arabella Stein at the Bright Agency, where she helped launch their Literary list. Her notable projects include the Arcana duology by Sam Prentice-Jones (Macmillan US / Hot Key Books) and The River Thief by Hannah Peck (Piccadilly Press). In all areas Katie seeks commercial, plot-driven ideas with a great hook. In adult fiction, Katie specialises in, and is drawn to, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Magical Realism and Horror. She is particularly looking for works that cross genre lines or subvert reader expectations. She loves Babel by R. F. Kuang; Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell; Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik; Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah; Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovich; The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers; The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin; Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree; The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winters; Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrel by Susanna Clarke; The Girl With All The Gifts by M. R. Carey; One Last Stop by Casey Mcquiston; Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao; The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch; The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern; The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo; Kindred by Octavia E. Butler; Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin; all and anything by Terry Pratchett! Graphic Novels favoured by Katie are across all ages and include the likes of Homebody by Theo Parish; Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe; Lumber Janes by N. D. Stevens et al; On A Sunbeam by Tillie Walden; Through The Woods by Emma Carrol; The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen; Heartstopper by Alice Oseman; El Deafo by Cece Bell; Roller Girls by Victoria Jamieson; Skyward by Joe Henderson and Lee Garbett; Faith by Jody Houser. For Graphic Novels, Katie is currently only considering Author-Illustrators (or Author/Illustrator pairings). In children’s, Katie specialises in Middle Grade, YA and Crossover Fiction, She is looking for fast, funny and action-packed Middle Grade. In YA, she is drawn to grounded or contemporary SFF, queer stories and fairytale or folktale inspired works. Examples of books in this area Katie loves are All That's Left in the World by Erik J Brown; The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness; Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas; Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi; The Deathless Girls by Kiran Millwood Hargrave; Holes by Louis Sachar; Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo; Gone by Michael Grant; His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman; Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell; The Dark Lady by Akala; Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan; The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper; Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer. Katie is an advocate for centring traditionally underrepresented voices, and actively works to discover and develop authors and author-illustrators from diverse backgrounds. Katie’s previous experience includes marketing, bookselling and advertising. She also appeared as a contributor on the Graham Norton Book Club for Audible for all six seasons. When she’s not reading, you can find Katie playing Dungeons & Dragons, trying a new crafty hobby (before abandoning it for something new), or spoiling her dog Poe. Katie would like you to submit a covering letter, one page synopsis and the first three chapters (Max 5000 words) of your completed manuscript in a single word document. (In addition to the paid sessions, Katie is kindly offering one free session for low income/under-represented writers. Please email agent121@iaminprint.co.uk to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the discretion of I Am In Print). By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with I Am In Print prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach I Am In Print by the stated submission deadline and note that I Am In Print take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting. The submission deadline is: Wednesday 3rd September 2025
English language book club to use and improve your English. Qualified and experienced British English teacher.
The Practitioner in Emotional Intelligence course explores the concept of emotional intelligence in detail building upon what you know to give you a much deeper understanding. The course covers the experience of the inner world; how attitudes, beliefs, values and preferences drive behavioural responses and how feelings can be regulated with more effectiveness.
Outline: This course is intended to provide an introduction to some key materials and components used in contemporary building envelopes. This course will identify key British, European and CWCT standards and guides relevant to those elements. NOTE: The material for this course is based on previous MTCP and CWDC courses. Target audience: This course is aimed at those who specify and use the more common materials that are used in the construction of contemporary building envelopes. Learning objectives: Understand the factors affecting the durability of key façade metals, Understand commonly used coatings, Understand key performance criteria of key polymeric materials, Understand different insulation and thermal break materials, Appreciate different commonly used panel and board materials, Appreciate key production and fabrication issues relating to façade materials. Assessment: Assessment will be via a series of multiple-choice questions following the course, The assessment is timed and must be passed in order to receive a CPD certificate for the course, If the assessment is failed, one re-take will be permitted. Prerequisites: None, although C201 Introduction to contemporary cladding and façade systems is recommended. Course availability: 30 September - 27 October 2024 Lecture time: 1 day Price: Member price Non-Member price £180 + VAT £360 + VAT
This must-attend masterclass will provide a comprehensive understanding of all the key developments in the latest statutory and non-statutory guidance documents from a DSLs perspective, and how they relate to safeguarding provision in schools and colleges.
This must-attend masterclass will provide a comprehensive understanding of all the key developments in the latest statutory and non-statutory guidance documents from a DSLs perspective, and how they relate to safeguarding provision in schools and colleges.
Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for For those seeing to prepare for CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure certification Overview This course will help prepare for CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure certification The new CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure certification program prepares you for today?s expert-level job roles in enterprise infrastructure technologies. CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure now includes automation and programmability to help you scale your enterprise infrastructure. VTP VTP and different versions Pruning EtherChannel LACP Layer 2 and Layer 3 Spanning Protocol 1d, 802.1w, and 802.1s SPAN, RSPAN, and ERSPAN DMVPN All Phases Redundancy: Two Clouds One Hub Two Hubs one Cloud Two hubs two Clouds Running Routing Protocols DMVPN over MPLS EIGRP RD, CD, S, FC, FS, and FD Configuration, and hidden debugging Authentications: MD5, and SHA, Summarization Load Balancing:Equal Cost, Unequal Cost, Add-Path, Filtering, Default Route Injection Optimization: Query Propagation Boundary, IP FRR, STUB routing (All Options) Metric: Classic, Wide Metric Route Tags: Decimal and Dotted-Decimal Notations, OTP OSPFv2 Overview and special cases GRE or Virtual-Links LSAs, FA, and RFCs (1583, 1587, 2328, 3101, 5185 and many more) Best Path Selection Network Types Area Types Optimization: GTSM, LFA, Default Route Injection Authentication: RFC 2328, RFC 5709, Summarization, Filtering BGP States Establishing a Peer Session: Regular method,Peer-Groups,Templates,Best Path Selection Attributes: Weight, AS-Path, Origin, Next-Hop, Local-Preference, Atomic-Aggregate Communities, Aggregator, and MED Load Balancing: Equal Cost,Unequal Cost,Conditional Advertisement,Out/In Bound Route Filtering and the order,ORF,Multihoming Scenarios AS-Path Manipulation: Regexp,Local-as,Allow-as,Remove-Private-as Convergence and Scalability: Route Reflectors,Confederation,Aggregation (All Options) Other BGP Features: MultiPath,Add-Path,Route-Refresh,Soft Reconfiguration IPv6 Acquiring an IPv6 Address: IPv6 General Prefix SLAAC DHCPv6 Rapid-Commit Relay Prefix Delegation IPv6 and DMVPN EIGRPv6 OSPFv3: Both flavors, LSAs, RFCs BGP for IPv6: IPv6 transport, and IPv4 route exchange Transitional Solutions: NAT-PT,6VPE,Multicast,MLD,Static RP,BSR,Embedded RP,IPv6 Traffic Filters,RA Guard,ND Inspection MPLS LDP, VRFs, RD, and RT L3VPNs Route Leaking PE to CE Routing Security Control Plane Policing VACLs Storm Control DHCP Snooping IP Source Guard DAI Private VLANs Port Security Access-lists uRPF Device Tracking IPsec Identity Use Case For FlexVPN: Site-to-Site, IKEv1, and IKEv2 Using Preshared Keys 1x Port Base Authentication : Device Roles,Port States,Authentication Process,Host Modes Network Services FHRP: HSRP, VRRP, and GLBP NAT: Static NAT, and PAT,Dynamic NAT,Policy-Base NAT,VRF-Aware NAT,VASI NAT Software Defined Infrastructure Cisco SD Access: Design a Cisco SD Access solution Underlay network (IS-IS, manual/PnP) Overlay fabric design (LISP, VXLAN, Cisco TrustSec) Fabric domains (single-site and multi-site using SD-WAN transit) Cisco SD Access deployment: Cisco DNA Center device discovery and device management Add fabric node devices to an existing fabric Host onboarding (wired endpoints only) Fabric border handoff Segmentation Macro-level segmentation using VNs Micro-level segmentation using SGTs (using Cisco ISE) Assurance Network and client health (360) Monitoring and troubleshooting Cisco SD-WAN: Design a Cisco SD-WAN solution Orchestration plane (vBond, NAT) Management Plane (vManage) Control Plane (vSmart, OMP) Data Plane (vEdge/cEdge) WAN edge deployment Onboarding new edge routers Orchestration with zero-touch provisioning/PnP OMP TLOC Configuration templates Localized policies (only QoS) Centralized policies Application aware Routing Topologies
In this masterclass we'll unravel the complexities of the online world, shedding light on the most pressing current and emerging risks and opportunities faced by children and young people, from the perspective of the DSL, as Online Safety Lead.
LOOKING FOR: ADULT FICTION, NON-FICTION Emily MacDonald joined 42 management and production company in 2019, working with Eugenie Furniss across her clients. She is now an agent in the Books Department, and is building her own list. Send Emily a story with characters that just won't leave her and a narrative that pulls her in, keeping her immersed in the world well after she has finished reading. She reads across a wide-range and has a particular interest in: book club, high-concept crime/thriller, upmarket and literary fiction. In fiction, Emily would love to find a crime/thriller set within a subcult: a modern retelling of British folklore (think Kamila Shamsie’s Home Fire); an unconventional love story; and a character led journey of self-discovery (especially one set within a diasporic community). Emily is also looking for narrative non-fiction which immerses the reader into an untold true story (personal or historical), exploring a new point of view, and providing a compelling social commentary, with an investigative twist. Think the obsessive vein of Kirk W. Johnson or personal/political dispatches of Aidan Hartley. Emily wants her horizons to expand while she reads. In both fiction and non-fiction, Emily loves stories woven into their surroundings, where the setting is as central a character as those who drive the narrative. In both spheres, she is keen to hear from Scottish and regional voices with stories to tell. Please note, Emily is not currently accepting submissions for Children's lit/YA and SFF. Emily would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 - 2 page synopsis and the first 5,000 words of your manuscript in a single word document. (In addition to the paid sessions, Emily is kindly offering one free session for low income/under-represented writers. Please email agent121@iaminprint.co.uk to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the discretion of I Am In Print). By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with I Am In Print prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach I Am In Print by the stated submission deadline and note that I Am In Print take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting. The submission deadline is: Thursday 4th September 2025