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LOOKING FOR: ADULT FICTION, NON-FICTION Amanda Preston has been a literary agent for over 20 years and co-founded LBA in 2005. She won the RNA Literary Agent of the Year award in 2018.  She represents commercial and reading group fiction, as well as a range of narrative non-fiction and memoir. She loves working with authors, championing them every step of the way, and works with them and their publishing teams to build them into brand names and award winning and bestselling authors in the UK and internationally. Whether commercial or reading-group, she loves innovative and well-written stories that hook her in from the start and whose voice stays with her. She is looking for novels that demand to be talked about and shared, whatever their genre, and that she is still thinking about days after finishing.  She is on the hunt for a high-concept thriller which is character and plot driven, but also has a discussable issue at its heart i.e Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey and Girl A by Abigail Dean. She love thrillers where the location is as integral to the plot as the crime i.e The Dry by Jane Harper and The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse, and would love a good locked-room thriller but is only looking for fresh and unique ideas in this area.  She is also on the hunt for a glorious book club love story that is doing something a bit different and special i.e Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus or anything by Taylor Jenkins Reid or Liane Moriarty! Or smart, contemporary, observant romcoms with a very strong emphasis on diverse / own voices.  Finally, she would love a historical that vividly brings that period to life as well as having a stunning plot i.e, The Familiars by Stacey Halls and The Doll Factory by Elizabeth MacNeal. Amanda would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 page synopsis and the opening three chapters (max 5,000 words). (In addition to the paid sessions, Amanda 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: Friday 29 November 2024

Introducing the Love Coach Miss Date Doctor Package: Your Personalized Path to Relationship Success Are you tired of navigating the complexities of modern dating? Are you seeking guidance and support in your quest for love and meaningful connections? Look no further than the Love Coach Miss Date Doctor Package. Designed to empower individuals like you, this comprehensive coaching program is your ultimate resource for achieving relationship success. With our team of experienced love coaches, we offer personalized guidance tailored to your unique needs and goals. Our package combines proven coaching techniques, expert advice, and practical tools to transform your love life. We understand that every individual and relationship is different, so we customize our approach to meet your specific requirements. Key Features of the Love Coach Miss Date Doctor Package: One-on-One Coaching: Benefit from personalized coaching sessions with our certified love coaches who will provide expert guidance and support throughout your journey. Relationship Assessment: Gain insights into your dating patterns and relationship history through an in-depth assessment. Identify strengths, areas for growth, and potential roadblocks. Dating Strategies: Learn effective dating strategies, including tips for attracting the right partner, building chemistry, and creating a lasting connection. Communication Skills: Develop essential communication skills to express your needs, navigate conflicts, and build a deeper understanding with your partner. Online Dating Optimization: Master the art of online dating with our guidance on profile creation, messaging etiquette, and leveraging dating platforms to maximize your chances of success. Self-Discovery and Confidence Building: Unlock your true potential by gaining a deeper understanding of yourself, boosting self-confidence, and embracing self-love as the foundation for healthy relationships. Relationship Maintenance: Learn the art of nurturing and maintaining a thriving relationship through effective problem-solving, intimacy-building techniques, and shared growth. Emotional Support: Benefit from ongoing emotional support as you navigate the ups and downs of your relationship journey. Our love coaches are here for you every step of the way. This package supports the following requirements: relationship coach, love consultant, dating advisor, relationship expert, dating coach, personal love coach, relationship guidance, love mentor, dating support, romantic relationship coach. Don’t let uncertainty and frustration hold you back from finding the love and happiness you deserve. With the Love Coach Miss Date Doctor Package, you’ll gain the tools, insights, and confidence to embark on a successful relationship journey. Take the first step towards a fulfilling love life and unlock your true potential today. 3 sessions x 1 hour https://relationshipsmdd.com/product/love-coach-miss-date-doctor-package/

LOOKING FOR: PICTURE BOOKS / CHAPTER BOOKS / MG / YA / NEW ADULT inc GRAPHIC NOVELS Gyamfia Osei joined ANA in 2023 as a Literary Agent in the UK department. She was previously an agent at The Good Literary Agency, where she began building her list of authors. Recent successes include a ‘significant’ 6-figure pre-empt for Busayo Matuluko’s YA debut ‘Til Death, a 5-way auction for Quiet Storm by Kimberly Whittam and the shortlisting of Ebinehita Iyere’s Girlhood, Unfiltered at the 2023 British Book Awards. At ANA, Gyamfia is focusing on on developing the agency’s list of children’s authors, while also representing a bespoke list of commercial adult fiction and narrative non-fiction. In the Children’s space, Gyamfia would love to find contemporary stories that are full of heart and joy-driven books across all genres (think Clare Weze, Kimberly Whittam and Elle McNicoll). Funny middle-grade and YA horror are currently at the top of her list and she is also keen to read more teen projects (think Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging and Glow Up Lara Bloom) this year. She is very interested in finding a graphic novel or illustrated project for either MG or YA readers. In the older fiction space, Gyamfia enjoys well-plotted, fast-paced narratives with authentic characters who lodge themselves in her mind long after she’s finished reading (think Sadie, Verity and Girl A). She’s open to a broad range of genres, but would be particularly keen to see romantasy, cosy crime, contemporary romance and tightly plotted domestic noir. Please note that Gyamfia doesn’t consider literary fiction and, in the commercial space, she is not hugely interested in very high fantasy, trauma-focused stories or particularly gruesome horror.In the non-fiction space, she would be happy to consider commercial narrative non-fiction and cultural history projects (think Brit(ish), It’s Not That Radical and Everything I Know About Love). She is very open when it comes to Children’s non-fiction but would be particularly interested to consider unique cookbooks aimed at young chefs, books exploring mental health/wellness and projects that bring the experiences of marginalised children to the forefront. Gyamfia would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 page synopsis and the opening three chapters (max 5,000 words). For picture books please send two texts and a covering letter. For non-fiction please supply a cover letter and proposal with up to 5,000 words of your sample text. Please send EITHER picture books OR another genre, not both in one submission. (In addition to the paid sessions, Gyamfia 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: Tuesday 19 November 2024

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Reggie Love Keynote Only We understand that not every client/attendee can make it along to a full day of training in London, but would still like the opportunity to tune into a keynote speech - we listened to the feedback, and we've decided to support clients/attendees who do wish to listen in to Reggie's Keynote the opportunity to do so.  No matter where you are located, you'll still get the chance to hear how Reggie supported one of the most well-known President of the USA in living memory.  Who is Reggie Love? Reggie Love is a Senior Advisor at Apollo Global Management. Reggie’s responsibilities include supporting and developing strategy for human capital, public engagement and DE&I initiatives.  Reggie previously served as Partner at RON Transatlantic EG from 2012-2019, an international financial holding company with interests in the financial services, logistics, energy, industrial and beer sectors in the United States, Latin America and Europe. The group, via its portfolio companies, encompasses assets under management and revenues of over $14 billion. Mr. Love’s work at the firm focused on financial services and energy investments.  Prior to joining Transatlantic, Reggie served at the White House as personal aide to President Barack Obama from 2009-2011, where he was responsible for assisting with the coordination and completion of the President’s daily schedule as well as coordinating with other White House offices to set up long and medium range planning. Love moved to the District of Columbia in 2006 to work for then Senator Obama after short stints in the NFL with the Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers.  Love is a graduate of Duke University, holds and MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and is the author of the New York Times Best Seller, Power Forward, My Presidential Education, which is a collection of stories and principles learned during his time working for President Obama and being a captain for the all-time most winning NCAA coach, Mike Krzyzewski.  Love also serves on the boards of Cox Media Group, Blade Air Mobility, National Summer Learning Association, Center for Environmental Farming Systems, Organizing for Action, Military Bowl Committee, Team Works, and The New Renaissance. Please note the following: This is the Keynote element ONLY - Not the entire session. Cameras will be off for the keynote. Questions are sought out two weeks prior, which will then be sent to the training team for the event. Please be advised that we may not be able to get to every question on the day - the training team will pass this across to the speaker before the session to ensure we can answer most of the questions on the day. Who will attend? PA's EA's Administrative roles This workshop is open to females and males, including trans women/males and non-binary professionals. Group Rate Discounts Group discounts are currently on request for this session - please call 0800 949 9111 or email support@ownyoursuccess.co.ukto discuss and confirm any group bookings. 

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LOOKING FOR: MG, YA AND ADULT SCI-FI / FANTASY, CHILDREN'S NON-FICTION After graduating from St Andrews University with a degree in English Literature and Art History, Maddy followed her love of literature to an internship at non-fiction literary agency Graham Maw Christie. At GMC, Maddy worked her way up to Agent and built a list of authors who wrote for both for adults and children, spanning history, tarot, and nature writing. An avid reader of anything magical, Maddy joined Madeleine Milburn in 2022 to build a list specialising in SFF. Maddy would like to see SFF across all genres for all ages, including: grim dark, thriller, historical, romance, cosy fantasy, sci-fi, epic, YA fantasy, dark academia, contemporary fantasy, fantasy middle-grade, mythology, fairy tale and queer fantasy. Inspiring children’s non-fiction. She loves worlds to get lost in, adventures that transform what it means to be a hero, and unique magic that offers as many problems as solutions. She likes books that make her cry and books that change her mind. Above all, when she finishes a story about another world, she wants it to have taught her a lesson which helps her live in this one. She loves all fantasy, but favours richly imagined, complex worlds with a history to discover and a future to protect. Worldbuilding is one of her favourite aspects of this genre and she is always looking for a new, dense world with series potential. Think Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere or the Marvel Cinematic Universe – the bigger the better! She also likes character-driven fantasy with a diverse cast to root for (or root against) and she wants to see a range of different relationships depicted authentically. She particularly like epics that dip into big, universal themes such as grief, climate change, or war and which ask impossible questions in the vein of R.F. Kuang or N.K. Jemisin. She is also excited by authors that play with form and language in a fantasy setting. In YA, she is looking for much the same as in an adult fantasy, but with younger protagonists and a closer focus on relationships. She wants to see the tropes she knows and loves in new and exciting forms and her favourite YA books often centre around belonging and becoming. She likes a dash of romance in everything, because she is sentimental that way, but it’s particularly important in the YA space. Sci-fi is a big passion of hers, especially when it comes with a strong hook. She is a huge fan of Becky Chamber’s The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet and Michaiah Johnson’s The Space Between Worlds. She likes space as a metaphor, and would love something that explores different alien species. Please send her your space operas and sci-fi romances which combine space, magic and mayhem! In fantasy middle grade, she favours whimsy and animal companions; she would love to follow a group of kids through magic school. She tends to look for plenty of humour with a strong friendship at the centre, and she wants middle grade stories which engage with the concerns of children growing up as well as offering an all-important escape (preferably on a dragon/unicorn’s back). She is also looking for children’s non-fiction for all ages. In this space, she wants something as creative as it is informative, and thinks diverse voices are increasingly important. Maddy 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, Maddy 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 28 November 2024

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Join us for an engaging, hands-on sushi masterclass to celebrate Edinburgh 900, marking 900 years of local democracy and the establishment of Edinburgh as a royal burgh! This unique event honours our city’s growth and international community by offering an immersive Japanese culinary experience in South West Edinburgh. Class Overview Introduction to Sushi: Begin with the history and evolution of sushi, from its roots in Japan to its global popularity today. Preparation Essentials: Learn about the ingredients, equipment, and techniques needed to create authentic sushi at home. Demonstration: Watch our sushi chef from Osaka, Seiji (who works in the local restaurant in Dalry, Miju,) demonstrate key techniques, from rice preparation to rolling, folding, and garnishing. Make Your Own: Under expert guidance, you’ll have the chance to make a variety of delicious sushi types and experiment with flavors. Sushi Creations During this class, you’ll learn to prepare a selection of vegetarian sushi, including: Two Types of Vegetable Maki Rolls: Choose from fresh ingredients like cucumber, avocado, kaiso seaweed, and daikon radish. Green Temaki Handroll: A refreshing combination of cucumber, avocado, and daikon in a traditional handroll. Tamago Nigiri: Master the art of making two pieces of Japanese-style egg sushi. Gunkan Sushi: Choose between a kaiso seaweed or tofu pocket Gunkan for a delightful twist. Whether you’re a sushi enthusiast or a beginner, this masterclass offers a welcoming atmosphere to learn, connect, and celebrate the diversity of our community. This class is sponsored by Edinburgh Council. It is FREE and is aimed at our International Community of the South West Edinburgh. (Irish, any other white background, mixed ethnic, Asian/Asian British, Black/African/Caribbean, Black British, Arabic or other ethic groups) By attending this class you release the chef, Giada Gaslini and Art and Spirituality Cic, from any liability arising out of any personal injuries, emotional or physical release, death, physical reaction, expectations of results, theft in the venue or damages that may happen to people and objects while attending.