7.30 - 9.00am
BREAKFAST (for those staying Thursday night) in The Curve
8.30 - 9.50 REGISTRATION in RNA Reception
Goody bags, Bookstall, Tea/coffee & biscuits
9.50- 10.00
Choices
10.00-11.00
A
Welcome by Eileen Ramsay, RNA chairman
(including brief conference notices by Jan Jones) or B or C
(and how to make them love you)
Tim Bates, Carole Blake (chair), Lisa Eveleigh, Hannah Ferguson,
Caroline Sheldon
11.15-12.15
Kate Bradley, Helen
12.15-
1.15pm
Huthwaite, Charlotte
Ledger, Kimberley
Young: "Ask Harper!"
4 Harper editors answer publishing questions
Matt Bates (WH Smith
Travel): Buying to Sell – tips from a mass bookbuyer on making your book attractive
Richard Foreman
(Endeavour Press):
The Rise and Rise of
E-Publishing
Buffet LUNCH and main conference REGISTRATION
Goody bags, Bookstall, tea/coffee
or D
Martha Ashby,
Anna Baggaley,
Gillian Green,
Claire Palmer editor/author appts
Tim Bates,
Felicity Trew agent/author appts
1.15-2.15
Sarah Broadhurst:
Reflections on a Life in the Book Industry
Hazel Cushion (Accent
Press): The Perfect Pitch to a Publisher – how to secure a publishing deal
Barry Kernon (HW
Fisher): Falling in
Love with Tax – taxation for writers
2.30-3.30
Publishing Perspective
(and how to get editors excited)
Anna Baggaley (Harlequin), Catherine Burke (Sphere),
Gillian Green (Ebury), Jane Johnson (chair) (HarperCollins)
Catherine Burke,
Gillian Green,
Richard Foreman editor/author appts
Claire Palmer editor/author appts
Tim Bates,
Lisa Eveleigh, agent/author appts
3.30-4.00 Tea, coffee and biscuits
4.00-4.30
4.30-5.30
1 st books/other specials/milestones (let Jan know in advance to get a mention)
Top reviewers discuss the growing importance of online reviews and give their tips for review success
Peter Crawshaw (LoveReading),
Elaine Everest (RNA Blog),
Lindsay Healy (TheLittleReaderLibrary),
Anna James (chair) (WeLoveThisBook TheBookseller),
Charlie Place (TheWormhole)
Jim Azevedo:
How to Top the
Charts with
Ebook Preorders
(Skype webinar)
Anna Baggaley,
Catherine Burke
Hazel Cushion,
Rebecca Lloyd editor/author appts
6.30-7.30
BAR in The Curve
7.30-8.30
DINNER in The Curve
8.30-11.30
BAR in The Curve

11 July
7.30- 9am
A or B or C or D
BREAKFAST in The Curve for residential delegates - Day visitor registration from 8.30am
9.00-10.00 Anna Baggaley, Clio
Cornish, Victoria
Oundjian (MIRA/ M&B
Single Titles/ Carina):
From Standing Out to
Getting Published (talk)
Jean Goodhind
(Lizzie Lane,
Jeannie Johnson):
How to Write a
Bestseller (talk)
Jane Wenham
Jones: Wanna be a
Writer We've Heard
Of? (workshop)
Imogen Howson:
New Writers’ Scheme gathering
10.00-10.30 Tea, coffee and biscuits plus Sparkle Spotlight with the Romaniacs video corner
10.30- 11.30
11.45-12.45
Donna Douglas
(Donna Hay) Bringing
Characters to Life
(workshop)
Hazel Gaynor:
Promotion
Commotion (talk)
Jane Holland:
Revolving Heads – writing under multiple pseudonyms (talk)
The Vision for Writers of Passion and Drama
As the RNA flourishes, and romantic fiction has never been more popular, can our authors be expected to write happily ever after?
Katie Fforde (RNA President), Daniel Hahn (Society of Authors),
Jane Johnson (publisher & author), Eileen Ramsay (chair) (RNA)
Jane Eastgate editor/author appts
Hannah Ferguson,
Felicity Trew agent/author appts
Hannah Ferguson agent/author appts
12.45-1.45pm Buffet LUNCH, tea & coffee plus Sparkle Spotlight with the Romaniacs video corner
1.45-2.45
3.00-4.00
Rowan Coleman:
Five Reasons Novels
Fail and How to Avoid
Them (talk)
Alison Baverstock
What All Authors Now
Need to Know about
Marketing (workshop)
Kate Harrison:
ReaderVision - using big publisher techniques to find and understand readers (workshop)
Jane Johnson:
Following your Heart
– on life, publishing and authorship (talk)
Ruth Long:
Finding the Fantastic in Your Fiction (talk)
Janie Millman:
Present Yourself - tips for speaking with confidence
(workshop)
Kathryn Cheshire,
Bryony Green, Laura
McCallen (HM&B) editor/author appts
Jane Eastgate editor/author appts
Clio Cornish,
Victoria Oundjian
(MIRA/M&B/Carina)
Hazel Cushion
(Accent Press) editor/author appts
4.00- 4.30 Tea, coffee and biscuits plus Sparkle Spotlight with the Romaniacs video corner
4.30-5.30
6.30-7.30
Jenny Barden,
Joanna Hickson:
Researching Historical
Fiction – the pleasure and the pain (illus. talk)
Lucy Felthouse:
Getting Started in
Writing Erotic Fiction
(workshop)
DRINKS in Queen's Building foyer
Pia Fenton, Sue
Moorcroft: Show and
Tell or Show don’t Tell
(workshop)
Liz Harris: The Plot’s the Thing (workshop)
7.30- 9.30
GALA DINNER
Including the Presentation of the Elizabeth Goudge Trophy
Octagon Library
9.30-late BAR

12 July
7.30- 9.00
A or B or C or D
BREAKFAST in The Curve for residential delegates - Day visitor registration from 8.30am
9.00-10.00 Rhoda Baxter (Jeev
Mantotta): Organising a Blog Tour – a guide for the terrified (talk)
Julie Cohen:
The Art of the Rewrite
(workshop)
Catherine Jones
(Kate Lace, Fiona
Field): From Guns &
Roses to Hearts &
Flowers (illustrated talk)
Jenny Haddon &
Elizabeth Hawksley:
Punctuating with
Confidence
(workshop) ( limited numbers)
10.00-10.30 Tea, coffee and biscuits plus Sparkle Spotlight with the Romaniacs video corner
10.30-11.30
12.45-1.00
Kathryn Cheshire,
Bryony Green, Laura
McCallen (HM&B Series)
Global Romance
Writing Success: The
Essentials! (workshop)
11.45-12.45
Charlotte Betts:
Weaving the Tapestry of Time (workshop)
Emma Darwin: The
Writer’s Voices - how to keep readers reading (workshop)
Jean Fullerton: The
Perils and Pitfalls of
Writing 20 th Century
Fiction (illustrated talk)
Felicity Trew agent/author appts
Rebecca Lloyd
(Accent Press) editor/author appts
Tamsyn Murray:
Getting to the Heart of YA (workshop)
Sally Quilford (Tracy
Hartshorn): Beefing up Your Characters
(workshop)
Eileen Ramsay sums up the 2015 Conference
Lisa Eveleigh agent/author appts
Kathryn Cheshire,
Bryony Green, Laura
McCallen (HM&B) editor/author appts
1.00-2.00pm Buffet LUNCH, tea & coffee plus Sparkle Spotlight with the Romaniacs video corner
2.00- 3.00
3.15-4.15
4.15-4.45
4.45-5.45
6.30-7.30
7.30-10.00
Kerry Fisher: From
Self-published to
Mainstream Author – lessons learnt along the way (talk)
Alison May (Alison
Maynard):
Developing Back
Burner Projects
(workshop)
The Deadly Dames: Turning to Crime with
Charlie Cochrane, Nicky Slade, Eileen
Robertson, Carol Westron (panel talk)
Anita-Marie Sackett: Memory Monologues – distilling memory, new approaches to living history (talk)
Mireille Weller: Please Don't Rip this Bodice - how to dress as a Victorian woman (workshop)
Tea, coffee and biscuits
The Sunday Sofa: Jane Wenham-Jones has the questions. All she needs is the guests. It could be you!
DINNER in The Curve
Bring-your-leftovers party and Roger Sanderson’s Sunday Night Quiz
Delegates staying overnight should please vacate the accommodation by 10am on Monday.
See you next year!