Meet the Publisher with Lex Hirst - Byron Writers Festival 2024

Meet the Publisher with Lex Hirst

Once you’ve finished polishing your manuscript, the next step is to submit it to agents and publishers. But it’s hard for any writer to know if their work is really ready for that step – an opinion from an expert is invaluable. In this consultation, you’ll be given feedback on your work and whether or not it’s ready to submit. You’ll also have the chance to discuss where your work fits into the current marketplace and be able to talk about what your next steps should be.

WHERE:  Byron Writers Festival Bangalow Showground

COST:     $160.00 General | $130 Byron Writers Festival Member + booking fees

• Please check-in at the festival box office 30 minutes before your session for directions to the venue

Participants will be required to send a 10-page excerpt of their work (Times New Roman 12-point font, double spaced), along with a 1-page synopsis, for review.

Please save your manuscript excerpt and synopsis as a single PDF or Word document,  and email to: emily@byronwritersfestival.com no later than COB 17 July. Please save your file in the following format: Author Name_Project title.

Saturday 9 August

15 minute sessions

Session 1 | 9.15am - 9.30am

Session 2 | 9.40am - 9.55am

Session 3 | 10.05am - 10.20am

Session 4 | 10.30am - 10.45am

Session 5 | 10.55am - 11.10am

Session 6 | 11.20am - 11.35am

Session 7 | 11.45am - 12.00pm

Session 8 | 12.10pm - 12.25pm

About Lex Hirst

Lex Hirst is the Publishing Director at Sydney-based independent publishing house, Pantera Press. A publisher of award-winning, culturally vital books, she is always on the lookout for big ideas, clear voices and brilliant storytelling. Lex previously commissioned titles at PRH and was on the SAMAG Committee. She is currently on the Board of the National Young Writers’ Festival Board, following on from her stint as an artistic co-director in 2014-15.