SoA's Theo Jones will be at the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival this week, taking part in Creative Thursday, Cracking the Case He'll be joining a dynamic panel and discussion, leading aspiring authors through the writing and publishing process from first draft to navigating the industry’s challenges. With Will Dean, Theo Jones, Henry Sutton and Julia Wisdom, chaired by Vaseem Khan. (fb)

Thank you to everyone who took part in our Educational Writers Group Summer Symposium last week. We got off to a flying start with our keynote speaker, Cathy Reay, talking about representation. Ken Wilson talked to us about royalties and why the future of Educational publishing is online. Everything is now about speed. Julie Moore was fascinating on the democratisation and informalisation of language, as well as the rise of working-class verbs compared to Latin words. Judy Garton-Sprenger in conversation with Rhona Snelling, discussed Imposter Syndrome among educational writers, who feel that they are not genuine writers. We beg to differ! And the rest of our fabulous speakers, including Marcello Staricoff, award-winning publisher Sanjee de Silva (Sweet Cherry), Victoria Eva (Elsevier), and Emily Guille-Marrett. , award-winning publisher Sanjee de Silva (Sweet Cherry), Victoria Eva (Elsevier), and Emily Guille-Marrett. Until next time. #EWGSymposium (fb)