Online self publishing platforms provide powerful access to authors wanting to reach readers. This session will show participants how to plan and manage the self-publishing process, from printed book and eBook formatting, to cover design and proofreading. Then, it will show how to manage an account with one of the world’s biggest self-publishing systems, so your fiction and non-fiction books get printed on demand in Australia and take their place in the global bookselling marketplaceWorkshop includes: morning and afternoon tea and lunch, a free copy of Michael’s book Write Regardless! A no-nonsense guide to plotting, packaging and promoting your bookDate: Saturday March 4, 2023Time: 9am-4pm Michael BurgeAn author and journalist with Guardian Australia who lives at Deepwater, Michael’s debut novel Tank Water – a coming-of-age crime thriller set in the bush – was released by MidnightSun Publishing and featured as The Sydney Morning Herald’s fiction pick of the week on release before a string of glowing reviews and a second edition. His non-fiction debut Questionable Deeds: Making a stand for equal love lifted the lid on familial and institutional homophobia in Australia and was selected for the first LGBTIQA+ panel at Brisbane Writers Festival. Michael co-manages The Makers Shed artisanal gallery and bookshop in Glen Innes and is director of the annual High Country Writers Festival. His Write Regardless! writing and publishing workshops are based on 15-years’ research into the independent and traditional publishing industries, containing principles he applies to his own writing career. He is passionate about empowering wordsmiths and helping independent writers make a start in the publishing industry.
Online self publishing platforms provide powerful access to authors wanting to reach readers. This session will show participants how to plan and manage the self-publishing process, from printed book and eBook formatting, to cover design and proofreading. Then, it will show how to manage an account with one of the world’s biggest self-publishing systems, so your fiction and non-fiction books get printed on demand in Australia and take their place in the global bookselling marketplace
Workshop includes: morning and afternoon tea and lunch, a free copy of Michael’s book Write Regardless! A no-nonsense guide to plotting, packaging and promoting your book
Date: Saturday March 4, 2023
Time: 9am-4pm
Michael Burge
An author and journalist with Guardian Australia who lives at Deepwater, Michael’s debut novel Tank Water – a coming-of-age crime thriller set in the bush – was released by MidnightSun Publishing and featured as The Sydney Morning Herald’s fiction pick of the week on release before a string of glowing reviews and a second edition. His non-fiction debut Questionable Deeds: Making a stand for equal love lifted the lid on familial and institutional homophobia in Australia and was selected for the first LGBTIQA+ panel at Brisbane Writers Festival. Michael co-manages The Makers Shed artisanal gallery and bookshop in Glen Innes and is director of the annual High Country Writers Festival. His Write Regardless! writing and publishing workshops are based on 15-years’ research into the independent and traditional publishing industries, containing principles he applies to his own writing career. He is passionate about empowering wordsmiths and helping independent writers make a start in the publishing industry.