Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2026: The best advice on how to write and get published

· Bloomsbury Publishing
Ebook
816
Pages
This book will become available on July 17, 2025. You will not be charged until it is released.

About this ebook

'What is your best investment? Buying a copy of the Writers' & Artists' Yearbook.' Kimberley Chambers

This bestselling Writers' & Artists' Yearbook contains a wealth of information on all aspects of writing and becoming a published author, plus a comprehensive directory of media contacts.

Packed with practical tips, it includes expert advice from renowned authors and industry insiders on:
- submitting to agents and publishers
- writing non-fiction and fiction across different genres and formats
- poetry, plays, broadcast media and illustration
- marketing and self-publishing
- legal and financial information
- writing prizes and festivals.

Revised and updated annually, the Yearbook includes thousands of industry contacts and over 80 articles from writers of all forms and genres, including award-winning novelists, poets and playwrights, scriptwriters for TV, radio and videogames.

If you want to find a literary or illustration agent or publisher, would like to self-publish or to crowdfund your creative idea then this Yearbook will help you.

'The wealth of information is staggering.' The Times

About the author

For over 100 years, the Writers' & Artists' Yearbook has provided writers of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and scripts with invaluable and up-to-date advice on all aspects of the writing and publishing processes. Contributors to past editions include A. A. Milne, Fay Weldon, William Boyd, Bernard Cornwell, Terry Pratchett, J. K. Rowling, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Deborah Levy, Neil Gaiman, and hundreds of others. It remains the ultimate resource for creatives from a brand that can be trusted.

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