New Voices at County Hall

A panel of industry experts discuss the difficult business of getting a first book published. What makes an agent or a publisher sit up and take notice of a debut writer? Is it voice, character or plot? How long does it take for a new author to get published? What are agents and publishers looking for? These questions and more are discussed by children’s authors Sarah Moore Fitzgerald and Sheila Agnew, literary agent and editor Caroline Walsh, writer and sales director for Bloomsbury, Phil Earle, and Children’s Books Ireland director and former managing editor at Little Island, Elaina O’Neill. This podcast was recorded in County Hall on Saturday September 7th 2013