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Hot Off The Presses: A Crash Course on Getting Published
• Did you finally finish that long-cherished draft but don’t know what’s next?
• In this age of self-publishing vs representation, are you struggling to pick the right publishing strategy for you?
• Are you unsure of how to polish your manuscript for submission and know your target audience?
• Do you wonder how to go about pitching your manuscript to agents and publishers?
• Do you want to know how to draft an unputdownable book proposal?
If you answered yes, tune into this author-focused workshop on getting your trade book out and into the right hands.
Prose polisher and sifter of words, Kankana Basu is an international editor and publishing professional. She holds a BA in English Literature from the University of Delhi and an MSt in English and American Studies from the University of Oxford; she also attended the Master of Publishing program at Simon Fraser University. Kankana has worked in-house at Penguin Random House India, and her freelance clients include HarperCollins and Hachette, among others. Specializing in children’s and YA books, contemporary fiction, memoirs and historical non-fiction, she provides developmental editing, copy-editing, proofreading, editorial assessment, query letter review, and consultation services to clients across genres and around the world.
Kankana has made her home in many lands before alighting in the Peace River Valley on Treaty 8 territory. Besides being invested in harnessing the efficacy of the written word to convey the simple and complex truths of our changing world, she cares deeply about creating inclusive spaces in Northeast BC. In collaboration with the Dawson Creek Art Gallery, she is presently developing the Northern Mosaic Multiculturalism Program, aimed at identifying the communities underserved by cultural institutions in the area. Her interests include gastronomy, the politics of rest, photograph, aesthetics, pop culture, the World Wide Web, and the human condition.