CRAFT MEETS COMMERCE: WHAT PUBLISHERS

WANT WRITERS TO KNOW

Join us for the third of our events in conjunction with the Blue Pencil Agency, this time featuring editor Samantha Eades and publishing director Phoebe Morgan.

Held monthly, these two-hour events offer a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the full publishing journey — from the moment a promising novel lands in an agent’s inbox to the day it reaches bookshop shelves.

Samantha Eades is an award-winning publisher, editor, and publicist with 20 years of experience shaping commercial fiction bestsellers. She has held senior roles at three of the Big Five UK publishing houses and most recently led the Orion Fiction team. Samantha now brings her expertise to BPA as an editor.

Phoebe Morgan is author of five psychological thrillers and Publishing Director at Hodder and Stoughton, working on crime, thrillers, women’s fiction and romantasy. Her substack, The Honest Editor, gives great insight…