BEHIND THE SCENES with the Blue Pencil Agency

Join us for the latest of our events in conjunction with the Blue Pencil Agency, featuring bestselling author Claire Fuller.

Whether you’re an aspiring novelist, a writer preparing to submit, or simply curious about how publishing works behind closed doors, 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. This event will be especially useful for anyone planning to enter the First Novel Award, but will also include valuable tips on submitting to literary agents and competitions more broadly.

Claire Fuller is the bestselling author of five novels, including Unsettled Ground (winner of the Costa Novel Award), Our Endless Numbered Days (winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize), and Swimming Lessons (shortlisted for the RSL Encore Award).

And yet, she only began writing her first novel…