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		<title>New deals for Jane Lovering</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Kate Nash Literary Agency is delighted to announce new deals for Jane Lovering with a third novel contracted to Choc Lit. VAMPIRE STATE OF MIND, a romantic comedy, will be published by Choc Lit in 2012. Described as &#8220;a highly original author&#8221; by Russell Walker of BBC Radio York, it has been an exciting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slushpilemountaineering.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5818364&amp;post=317&amp;subd=slushpilemountaineering&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Submissions vacation and Winchester</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 13:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[*** Closed for Submissions *** The Kate Nash Literary Agency will be closed to new submissions until 1st September 2011 because of traveling and conferences. &#160; *** Winchester Writers Conference *** Kate Nash is giving one to ones to writers at Winchester Writers Conference on 2nd July 2011 and is also delighted to attend the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slushpilemountaineering.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5818364&amp;post=309&amp;subd=slushpilemountaineering&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Great novel openings: we have a winner!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the year draws to a close, so does the Great Novel Openings competition. This search for great novel openings caught me completely unawares with how many entries received, and also the high standard of many of the entries meaning that I decided to announce a long list first. Every entry on that long list [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slushpilemountaineering.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5818364&amp;post=303&amp;subd=slushpilemountaineering&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Festival of Writing and more</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 12:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2011 brings the second Writers Workshop Festival of Writing in York, 25-27th March, and among the fabulous writers, publishers and agents who will be speaking and leading workshops and courses are Ashley Pharoah, David Nobbs, Nicola Morgan, Kate Williams, Tom Harper, Phillippa Pride (Stephen King&#8217;s UK editor), Carole Blake and Patrick Janson-Smith. I&#8217;ve been delighted [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slushpilemountaineering.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5818364&amp;post=301&amp;subd=slushpilemountaineering&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Janet Woods two book deal with Severn House</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 09:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Kate Nash Literary Agency is delighted to announce that Severn House have offered Janet Woods a two book contract for Tall Poppies, a saga following the lives of a maid and a housekeeper during the First World War, and one further book (title tbd). Kate Nash: &#8220;Janet&#8217;s writing is so compelling and vivid readers [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slushpilemountaineering.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5818364&amp;post=297&amp;subd=slushpilemountaineering&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Great novel openings: the shortlist</title>
		<link>http://slushpilemountaineering.wordpress.com/2010/10/17/great-novel-openings-the-shortlist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 18:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[***drum roll***&#8230; And the six shortlisted writers are: C Hepworth-Wain Leigh Chambers Ann Goodridge Sue Tingey Alexander Velkey Vicky Delderfield Congratulations all of you. Now I have the unenviable task of selecting just one winner. The field has been very strong. Thank you again to everyone who has entered. Some observations from reading the entries [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slushpilemountaineering.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5818364&amp;post=288&amp;subd=slushpilemountaineering&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Great novel openings: the longlist</title>
		<link>http://slushpilemountaineering.wordpress.com/2010/08/10/great-novel-openings-the-longlist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Judging the great novel openings competition has been entirely subjective. And with over 500 entries it&#8217;s also been a voyage of discovery. All entries were read and judged on 500 words alone. Where writers submitted a covering letter or additional information, this was ignored. I almost certainly have turned down work with commercial merit where [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slushpilemountaineering.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5818364&amp;post=280&amp;subd=slushpilemountaineering&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Submissions and competition update</title>
		<link>http://slushpilemountaineering.wordpress.com/2010/08/08/submissions-and-competition-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 21:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was quite stunned to have recieved over 500 entries to the Great Novel Openings competition and am afraid I&#8217;m still reading through the entries which has been really interesting. However, I will be in a position to post a longlist this coming week and the winner by the end of August. I think because [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slushpilemountaineering.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5818364&amp;post=277&amp;subd=slushpilemountaineering&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pitching in person</title>
		<link>http://slushpilemountaineering.wordpress.com/2010/07/01/pitching-in-person/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last two weeks I&#8217;ve been at two events where aspiring novelists have had the opportunity to present their work and ideas to me face-to-face for feedback. I never did anything like this when I was an aspiring novelist and so I was trying to imagine how terrifying this might be for participants. I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slushpilemountaineering.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5818364&amp;post=272&amp;subd=slushpilemountaineering&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The great novel openings competition</title>
		<link>http://slushpilemountaineering.wordpress.com/2010/05/10/the-great-novel-openings-competition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 11:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Kate Nash Literary Agency is delighted to announce a competition open to all unrepresented writers. Submit a great 500-word opening to an adult novel, and you could win the opportunity to meet Kate Nash for lunch and an in-depth discussion of your writing. The rules * Entries must consist of an opening to a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slushpilemountaineering.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5818364&amp;post=267&amp;subd=slushpilemountaineering&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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