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MARCH 2010

The Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival

When: 20th-28th March 2010
Where: Oxford, UK

Wednesday 24th March - 4pm at Christ Church
What truly makes a bestseller? What do agents and publishers look for when they sign a new author? What are the differences between a fiction and a non-fiction bestseller?

Chaired by Barry Turner, editor of The Writer's Handbook, the definitive guide to getting your book published, these questions and more will be discussed in a lively debate between Clive Bloom, author of Bestsellers, novelist Nick Harkaway, Sci-fi fiction author George Mann, Peggy Vance, Publisher at Dorling Kindersley and Michael Alcock, Literary agent at Johnson & Alcock.

For more details visit The Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival site