{"id":348235,"date":"2025-12-17T15:09:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T15:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/sarahs-newsletter-july-2025-sarah-webb\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T15:09:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T15:09:49","slug":"sarahs-newsletter-july-2025-sarah-webb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=348235","title":{"rendered":"Sarah&#8217;s Newsletter &#8211; July 2025 \u2014 Sarah Webb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-sqsp-text-block-content=\"\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">I run several creative writing clubs during the school year. One is an online club for young writers aged 11+ (booked out). <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">There\u2019s a teen in-person club that meets in D\u00fan Laoghaire Lexicon Library on a Thursday at 5pm to 6pm, there are two places available in that club. They are a fantastic, bunch, very chatty and supportive of each other\u2019s writing. They need to be in secondary school for this one. If you have a teen at home who loves to write, get in touch. We\u2019ll be doing lots of script writing in the autumn, as well as poetry and some horror and fantasy writing (they love their horror and fantasy!). <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">I\u2019m starting up a new writing club for age 10+ in Greystones in mid-September. This will run monthly on a Wednesday afternoon at 4.30pm. We will cover all kinds of things, from creating characters, to plotting, and different genres and forms. If you have a keen writer at home, get in touch. We don\u2019t do any grammar etc \u2013 it\u2019s all pure creative fun. If you have a keen writer at home get in touch in August \u2013 sarahsamwebb@gmail.com <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u00a0<strong>Discover Irish Children\u2019s Books Symposium 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u00a0On 21st June Discover Irish Children\u2019s Books held their first Symposium in Dublin City University. It was run by a team of twelve people from the campaign, all volunteers. Over 150 people attended, and it was lovely to meet lots of writers, illustrators, teachers, librarians and others with a strong interest in children\u2019s books.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The first panel was about children\u2019s publishing and the expert panel talked about what they were looking for, what they paid writers and illustrators and lots of other things.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Irish publishers are happy to accept unsolicited manuscripts. This means you can send work directly to their editors, you do not need an agent. The submission guidelines are on their websites. To note, Little Island are currently not accepting manuscripts but will open them again soon, keep an eye on their social media and website for details.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Kunak McGann, Rights Director at the O\u2019Brien Press \u2013 looking for great storytelling, especially with an Irish focus. They particularly like writers and illustrators who live in Ireland, as they can do and attend events. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Little Island publish about 15 books a year and Publisher, Matthew Parkinson-Bennetts says they are looking for books they can sell internationally. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Gr\u00e1inne Clear, Editorial Director for Fiction at Walker Books mentioned horror and accessible shorter fiction. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Venetia Gosling, Publisher of the children\u2019s list at Gill books said she\u2019s looking for great non-fiction, especially a new take on Irish history. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Futa Fata publishes a wide range of books in the Irish language, from picture books to novels. Tadgh Mac Dhonnag\u00e1in is looking for great books from Irish language authors. He\u2019s also looking for illustrators who can do events in the Irish language. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u00a0Little Island pays its authors around e1.5k advance per book. Futa Fata pays around e1.5k to e1.75k to writers and around e4k to illustrators.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u00a0Children\u2019s writers do not always earn a lot of money as you can see. You can get lucky, sometimes a book does very well internationally which can help a lot. But most of us rely on other income as well as writing to help pay the bills. I teach and I work in a bookshop too (Halfway up the Stairs in Greystones, Co Wicklow, where I\u2019m Events Manager), which allows me to take time with my writing and to write the books I love to write. I\u2019ll write more about the bookshop and my work there next month. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u00a0During the day at the symposium, there was lots of information given about creating brilliant book weeks in your school or library, dealing with rejection, writing great opening scenes, and there was a lot of talk about making books and reading accessible to all children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">We hope to have another symposium next year and thanks to all who attended. We hope you enjoyed the day! <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">You can find out more about the Discover Irish Children\u2019s Books campaign on their website here <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoveririshkidsbooks.ie\/\">https:\/\/discoveririshkidsbooks.ie\/<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">I\u2019m off to West Cork to edit, read and take a holiday during July, so all the best for now. I hope your summer is full of great stories!<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u00a0Yours in books,<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Sarah XXX<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I run several creative writing clubs during the school year. One is an online club for young writers aged 11+ (booked out). 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