Pattern of Death by Peter George from Candy Jar Books |
Candy Jar Books
Mackintosh House
126 Newport Road
Cardiff, Wales
CF24 1DJ
Candy Jar Books was established in
2010 by Shaun Russell and Justin Chaloner. Candy Jar publishes both
children's and adult titles – no picture books, though. They’re currently accepting all
sorts of books.
Shaun Russell is especially looking for:
A detective novel, similar to Ian
Rankin, P.D. James, Mark Billingham or Karin Slaughter.
Cultural biographies: “Think of
the type of documentary seen on BBC4: 100 Years of the Girl Guides, The Ballad of Mott the
Hoople, 100 Years of the Palladium…
They’re also especially on the
look-out for:
A mystery/thriller with original
and surprising plot twists, similar to Gillian Flynn’s Gone girl or SJ Watson’s
Before I Go to Sleep.
A contemporary recipe book devised
by a passionate and creative cook, whose recipes stand out in this saturated
market.
Submissions:
Stable Gossip by Joanna Fisher from Candy Jar Books |
Include a cover letter – We’d
like to know a little more about you and your story. You can tell us anything
you think is relevant about who you are and where your inspiration for the
story came from.
A synopsis is always helpful – You will
only be sending us a small portion of your book, so it’s helpful to us if you
can send us a synopsis. Just a brief account of the plot of your book is what
we need.
Don’t send us too much – We
love reading your work and finding new authors, but we do receive a lot of
submissions. Just 2-3 chapters are enough to give us an idea of what your book
is like.
Is your book like another you’ve read? – It’s
always helpful for us to know the sort of books you think yours is like. If
you’ve written the first book in a series of books about a boy who discovers
he’s a wizard, and also the son of a god, you might liken your book to Harry
Potter and Percy Jackson.
Who is going to read it? – It’s
also useful to us to have an idea of who your book will appeal to. Is it a
general fiction novel? Is it a children’s fantasy novel? Or a Young Adult
Contemporary novel? Either way, we’d like to know.
Have patience – We receive a lot of
submissions, and while we try hard to get through all of them as quickly as
possible it does take time, so please have patience with us while waiting for a
response.
This April Brian Henry is offering a full range of classes
from beginner to advanced. Several have already started but there are still
openings in two courses:
Welcome to Creative Writing, Monday evenings, April 17 – June 19, Burlington.
Details here.
Writing Personal Stories, Thursday afternoons, April 27 – June 15,
Burlington Details here.
For more information or to register
for any of the above, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca
Also, Brian will lead a How to Get Published workshop on Saturday, April 22, in Midland,
with literary agent Sue Miller (see here).
Anne Shone, senior editor, S Scholastic Books |
Brian will lead Writing for Children & for Young Adult workshops on Saturday, May 13, in Caledon at
the Bolton Library with Yasemin Uçar, senior Editor at Kids Can Press and
author Jennifer Mook-Sang (see here), on Saturday, May 27, in St. Catharines
with Anne Shone, senior editor at Scholastic Books (see here), and on Saturday, July 29, in
Collingwood with literary agent Monica Pacheco (see here).
Note: For updated listings of Writing for Children
& for Young adult workshops and for weekly Kid lit classes, see here (and
scroll down).
And don't miss the June in Algonquin Writing Retreat, Friday, June 2 – Sunday, June 4 or Monday,
June 5. Details here.
For more information or to reserve a
spot in any Saturday workshop or weekly course, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca
Read reviews of Brian’s courses and
workshops here.
See Brian’s complete current
schedule here, including
writing workshops and creative writing courses in Algonquin Park, Bolton,
Barrie, Brampton, Burlington, Caledon, Georgetown, Guelph, Hamilton, Ingersoll,
Kingston, Kitchener, London, Midland, Mississauga, Oakville, Ottawa,
Peterborough, St. Catharines, Saint John, NB, Sudbury, Thessalon, Toronto,
Windsor, Woodstock, Halton, Kitchener-Waterloo, Muskoka, Peel, Simcoe, York
Region, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.
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