Meet the co-hosts, Jane Curry of Jane Curry Advisory and Ventura Press, and Seana Smith, her latest book is the memoir ‘Going Under.’
We chat about:
- What we’ve been doing lately in our publishing and writing lives.
- Jane on her love of books with purpose.
- Jane Curry Advisory ‘I’ve always been a bit of an evangelist.’
- Being on the idside and the outside of publishing.
- Seana on factual writing and creative non-fiction, the huge differences between them.
- Recording the audiobook and author care.
- Seana's first book ‘Sydney for Under Fives’ commissioned by Jane when she worked at Pan Macmillan.
- Jane commissioning the Australian Autism Handbook in 2007, now in 4th edition.
- Being an entrepreneur as well as writer. Writing commercial websites.
- Leaning into the new digital ecosystem.
- Massive changes in the publishing world, the rise of self-publishing.
- Our backgrounds, Jane from Yorkshire and Seana from Scotland.
- Jane’s long career in publishing, working for independents, the Big Five and then for her own company Ventura Press for the past 20 years.
- Seana went to Oxford then a career in television, before kids and freelance writing.
- What to expect in this 10-part series and beyond. A complete guide to the publishing industry and writing books that get published.
Links
Buy Going Under
In Australia: https://www.amazon.com.au/Going-Under-memoir-secrets-addiction/dp/0645497231/
In the USA: https://www.amazon.com/Going-Under-memoir-secrets-addiction/dp/0645497231/
In the UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Going-Under-memoir-secrets-addiction/dp/0645497231/
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