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Your Best Book Launch: Publicity for Poets (and Other Small Press Writers)
Saturday, March 11, 2023
1:45 pm to 3:00 pm
You’ve had a book accepted for publication–now what? This panel, which includes writers and publicists, offers practical strategies for ensuring your book meets its ideal readers. Panelists will provide tips for creating publicity materials and generating buzz; planning events including readings, workshops, and interactive discussions; and reaching readers through podcasts, newsletters, and other new media. Panel will suggest both what writers can do themselves and how and when to enlist help.
Participants
Nancy Reddy is the author of Double Jinx, winner of the National Poetry Series, Pocket Universe, and Acadiana. She is the recipient of a Walter E. Dakin Fellowship from the Sewanee Writers’ Conference and grants from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and the Sustainable Arts Foundation.
Jeannine Hall Gailey served as second Poet Laureate of Redmond, Washington. She's the author of six books of poetry, including Field Guide to the End of the World, which won the Moon City Book Prize, and the upcoming Flare, Corona from BOA Editions. PR for Poets is her latest nonfiction book.
Caelan Ernest is a nonbinary poet, writer, and performer living in Brooklyn. Their debut collection night mode is forthcoming from Really Serious Literature. They hold an MFA in writing from Pratt Institute. They are director of publicity at Nightboat Books.
Catherine Bresner is the author of the artist book Everyday Eros (Mount Analogue, 2017) and the empty season, which won the Diode Edition Book Prize in 2017. Her poetry has appeared in the VOLTA, Sixth Finch, Fonograf, and elsewhere. Currently, she is the publicity director for Wave Books.
Julia Borcherts
