Joanna Penn on empowered writers
The indie author on being an early adopter of self-publishing and how the landscape has changed in the last decade.

On this week’s podcast we talk to indie author Joanna Penn about being an early adopter of self-publishing and how the landscape has changed in the last decade.

Hosted by Simon Jones, writer and Digital Marketing Manager at the National Centre for Writing.

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Show notes

Find out more about the National Centre for Writing: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/introducing-the-national-centre-for-writing/

Mentioned events:
Noirwich: noirwich.co.uk
Creative Writing Online courses: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/online-courses/

Useful links:
The Bestseller Experiment: http://bestsellerexperiment.com/
Mark Stay’s website: https://markstaywrites.com/
Guardian’s gallery of Man Booker covers: https://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2018/jul/24/man-booker-prize-2018-longlist-in-pictures

Music by Bennet Maples: sonicfruit.co.uk/

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