ALCS are pleased to be sponsoring
New Ways of Publishing – The effects of digital technology on the future of publishing and the status of the author.
Date: Thursday, 11th February 2010
Time: 6-9pm (presentations from 6-8pm followed by drinks networking until 9pm)
Venue: Main Lecture Theatre, London College of Communication Elephant & Castle, London, SE1 6SB
Own-it and ALCS have invited
a panel of experts to discuss the effects of digital technology on the future of publishing and what impact new digital developments have on the value of copyright for the individual author.
The panel will be chaired by Joan Smith, novelist, journalist and human rights activist.
Speakers include Alison Flood, a freelance books journalist who works for a range of publications including the Guardian's books website and Wired UK, freelance writer and former teacher, editor and A-level examiner, Mel Thompson and Lesley Pollinger, an authors' agent at the family firm of Pollinger Limited.
If you'd like to attend, please click here for further information.