Day of appearance – Sunday
Abiola Bello is a Nigerian-British, prize-winning, bestselling children’s/YA author who was born and raised in London. Abiola is an advocate for diversity in books for young people. She has written ten books for younger fiction, middle-grade and YA. Her YA books are LOVE IN WINTER WONDERLAND, ONLY FOR THE HOLIDAYS and THE LOVE DARE. Abiola’s books have been number 1 bestsellers, Waterstones Children’s Books of the Month, featured in The Guardian’s Children’s & Teens Best New Novels and more. Abiola is the co-founder of the award-winning indie press Hashtag Press and one of the UK’s leading book prizes The Diverse Book Awards.
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Panel Information – How to write winning rom-coms for a YA Audience
Join bestselling author Abiola Bello (Love in Winter Wonderland/Only for the Holidays/ The Love Dare) as she shares her top tips on writing the best swoony scenes, building tension, executing popular troupes and creating characters to fall in love with
Workshop Information – How to write winning rom-coms for a YA audience
Join bestselling author Abiola Bello (Love in Winter Wonderland/Only for the Holidays/ The Love Dare) as she shares her top tips on writing the best swoony scenes, building tension, executing popular troupes and creating characters to fall in love with.
Industry Arena – The author & agent relationship (SATURDAY)
During this session, author and Writers & Artists team member Clare Povey will be joined by literary agent Gemma Cooper and author Abiola Bello to delve into the author-agent relationship. We’ll demystify the submission and publishing process, before taking a closer look at how agents and authors work together. You’ll get the chance to ask any questions you have for Clare, Gemma and Abiola, and find out more about how the Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook can help you take that next step on your path to publication.