About this Event
A conversation with literary agent Ludo Cinelli, Goldsmiths Prize shortlisted author Han Smith and Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize winner Alice Zoo on how to perfect your writing for submission, get an agent and publish your debut novel.
Ludo Cinelli is an Agent and the Managing Director at Eve White Literary Agency, representing authors of fiction, non-fiction and children’s books. In 2022 he was shortlisted as British Book Awards Literary Agent of the Year.
Han Smith is a queer writer, translator and adult literacy teacher. She is the recipient of a 2019/2020 London Writers Award and was shortlisted for the Brick Lane Short Story Prize.
Alice Zoo is a photographer and writer in London. Her photographs are commissioned by magazines including National Geographic and The New Yorker, and have been exhibited in institutions including The National Portrait Gallery. Her writing has been published by Granta, FT Weekend, and Magnum Photos. She won the Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize in 2025 and is currently working on her first novel.
Event venue & nearby stays
London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Town Hall, 160 Whitechapel Road, London, United Kingdom
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