A belated Happy New Year to you all and a big thank you for being a part of The Book Edit this year.

This is the second year we’ve run the Writers’ Prize and we’re extremely proud of our winners.

Author photo of Julie Rea — Book Edit Writers’ Prize winner 2022, Julie Rea

Author photo of Malachi McIntosh — Book Edit Writers’ Prize winner 2021, Malachi McIntosh

Hot off the press, one of last year’s winners - Malachi McIntosh - has won the Royal Society of Literature’s Giles St Aubyn Award for Non-Fiction, while one of 2022’s winners - Julie Rea - has just signed with Juliet Pickering, at Blake Friedmann. We can’t wait to see what our winners do next on their writing journeys.

This year we’ve got some exciting plans in store. We’ll be launching our first course - an introduction to developmental editing - for anyone who’s interested in finding out more about this creative art. Hit the button below to be first to hear about the course when it launches.

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And for anyone who wants a boost to their writing, we’re offering a 10% discount on our mentoring, agent submission packages, and developmental editing services up to the end of February 2023. Just quote BENEWYEAR23 when sending an enquiry.

Wishing you all a creative, inspiring 2023.

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We are delighted to have added another mentor to The Book Edit’s stable. Rosa Rogers is a Doctor of Philosophy in The Contemporary Novel: Practice as Research, and an experienced writing mentor and workshop facilitator.

A talented author in her own right, Rosa’s debut literary novel, Composition, was completed as part of her PhD at the University of Kent. Her short fiction, poetry and visual art have been published and/or exhibited in The Menteur (Paris), Stirred Press, Northern Quarter, East Street Arts, The Media Centre and Vortex Gallery, and she has performed her work across France and the UK.

Not content with her own creative output, Rosa is also a creator of multiple community projects, e.g. Poetry etc. and Tales of a Town, and is the former Co-Director of Vortex Gallery.

Rosa currently works as an assistant lecturer in Creative Writing in Canterbury, City, University of London, and Nantes where she receives outstanding feedback from students on her warm, generous and inspiring approach to teaching.

We are thrilled to announce she will now also be one of The Book Edit’s fiction mentors, working side-by-side with emerging writers to help develop their work and their confidence.

Welcome, Rosa!