If anyone is in Kensington over the next few weeks and would like some literary events to go to one evening, we are running a London History Festival from the 14-24th November. Featuring authors such as Max Hastings, Simon Sebag Montefoire and Claire Tomalin. Tickets are only £3.
You can find out more information at: http://www.londonhistoryfestival.com/index.html
Tuesday 25 October 2011
Back!
Back up at Uni and I am finally starting to get on top of everything. The last few months have been a bit crazy with work but it's getting there now.
I've started an internship with Richard Foreman and Chalke Authors. At first it was pretty challenging and I struggled with almost every task I was set. Although it's not become easier, I have more of an idea of what's expected now which is good and I'm starting to build some solid contacts within the publishing world. The events that I have been to are amazing, spending nights in the Tower of London for Nigel Jones' book launch, drinks at Goldboro's Books with various authors, or evening openings of the Imperial War Museum. I think over the last few weeks I've seen far more of London than I ever had before.
I had a brilliant careers talk the other day from Suzanne Collier and it has really helped me to define my CV and sort out what I'm doing after Uni. It was brilliant to hear someone say that you are on the right track and that getting a job should be within my power once I'm out of university. What was far more interesting was her advice on work experience, to which she said as little as possible is best. Here I am trying to line up as much as physically possible after Uni and now I've been told that's not strictly the case. It's also good to hear a range of people's thoughts on MA's in anything, or specifically publishing, and that although they will be interesting to do in terms of helping my career there's very little they can add at the moment. I'm still keeping my options open but at the minute my main objective is to get my dissertation out of the way and finish Uni with the grade that I want.
I've started an internship with Richard Foreman and Chalke Authors. At first it was pretty challenging and I struggled with almost every task I was set. Although it's not become easier, I have more of an idea of what's expected now which is good and I'm starting to build some solid contacts within the publishing world. The events that I have been to are amazing, spending nights in the Tower of London for Nigel Jones' book launch, drinks at Goldboro's Books with various authors, or evening openings of the Imperial War Museum. I think over the last few weeks I've seen far more of London than I ever had before.
I had a brilliant careers talk the other day from Suzanne Collier and it has really helped me to define my CV and sort out what I'm doing after Uni. It was brilliant to hear someone say that you are on the right track and that getting a job should be within my power once I'm out of university. What was far more interesting was her advice on work experience, to which she said as little as possible is best. Here I am trying to line up as much as physically possible after Uni and now I've been told that's not strictly the case. It's also good to hear a range of people's thoughts on MA's in anything, or specifically publishing, and that although they will be interesting to do in terms of helping my career there's very little they can add at the moment. I'm still keeping my options open but at the minute my main objective is to get my dissertation out of the way and finish Uni with the grade that I want.
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