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The sessions are Marketing Tips and Traps and\u00a0Children&#8217;s Books Today.<br \/>\nPublisher Rochelle Manners (Wombat Books) and I will be discussing author platform with writers from all over Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>The conference is a line-up of speakers including many multi-award winning authors, offering their expertise on a wide variety of topics.\u00a0 A special feature of this conference is the opportunity to have a one-on-one meeting with a publisher. Going to conferences like this can kick-start your career. It may be too late for this conference (not on again until at least 2016) but there are other events like this you may want to looks at. This particular conference is faith-based, though mainstream publications are still represented. The workshops and presentations are valuable to anyone writing.<\/p>\n<p>The publishers\u2019 representatives are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rochelle Manners of <a href=\"http:\/\/wombatbooks.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wombat Books<\/a> (fiction, children\u2019s books and non-fiction)<\/li>\n<li>George Bryant of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daystarbooks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Daystar Books<\/a> (non-fiction, biography, memoir and selected fiction)<\/li>\n<li>Julie Firmstone of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cepstore.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">CEP (Christian Education Publications), Growing Faith, Aquila Press, Youthworks Press, Fervr, Blue Bottle Books and Anglican Press Australia<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Member of Omega Writers will be updated on future events and the ongoing Caleb Award.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to follow Tweets on creating author platform check my Twitter feed from 1.30pm. 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