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PANEL: On the Road: Examining the ups and downs of author tours

Mon Jun 30, 202512:10 - 13:00
Chair
Eve Wersocki-Morris
Director
EWM PR
Speakers
Alison Barrow
PR director
Transworld, Penguin Random House
Helen Schnabel
Central events co-ordinator
Waterstones
Maria Garbutt-Lucero
Freelance PR & co-founder
ESEA Lit Fest
Fiona Razvi
Festival director and CEO
Wimbledon BookFest
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The author tour, long the backbone of breakout campaigns, comes under the microscope in this discussion. High impact but also high cost, when does it work best, when should we look elsewhere, and how do we maximise every event, bookshop visit and signing, when publicists and authors are already giving so much?