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Birthing a KidLit Event: The Seattle Children’s Book Festival

By Nif Lindsay

July 31, 2020 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Birthing a KidLit Event: The Seattle Children’s Book Festival

Launching a KidLit Festival requires a lot of work, planning, and risk-taking—even for a UNESCO City of Literature like Seattle. But how can success be measured?

Filed Under: Marketing Tagged With: book festival, bookfest, children's book event, kidlit, kidlit event, kidlit fest, litevent, litfest, litfest launch, Ooligan at large, pnw book events, Seattle, Seattle Children's Book Festival, starting an event

A Quick Guide to Planning a Writing Conference

By Tiffany Watson

December 16, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

A Quick Guide to Planning a Writing Conference

Your sincerity is the most vital asset you have in planning this conference. It is your social capital—the only currency you have to offer people. Caring about the speakers and having their best interests at heart is an essential part of planning this event.

Filed Under: Manager Monday Tagged With: conference, conference planning, event planning, guide, how-to, Ooligan at large, outreach, pitching panelists, publishing conferences, tips, writers, writing conferences

Behind the Scenes with Ooligan Press at the Portland Book Festival

By Kristen Ludwigsen @kludlitup

March 25, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Behind the Scenes with Ooligan Press at the Portland Book Festival

The Portland Book Festival, formerly known as Wordstock, is Oregon’s biggest literary event of the year, featuring panels, vendors, speakers, and lots and lots of books. Every November, the day-long event attracts authors and publishers from near and far, and last fall, Ooligan Press was proud to be included yet again. The festival drew its […]

Filed Under: Manager Monday Tagged With: Abbi Jacobson, book launch, Elizabeth Acevedo, Emily Suvada, event planning, event promotion, grand ballroom, launches, Lauren Groff, Literary Arts, Manager Monday, mark building, Ooligan at large, operations, Oregon, oregon historical society, Overcup, PBF, Pomegranate, Portland, Portland Art Museum, portland book festival, Powells, publisher's assistants, the old church, Tom Hanks, Winningstad theatre, Wordstock

Tips for Making a Successful Event

By Monica Hay @monicathewriter

August 31, 2018 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Tips for Making a Successful Event

There’s a lot that goes into making an event, whether you’re hosting a one-day event like a conference, a simple one hour event, or an entire week’s worth of activities. What makes a event successful? These are three simple tips that will help.

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: books, Business, communication, conferences, event ideas, event planning, event tips, Marketing, Ooligan at large, publishing, publishing house, successful events, Willamette Writers, Write to Publish

Ooligan in the World

By Grace Evans @gracemalizia & Elizabeth Hughes @elizabig

December 4, 2017 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Ooligan in the World

From intimate readings to established conferences and book festivals, we’ve spent a lot of time over the past few months arranging opportunities for the world—at least our Pacific Northwest corner of it—to meet our books and their authors. There have been plenty of volunteer schedules to fill, promotional marketing and social media posts to plan, and boxes of books to cart to and fro. In return for that work, we’ve watched our authors delight and charm audiences while their books are admired, applauded, and carried away to new homes. So where in the world have we found Ooligan authors this fall?

Filed Under: Manager Monday Tagged With: Authors, book festival, conferences, Local, Montana, Ooligan at large, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, panels, PNBA, Portland, press, publishing, readings, small press, Washington, Wordstock, writers

Perfect Pitch

By Jan Bebb

June 2, 2017 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Perfect Pitch

The most important element of a successful pitch is to succinctly explain the concept of the book. This is high-level thinking that shows the benefits and emotional payoff of reading the book for the agent, publisher, and reader. It is not about the beautiful sentence structure that took years to realize. So if you’re tempted to say “but if you just read it you’ll understand,” then work harder at articulating the overall concept. You have five minutes for the pitch. It’s the merit of your concept that indicates a strong book, and that should take a few seconds.

Filed Under: Interview Tagged With: Joe Biel, Ooligan at large, Publishing advice, Self-Publishing, Write to Publish

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