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The DIGITAL SERIES
From Idea to Agent: How to Get Published in Today’s Industry
Learn from two industry experts how to find an agent, pitch your work, and take your writing to publication.
An exclusive live conversation for aspiring authors
🗓️ Tuesday, 2 DECEMber 2025 | 6:00–7:00 PM GMT
📍 Join us live on THEblackLiteraryClub.com
Your Story Deserves to Be Read
You’ve written, dreamed, and drafted — now it’s time to publish.
In this live digital session, join two experts who’ve helped writers and entrepreneurs turn their ideas into impact. Together, they’ll guide you through the realities of publishing today, from pitching to representation and beyond.
About our guests
ERIC COLLINS
CEO & Co-Founder, Impact X Capital Partners
Author, We Don’t Need Permission: Unlocking Black Empowerment for Good
Host, The Money Maker (Channel 4)
A Harvard Law graduate and former Obama appointee, Eric champions creative and economic empowerment for underrepresented voices. He’ll share how writers can think like entrepreneurs and own their creative future.
Joe Sedgwick
Literary Agent, Seventh Agency
Head of Writing Services, The Literary Consultancy
Joe Sedgwick has supported writers professionally for ten years. He began work as a Literary Agent at Seventh Agency in 2024 and is actively looking for non-fiction and literary fiction from global voices and writers who are under-represented in the UK publishing industry. He has a Publishing MA from Kingston University, has been on the Board of Trustees at Spread the Word, and also works as Head of Writing Services at The Literary Consultancy. Joe is now actively building a list at Seventh Agency, and wants to see expert-led writing that presents a vibrant, thoughtful, and unique perspective of the world. He is an agent for untold stories!
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