Meet the co-hosts, Jane Curry of Jane Curry Advisory and Ventura Press, and Seana Smith, her latest book is the memoir ‘Going Under.’

We chat about:

• What we’ve been doing lately in our publishing and writing lives.
• Jane on her love of books with purpose.
• Jane Curry Advisory ‘I’ve always been a bit of an evangelist.’
• Being on the idside and the outside of publishing.
• Seana on factual writing and creative non-fiction, the huge differences between them.
• Recording the audiobook and author care.
• Seana's first book ‘Sydney for Under Fives’ commissioned by Jane when she worked at Pan Macmillan.
• Jane commissioning the Australian Autism Handbook in 2007, now in 4th edition.
• Being an entrepreneur as well as writer. Writing commercial websites.
• Leaning into the new digital ecosystem.
• Massive changes in the publishing world, the rise of self-publishing.
• Our backgrounds, Jane from Yorkshire and Seana from Scotland.
• Jane’s long career in publishing, working for independents, the Big Five and then for her own company Ventura Press for the past 20 years.
• Seana went to Oxford then a career in television, before kids and freelance writing.
• What to expect in this 10-part series and beyond. A complete guide to the publishing industry and writing books that get published.

Links

• Seana Smith website: www.seanasmith.com
• Sober Journeys website: wwwsoberjourneys.com
• Jane Curry Advisory: www.janecurryadvisory.com
• Ventura Press: www.venturapress.com.au
• www.instagram.com/janecurry1
• www.instagram.com/seanasmith
• www.instagram.com/venturapress__
• www.instagram.com/sober_journeys
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/whatdidyoureadtoday/

In Australia: https://www.amazon.com.au/Going-Under-memoir-secrets-addiction/dp/0645497231/

In the USA: https://www.amazon.com/Going-Under-memoir-secrets-addiction/dp/0645497231/

In the UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Going-Under-memoir-secrets-addiction/dp/0645497231/

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