10:30am - 12:30pm Negotiating Skills Workshop

Do you have the skills and experience to know how best to negotiate any deals or contracts to get a fair deal?

Join us for this practical and interactive workshop and learn how to apply proven methods and techniques, which will help you negotiate and improve your chances of getting a better deal.

Bryan McCrae has many years of successful sales and marketing management, underpinned by a deep understanding of psychology, together with coaching and training skills.

See: www.cognitive-sales-consulting.co.uk

12:30pm - 13:30pm Lunch

An opportunity to network over a buffet lunch and a glass of wine with your fellow members.
Please mention any dietary requirements at the time of booking.

13:30pm - 14:30pm Ben Crystal, author of Shakespeare on Toast

This is less of a talk and more of a performance. Ben Crystal makes sense of Shakespeare by putting him back into context. Including an exploration of Elizabethan theatre and what a trip to a Shakespeare play in 1600 would be like, a masterclass on the poetry style Shakespeare wrote in, and a look at Original Pronunciation (the accent Shakespeare would have used). See:www.shakespeareontoast.com 

Ben Crystal was shortlisted for the 2010 ALCS Educational Writers' Award. He co-wrote Shakespeare’s Words (Penguin 2002) and The Shakespeare Miscellany (Penguin 2005) with his father, David Crystal, and websites for these books can be found via The Shakespeare Portal.

His latest Shakespeare project can be found here: www.passioninpractice.com

About Ben Crystal
Ben is an actor and writer. He studied English Language and Linguistics at Lancaster University, before training as an actor. He has worked in tv, film and theatre, including the 2006 season at Shakespeare’s Globe, and is a narrator for RNIB Talking Books, Channel 4 and the BBC. Clips of Ben’s acting and narration work can be seen and heard at his main website, www.bencrystal.com

He regularly gives workshops on performing and speaking Shakespeare. He lives in London.

You will have the opportunity to buy a signed copy of Ben's book on the day.

Booking

The cost for the day is £30 members and £40 guests (including lunch and VAT).

All are welcome although there will be a limit of 45 attendees. Places will be allocated on a first-come, first served basis.
The booking deadline is Friday 6th May; all reservations will be confirmed by letter once payment has been received.
If you would like to book please email Rachel O'Malley at romalley@societyofauthors.org to reserve a place, and then either telephone 020 7373 6642 to pay by card or send a cheque to 84 Drayton Gardens, London SW10 9SB, made payable to 'The Society of Authors'. Please write the event id 346 on the reverse of the cheque.

Biography sheet

As usual there will be a biography sheet circulated on the day with details of those attending. If you would like some information included, such as publisher/genre/a recent publication/email address, please email this when reserving your place. Please note there is only space for one or two lines per person.

There will also be a table to display your latest books.