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Self-Pub Fest

Morgen Bailey's Non-Profit Book Festival ~ Celebrating Self-Published Authors Worldwide (OPEN TO EVERYONE!)

  • Calendar
    • Overseas Writing Events
    • UK Writing Events
  • FULL-DAY (In Person)
    • 1: 26th Apr 2026 Festival ~ Meet the (Indie) Authors
      • 10am Children’s/YA
      • 11am Crime
      • 12pm Historical
      • 2pm Non-fiction
      • 3pm Poetry & Short Stories
      • 4pm Romance/Women’s Fiction
      • 5pm: Science-fiction, Fantasy and Horror
      • Photography
    • 2: 4th Oct 2026 Festival ~ Publishing
    • 3: 25th Apr 2027 Festival ~ Meet the (Indie) Authors
  • FULL-DAY (Online)
    • 1: 25th Jan 2026 Festival (Meet the Authors)
      • 10am: Children’s/YA panel
      • 11am: Crime panel
      • 12pm: Historical panel
      • 1pm: Ideas Panel
      • 2pm: Non-fiction panel
      • 3pm: Poetry and short stories
      • 4pm: Romance/women’s fiction
      • 5pm: Science-fiction, fantasy and horror
    • 2: 5th July 2026 Festival (Publishing)
      • 9am: Expert Panel – Designers
      • 10am: Author Panel
      • 11am: Expert Panel – Editors
      • 12pm: Author Panel
      • 2pm: Expert Panel – Marketing
      • 3pm: Author Panel
      • 4pm: Expert Panel – Publishers
      • 5pm: Author Panel
    • 3: 24th Jan 2027 Festival ~ Meet the (Indie) Authors
  • Monday Midday Mini-fests
    • Taken Place
      • MMF#1 – Moderators
      • MMF#2 – Ideas
      • MMF#3 – Plotting vs Pantsing
      • MMF#4 – Characters
      • MMF#5 – Locations, Locations, Locations
      • MMF#6 – Plots
      • MMF#7 – Description vs Dialogue
      • MMF#8 – Mixing Genres & Forms
      • MMF#9 – Beginnings
      • MMF#10 – The Saggy Middle
      • MMF#11 – Endings
      • MMF #12 – Editing
      • MMF #13 – Cover Design
    • 25 May 2026 Mini-Fest – Collaborating
    • 1 June 2026 Mini-Fest – Marketing
    • 8 June 2026 Mini-Fest – Publishing
    • 15 June 2026 Mini-Fest – Collaborating
    • 22 June 2026 Mini-Fest – How Long is a Story?
    • 29 June 2026 Mini-Fest – Series vs Standalone Novels
    • 6 July 2026 Mini-Fest – Writing for Children/YA
    • 13 July 2026 Mini-Fest – The Writer’s Toolbox
    • 24 Aug 2026 Mini-Fest – Ask Morgen Anything
  • The T&T Panels
    • The History Behind the T&T Panels
    • Taken Place
      • T&T#1 – Writing Life
      • T&T#2 – The price of eBooks
      • T&T#3 – How to Self-publish
      • T&T#4 – Best/Worst Thing about Publishing
      • T&T#5 – Your Writing Process
      • T&T#6 – Advice for Wannabe Writers
      • T&T#7 – Ideas
      • T&T#8 – Self-Pub Fest
      • T&T#9 – Amazon or Go Wide?
      • T&T#10 – Life vs Writing
      • T&T#11 – Pen Names
      • T&T#12 – Audiobooks
    • T&T#13 – Time Management
    • T&T#14 – Children and Animals
    • T&T#15 – The Therapy of Writing
    • T&T#16 – Newsletters and Substack
    • T&T#17 – Poetry
    • T&T#18 – Scriptwriting
    • T&T#19 – Routes of Publishing
    • T&T#20 – What Readers Think
    • T&T#21 – The Books You Wish
    • T&T#22 – Taboo Topics
    • T&T#23 – Podcasts
    • T&T#24 – Advice for Wannabe Writers
    • T&T#25 – Scammers and Spammers
    • T&T#26 – The Price of eBooks
    • T&T#27 – Book Covers
    • T&T#28 – Book Reviews
    • T&T#29 – Writing Competitions
    • T&T#30 – Writing (for) Magazines
    • T&T#31 – Advertising
    • T&T#32 – Where in the World
    • T&T#33 – Book launches
    • T&T#34 – Alpha and Beta Readers
    • T&T#37 – Characters
  • Short Story (& Poetry) Saturdays
    • BB Elsin’s writing
    • HJ Furl’s writing
    • Morgen’s writing
  • Authors
    • Children’s Authors
      • Esther Chilton
      • Karen Hendriks
      • LBE Hackney
      • Lee Benson
      • Maggie Jamerson
      • Mark Cohen
      • Meriet Duncan
      • Sumaira Ahmed
    • Comedy Authors
    • Crime authors
      • AA Abbott
      • AJ Aberford
      • AJ Hill
      • Alastair McIver
      • Angela Wren
      • CV Chauhan
      • Damiano Polcaro
      • Damien Hunter
      • Dan Burford
      • Dave Sivers
      • Denise Beddows
      • Donna Morfett
      • Duncan Brockwell
      • Elizabeth Ducie
      • GB Williams
      • Graeme Cumming
      • Jack Chandler
      • JA Marley
      • Jill Todd
      • John Lynch
      • Karl W Newton
      • Leigh Russell
      • Liz Hedgecock
      • Maverick Montgomery
      • Netta Murray
      • Nicholas Louis Banham
      • Nikki Copleston
      • Paul Gitsham
      • Peter Tickler
      • Ryan Stark
      • Stephen Collier
      • Thibaut Mallet
      • Tom Alan
      • Tony Flower
      • Tony Forder
      • Tony Millington
      • Trish Finnegan
    • Historical authors
      • AK Nairn
      • Ali Bacon
      • Alison Morton
      • BG Lambourne
      • Cristina Loggia
      • Janet Pywell
      • Marie Gage
      • Marilyn Pemberton
      • Patricia M Osborne
      • Paula Harmon
      • Ronan Beckman
    • Non-fiction authors
      • Andrea D Woolhead
      • Anika Molesworth
      • Bambi Lynn
      • Claire Bodle
      • Cleonie
      • GA Cole
      • Jacqueline Lambert
      • Laura Starsoneck
      • Richard Kyson
      • SJ Banham
      • Tony Ferguson
    • Poets
    • Romance/Women’s Authors
      • Agnes Kay-E
      • Alana Lawler
      • Chrissie Harrison
      • Della Galton
      • Kerry Manning
      • Lesley Bootiman
      • Lucy Felthouse
      • MS Clements
      • William Batt
    • SFFH authors
      • Alan Meredith
      • AM Davila
      • Bea Donaldson
      • BB Elsin
      • David Wake
      • Deborah Cota
      • Dennis Millet
      • Elias Garcia
      • Eric Goebelbecker
      • Fil Reid
      • Martin Tracey
      • Pete Williams
      • Peter Edward White
      • Phil Oddy
      • Scott Bury
      • Shaun Allan
      • Torin Ingham
    • Short Story Authors
      • Cath Barton
      • HJ Furl
      • Karen Banfield
      • Kym Langfield
      • Sarah Tanburn
    • Spotlights
  • Experts
  • Participate
  • Charities & Donate
    • Donations
  • Information
    • About Self-Pub Fest & Dates
    • How to Self-Publish
    • Writing Competitions & Opportunities
  • Links
  • Morgen with an ‘E’
  • Tickets
  • YouTube
  • 300 Words A Day (Comp & Podcast)
    • ‘300 Words’ Flash Fiction Competition
    • Podcast
    • 50-Word Competition

12pm: Historical panel

The online festival held on Sunday 25th January 2026 via individual hourly Zoom genre panels had up to six authors in each panel.

The 12pm: Historical panel consisted of the following authors:

  • Alison Morton
  • John Lynch
  • Patricia M Osborne
  • Ronan Beckman

Below is the recording from the 12pm: Historical panel, the third panel of the 25 Jan 2026 Festival …

NEXT ONLINE EVENTS...

Monday Mini-Fest #13: Cover Design ~ 4th May 12pm UK

T&T #13: Time Management ~ 5th May 6pm UK

Short Story & Poetry Saturday #6 ~ 9th May 7pm UK

'300 Words' competition closes 31st May midnight UK

50-word competition closes 31st May midnight UK

NEXT IN-PERSON EVENT...

4 October, Aylesbury, UK

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Host: Morgen 'with an E'

  • Do you write flash fiction?
  • Thinking ahead to next year
  • A tweaked format for the next in-person event
  • Our first-person event was fantastic
  • What’s next online?
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