There are four sessions most weeks (with exceptions of prior commitments and holidays), running Mondays at noon, Tuesdays/Thursdays at 6pm and Saturdays at 7pm. See the CALENDAR page for what’s on when… and what we’re doing. There’s usually space if you’d like to take part.
What’s next in person?
The first in-person (genres) event took place on Sunday 26th April in Aylesbury, Bucks, England. It was fantastic, selling 94 books (for 27 authors), all receiving 100% of their book sales, and £51 for the three charities through sales of tote bags, notebooks and ‘keep the change’ donations.
The next event, focusing on the nuts and bolts of publishing, will be 4th October 2026.
The doors open to the public at 9am with the first panel starting at 10am and final panel at 5pm, with a wrapping up at 6pm.
All-day tickets (BOOKED IN ADVANCE PLEASE) are just £20 or £10 for the morning (three panels) or afternoon (four panels) half-day.
The October booking link will be listed here when available.
This is not the end!
On Monday 20th April 2026, the panel below talked about endings in fiction…
- Crime novelist Damiano Polcaro
- Dark erotic steamy romance, drama, scifi/fantasy author Daniel Furl (who also writes as HJ Furl)
- Crime/thriller novelist Jill Todd
- Crime/women’s novelist and non-fiction author and Self-Pub Fest founder Morgen with an ‘E’(host)
- Science-fiction/fantasy novelist Phil Oddy
These are free events but we’re raising money for local book-related charities and we’d be really grateful if you would donate whatever you afford via the Charities & Donate page. Thank you so much.
The April 26th Aylesbury programme is live!
Yes, with a week and a day before the first in-person festival here in Aylesbury, the programme is now fixed. Doesn’t it look great!
We’re on the Bucks Herald newspaper!
Why do I say ‘on’ rather than ‘in’? Because we’re on their website at:
If you can bear with the umpteen number of adverts, you’ll see the details for our 26 Apr 2026 Festival.
T&T#9 – Amazon Exclusive or Go Wide?
Following on from the first T&T panel which took place on Thursday 12th March…
On Tuesday 14th April the panel below talked about staying with Amazon’s KDP Select exclusive or go wide?
- Crime/thriller author Dan Burford (currently with Amazon only)
- Fantasy author Eric Goebelbecker (currently wide)
- Crime/women’s novelist and non-fiction author and Self-Pub Fest founder Morgen with an ‘E’ (host)
The recording from this session is below.
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If you’d like to take part in any of these sessions, do take a look at the other topics on The T&T Panels page, and there’s also the weekly Monday Mini-fests. The Participate page outlines the process of getting involved.
These are free events but we’re raising money for book charities local to the Aylesbury (Buckinghamshire, England) area and we’d be really grateful if you would donate whatever you afford via the Charities & Donate page. Thank you so much.
The Saggy Middle that wasn’t saggy!
On Monday 13th April 2026, the panel listed below talked about the saggy middle of a novel. The recording is at the end of this page.
- Historical fantasy novelist and short story author BB Elsin
- Crime; science-fiction; fantasy author David Wake
- Crime/thriller novelist Jill Todd
- Suspense thriller novelist, poet and children’s author Karl W Newton
- Children’s author, speaker and beekeeper! Meriet Duncan
- Crime/women’s novelist and non-fiction author and Self-Pub Fest founder Morgen with an ‘E’ (host)
We talked about what the middle of a novel should look like, how to avoid a ‘saggy’ middle, what to do if you find yourself with one (or without a middle!), whether genre affects the middle of novels, published novels that feel like they still have a saggy middle… and anything else we could think of.
These are free events but we’re raising money for local book-related charities and we’d be really grateful if you would donate whatever you afford via the Charities & Donate page. Thank you so much.
SHORT STORY & POETRY SATURDAYS #3 WITH BB ELSIN
BB Elsin joined me for the latest Short Story & Poetry Saturday, 11th April 2026…
Ideas revisited
Following on from the first T&T panel which took place on Thursday 12th March…
On Tuesday 7th April I, crime/women’s novelist and non-fiction author and Self-Pub Fest founder Morgen with an ‘E’, talked about ideas.
The recording from this session is below.
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If you’d like to take part in any of these sessions, do take a look at the other topics on The T&T Panels page, and there’s also the weekly Monday Mini-fests. The Participate page outlines the process of getting involved.
These are free events but we’re raising money for book charities local to the Aylesbury (Buckinghamshire, England) area and we’d be really grateful if you would donate whatever you afford via the Charities & Donate page. Thank you so much.
And the latest author spotlight (the 71st!) is on YouTube
Yes, Morgen chatted with Phil Oddy this afternoon about his author journey…