Past Event

Odyssey: Session 2 Literary Labels: Helpful or Harmful?

6th Sep 2017

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Presenter: RMIT Professional Writing & Editing Students
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Event Duration: 60 minutes

Chick-lit, young adult, literary fiction – these are all labels given to books in order to make it easier for readers to find work that they will enjoy. But do these labels alienate more readers than they attract? And how can labels impact on a work's critical and commercial reception?
 
A panel discussion and debate with our guests Melissa Cranenburgh, Michael Webster, Jo Case and Fiona Wood.

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