Organizers
Speakers
Tamlyn Currin DipWSET
Tamlyn is a senior editor for JancisRobinson.com. She was born and grew up in a wine-free, word-rich, book-mad family in Zimbabwe. It wasn’t until she arrived in the UK at the age of 21 that she discovered wine. By the time she was 30, she’d put herself through the WSET diploma and then gave up a managerial position in IT to start her career all over again – this time working for Jancis Robinson, where she has been for nearly 17 years. She is obsessed with flavor and smell and beauty, how they come together, and how we use language to communicate the magic. She loves to champion the unsung heroes of the wine world. Sustainability, however, is what matters most to her (she is currently studying for a BSC Hons degree in Environmental Science) – she wants the generations to come to be able to enjoy beautiful wine and the beauty of wine regions.
official event
Writing a good book: it takes a tribe | WinePlatform Room
Description
PLEASE NOTE: to attend this session, registration is required and is only available to users who already hold an access pass for the wine2wine Business Forum 2024. After purchasing your ticket, click the "Register to attend" button on this page and follow the simple step-by-step instructions. Please note that seats are limited: registration guarantees your spot until all seats are filled.
Writing a book is traditionally thought of as a rather solitary pursuit. The old cliché of “the writer’s garret” is still very much alive, even if the garret looks a little different nowadays. The accessibility of global research material from the writer’s desk and the increasing ease of self-publishing have reinforced the idea that authorship can be done “all by myself”. The advantage, self-published authors say, is that they are in control of the entire process. Of the many, many wine books Tamlyn Currin DipWSET read to review for JancisRobinson.com, she drew the conclusion that what really separates the well-written, highly readable books from the poor books is the tribe. The best books come together with the involvement of a whole team. The session will discuss the importance of roles and relationships, collaboration and control, recognition, respect and interdependencies, considering the tribe of people behind a book, including: editor, proofreader, fact-checker, designer, illustrator and/or photographer, foreword writer, subjects, sources, and publishers.