The best way to make yourself 'discoverable' online is with a professional website, so that you and your writing can be easily found by prospective readers, publishers and literary festival event bookers. In this practical session, we'll use a simple (and free) web-hosting platform to build a professional website from scratch. All you need is an email address, a tablet or laptop, a few stock images, and any text you'd like to include.

There comes a time when every aspiring or emerging author will be asked by a publisher or agent if you have a social media following or online presence for your work and by the end of this day, you will! The platform we'll use in this workshop can create a basic landing page, all the way through to showcasing books or even adding a shop to sell your titles.

Participants will learn:

• how to set up a customised .com website address
• the key online elements you need to start building your author brand
• how to build a basic website and update it yourself (without tech help!)
• how to add sales and photo gallery functions
• website marketing tips for before and after you've published a book.

Please bring your own laptop or device to use on the day.

About Bronwyn Tilley

Bronwyn Tilley is a published author of thirteen commercial fiction novels and novellas writing as Bronwyn Stuart. She has had both feet planted firmly in the publishing industry for more than fifteen years and has a wealth of knowledge and background about what readers want and what sells in today's international and Australian markets. She is represented by a major New York literary agency, is an avid reader and spent a number of years as event manager and committee member for Romance Writers of Australia. She is now the program coordinator for Writers SA and lives in the Adelaide Hills with her family and domesticated menagerie.

WSA Member $77 / Non-member $115

Venue: City Library Tech Hub, Level 3 Rundle Place, Rundle Mall, Adelaide, SA 5000