03 May 2013
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Cheryl Taylor, Controller of CBBC, in conversation with award-winning children’s TV writers Debbie Moon and Jonathan Wolfman.

A Writers' Guild event, Friday, 14 June, 2013 from 7:30pm, Blue Orange Theatre, Birmingham

Our panel will discuss the state of the children’s TV industry, and explore opportunities for children’s writers within the BBC and beyond.

Tickets are free to Writers' Guild members and £5 for non-members. To reserve your place visit the event booking page.

Cheryl Taylor (pictured, above), Controller of CBBC Channel, worked her way to a Commissioner’s role at Channel Four via stints in Comic Relief and BBC Entertainment. At Channel Four she commissioned Spaced and Black Books as well as the first Derren Brown extravaganza in 2000. After a spell as Head of Comedy at Hat Trick Productions she returned to the BBC Comedy Department overseeing award-winning shows such as Gavin and Stacey, The Royle Family and A Matter Of Loaf And Death. Cheryl became BBC Comedy Controller in 2009 and commissioned shows including Citizen Khan, Mrs Brown, Twenty Twelve, Cuckoo, Watson and Oliver, Hebburn and Bad Education. She was appointed Controller CBBC Channel in 2012.

Debbie Moon is a film and television writer living in mid-Wales. She has had over fifty short stories published, and her novel, Falling (Honno Press) was shortlisted for Welsh Book Of The Year. She has written for CBBC's The Sparticle Mystery, and is the creator and lead writer of the RTS-award-winning CBBC fantasy drama series Wolfblood. She also has a couple of feature scripts, and a supernatural drama series, in development.

Jonathan Wolfman came to CBBC from the independent sector to script edit series one of Tracy Beaker Returns and stayed with CBBC in-house drama to script edit the next two series, as well as The Dumping Ground series one, Wolfblood series one and two. He has also overseen scripts for the animation series Pet Squad.

To reserve your place visit the event booking page.

19 April 2013
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The latest literary event from the Writers' Guild - 20 May

Join literary polymath Stella Duffy for a morning of readings and discussion followed by a delicious two-course meal in Black's private members club. 

15 March 2013
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A free event on 18 April in London

Facilitated by writer Jenifer Toksvig, and featuring a panel of representatives from the Writers’ Guild, the Musicians’ Union and the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, this free event for writers and composers will address issues such as: acquiring rights, agents, commissions, contracts, copyright, development, optioning, percentages, productions, publishing, recordings, royalties, showcases and workshops. A representative of the Arts Council will answer writers’ questions about applying for Arts Council funding for the development of new work.

The Guild and the Musicans’ Union are running a survey in tandem with this event, the data from which will be used for the sole purpose of strengthening support for writers of musical theatre in the UK, in the continuous development of fair and reasonable guidelines for all aspects of the business. Complete the survey

6.30-9.45pm, 18 April, The Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3GA

 Doors open: 6.30pm 

Panel presentation: 7pm

Drinks and networking: 8-9.45pm

Book tickets by emailing Jenifer Toksvig: writers@acompletelossforwords.com

10 March 2013
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On March 20th at Chapter in Cardiff there will be a Welsh language special event where Guild members will be able to discuss current and future drama output on S4C with the new drama commissioner, Gwawr Martha Lloyd.

She will meet members at 8.00 pm in the committee meeting room for a question and answer session.