Join author Grace Talusan and Restless Books editor and marketing director Nathan Rostron for a behind-the-scenes look at the process of publishing a book. What happens after the contracts are signed? What does an editor do? What can a writer expect from their editor, and how can they make the most of the editorial process? How does a first-time author navigate this new working relationship? How can authors and editors work together to market a book?
Nathan and Grace will offer insight on how to navigate a world that’s too often murky and out of reach, with concrete advice from their experiences collaborating on Grace’s acclaimed memoir The Body Papers, winner of the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing.
This is a pay-what-you-want fundraiser for For the Gworls, the Okra Project, and Black Lives Matter.
When: Tuesday, June 23, 7 pm
Where: Google Meet. Register here.
Grace Talusan was born in the Philippines and raised in New England. A graduate of Tufts University and the MFA Program in Writing at UC Irvine, she is the recipient of a U.S. Fulbright Fellowship to the Philippines and an Artist Fellowship Award from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Talusan teaches at the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts and is a longtime member of GrubStreet. She is the Fannie Hurst Writer-in-Residence at Brandeis University. The Body Papers, winner of the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing, is her first book.
Nathan Rostron is the Editor and Marketing Director of Restless Books. Previously, as an online literary editor, he helped to launch Bookish, an innovative book discovery startup. Prior to that, as an editor at Little, Brown and Company, he edited several award winners and New York Times bestsellers. Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, Nathan holds a BA in English from Pomona College and a Masters in English and Creative Writing from the University of Texas at Austin. He currently serves on the board of the Global Literature in Libraries Initiative.
By Grace Talusan
Winner of the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing
Winner of the Massachusetts Book Award for Nonfiction
Grace Talusan’s critically acclaimed memoir The Body Papers, a New York Times Editors’ Choice selection, powerfully explores the fraught contours of her own life as a Filipino immigrant and survivor of cancer and childhood abuse.
Paperback ISBN: 9781632060242 • Mar 3, 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 9781632061836 • Apr 9, 2019