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How to Cook a Book: Mark Diacono, Skye McAlpine and Rowan Yapp

How to Cook a Book: Mark Diacono, Skye McAlpine and Rowan Yapp

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Dec 11, 2023
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They Zoom in to our How to Cook a Book retreat, these wizards with words, but leave the kind of impression that perhaps a chat over a drink at a party could never have. And as the first session of our first morning, it’s a wake up call to all our writers of how it can be done.

Last week’s retreat kicked off with a stellar cast, as always.

Mark Diacono
and Skye McAlpine representing the writers, and Rowan Yapp, publishing director of illustrated non fiction at Bloomsbury (and Skye’s publisher) batting for the industry.

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