On Friday we’re offering a range of professional development opportunities, starting with bookable 1:1 sessions with industry folks: come and ask your questions! 

Some practical points: 

• Each session lasts for 10 minutes. Use the booking box below to book a slot.
• There’s no set up time - be prepared to make the most of your 15 minutes and come prepared with your questions 
• There’s no application process and it’s not possible to submit material in advance
• The Festival doesn’t have devices available for presentations 
• We recommend you arrive 15 minutes ahead of your booked slot! 

Book a 10-minute session with leading literary agent Molly Ker Hawn to pitch your book idea and receive feedback.

Director at David Higham Associates, Molly represents many acclaimed children’s writers, including Louie Stowell, author of the bestselling series Loki: A Bad God’s Guide, Frances Hardinge, winner of the Costa Book of the Year, and award-winning Irish writer and illustrator Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick. 

In these sessions, Molly is available to discuss: 

• Children’s fiction – ages 7+
• Middle-grade fiction
• Fiction for teenagers and young adults

Please note: 

• In these sessions, Molly will discuss fiction for children and young adults only
• There’s no application process and it’s not possible to submit material in advance
• If you’d like to show images, please bring your own device to the session 

If you’re interested in discussing fiction for adults, please see our 1:1 sessions with agent David H. Headley. Click here for details. 

Meet Molly

Molly Ker Hawn is a literary agent and director at David Higham Associates, and believes that reading is one of the best ways to learn to be empathetic, courageous, open-minded and funny – and loves finding books that she thinks children or teenagers will devour. 

Her clients’ books have been New York Times, Sunday Times and international bestsellers and have won and been shortlisted for the American Library Association’s Michael L. Printz Award and William C. Morris YA Debut Award, the Barnes & Noble Children’s Book Award, the Costa Book Award, the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, the Carnegie Medal, the Children’s Books Ireland Book Award, the An Post Irish Book Awards, the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis and more. 

With a primary focus on books for children and teenagers, her client list includes Angie Thomas, Frances Hardinge, Louie Stowell, Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick and Peadar Ó Guilín.