NZSA Webworkshops – a series of webinars to enable ongoing professional development

Featuring writers and industry professionals offering virtual workshops on topics such as self-publishing, romance writing, poetry, structure, short stories, pitching, contract advice, dystopian writing and the business of writing.

All Webworkshops are hosted on Zoom. Zoom is free to download

Learn more about what to expect in a Webworkshop in this article from the NZ Author magazine – Spring 2020

Webworkshops – 2025 season

Melissa Addey – How to Make and Use Book Trailers

7pm to 9pm, Tues, 17 June

What can you use a book trailer for? A lot! From plotting to marketing, as well as author branding, a book trailer is a great way to engage your readers. This fun and practical session will show you how to develop your own good quality book trailers without overspending.

The session will cover:
– The many ways you can use book trailers in your book marketing strategy.
– Practicalities of how to make a book trailer: storytelling, sourcing images and music, easy to use software, length and quality, using social proof and the all-important final shot. You’ll leave inspired and with a practical list of resources and ideas to create your own book trailers as part of your book marketing plans. You’ll be shown plenty of examples of book trailers throughout the session, but if you want to take a sneak peek, pop over to www.MelissaAddey.com/books and explore: every book has a book trailer available on its individual page.

Melissa Addey writes richly researched historical fiction inspired by what she calls “the footnotes of history” – forgotten stories and intriguing lives from the past. Her novels span Ancient Rome, medieval Morocco, 18th-century China, and Regency England. She has a PhD in Creative Writing, was Writer in Residence at the British Library, and lives in London with her family. Discover her books (and get a free novella) at www.melissaaddey.com.

NZSA members $35 Non-members $75

Register HERE

Please note that the Webworkshop is held on Zoom.
Bookings close 1pm, two business days prior to the workshop or when workshop reaches capacity.
If you are unable to make the live event, all attendees can access a recording of the Webworkshop to view for one month after it is aired live.

Past Webworkshops

Elizabeth Heritage – Book campaign planning: media releases, pitching to journalists and more

“Can I just say that I am so enjoying these online classes – so much better than having to go out in the cold, wrestle for a park etc. Please keep providing these! I live part of the time on a farm and it is just so wonderful to be able to participate in these sorts of things when I am not in the city. Makes all the difference!”