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THE 30 PLACES ON THE VINTAGE OPEN DAY HAVE NOW BEEN TAKEN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST.

Vintage Publishing cordially invites you to our first Open Day!

10am – 4pm, Monday 18th April 2011, 30 places at £35, concessions £30

at Random House, 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2SA

As part of our celebrations for the 21^st anniversary of Vintage Books, for one day only we’ll be throwing wide our doors and offering 30 lucky guests a sneak peek at the mysteries of the publishing process.

• Short talks from Dan Franklin (publisher at Jonathan Cape), production managers, designers, and sales, publicity and marketing directors will guide you through the process from manuscript to bookshelf.

• Author Kevin Barry discuss the acquisition, editing and publishing of his new book, City of Bohane, with his editor and literary agent.

• Booksellers, publishers and digital editors will consider the future of publishing in the brave new world of ebooks, Kindles and apps.

• Prize-winning Vintage author Rose Tremain will drop by to discuss her experience of publishing with her longstanding editor, Penny Hoare, and sign copies of her new bestseller, Trespass.

Lunch, refreshments and Vintage goodie bags will be provided.

If you’d like to reserve a place, please email vintageopenday@randomhouse.co.uk giving your name, age, profession and any dietary requirements*. We’d also like to know how you heard about the event and why you’re interested in attending. Places will be allocated on a first come-first serve basis.

*Registering your interest in this event is completely voluntary and you may choose how much, if any, personal information you provide in doing so. This event is run by The Random House Group Limited. We will keep your personal information secure and only use it for the purposes of administering the event and/or contacting you in relation to other future events (unless you indicate that we cannot do so). If you do not wish to be contacted in relation to future events, please state this in your message. We may pass your personal information on to our subsidiaries as necessary only for the purposes of administering the event. We will not sell, rent, trade or otherwise pass your personal information to any third party other than our subsidiaries as indicated. Please be aware that there are a limited number of tickets available for this event and registering your interest does not guarantee a ticket.