Excellent tips and suggestions in this guest blog post on Jane Friedman’s web site. It’s an excerpt from the writer's guide book How to Read for an Audience: The Stuff Nobody Teaches You, co-authored by public speaking coach and creative mentor James Navé (@JamesNave) and author and workshop leader Allegra Huston (@allegrahuston).

It includes lots of great advice in the following sections:

• Crafting an emotional connection
• Timing your reading
• Editing your material
• Parting advice

How to Plan a Book Reading That Delights Your Audience

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