Welcome to Club PLUS
Join Club PLUS to gain access to an exciting range of self-paced short courses and mini-masterclasses. Created for writers of all forms of children’s fiction from picture book to young adult and everything in between, with new content added on a regular basis. All for only £25 per month!
Members have access to the very best Golden Egg industry editors, award-winning authors and experts in children’s writing and publishing.
Club PLUS is an evolution of our wonderful writing community the Golden Egg Club. Join Club PLUS to become part of this flourishing community of writers. All Club PLUS members will also have access to standard club benefits including weekly live expert Q&As, Book Club, a Facebook community group and more (see below).
Get a Sneak Peak
Delve into an exciting range of short-courses, from How to Write Dynamic Dialogue to Plotting for Success
Plotting for Success: Exploring Plot and Structure
What’s at Stake? Goals and Stakes for Your Story
The Glamour of Grammar
How to Write Dynamic Dialogue
Strategies to Develop Your Picture Book Plot
Enjoy our star-studded collection of mini-masterclasses, from Writing Horror with Jennifer Killick to Pitching to Literary Agents with Rachel Hamilton
Hook Them With Your Concept
Writing Horror for Children and Young Adults
Pitching to Literary Agents
Crafting Comedy for Children and Young Adults
The Golden Idea: Finding Your Story Idea
Both my agent and my first publishing deal came via the Golden Egg Academy. – M. G. Leonard, author of Beetle Boy
Short Courses and Mini-Masterclasses
Join Club PLUS to gain access to an exciting range of short courses and mini-masterclasses. Created for writers of all forms of children’s fiction, from picture book to YA and everything in between.
How It Works
I’m new to the club
Club PLUS is the ONLY industry-led members’ club for writers of children’s fiction and picture books in the UK.
Sign up to Club PLUS for only £25 a month and receive support from within the children’s publishing industry including editor support, the Golden Egg Club writing community and the opportunity to network with industry experts. PLUS our exciting new range of short courses and mini-masterclasses, created exclusively for Club PLUS members.
I’m already a Club member
Club PLUS is an evolution of the writing community you know and love with an extra sprinkling of Golden Egg magic.
As a Club PLUS member you will have access to all the standard Club benefits PLUS our exciting new range of short courses and mini-masterclasses, created exclusively for Club PLUS members. All for only £25 per month. Current Golden Egg Academy Club members can upgrade their current Club membership to a Club PLUS membership at any time.
Golden Egg gave me the tools, contacts and confidence to get my work out there and secure a publishing deal. – Simon James Green, author of Noah Could Never
Monthly Special Guest Events
As a Club PLUS member you will have the opportunity to join our monthly live Club events with special guests from the publishing industry. PLUS! You’ll also gain access to hundreds of hours of talks, Q&As and writing masterclasses from past events in our Club archives on teachable!
I can wholeheartedly say I would not have the brilliant agent I have now if it weren’t for Imogen and Golden Egg – Vashti Hardy, author of Brightstorm
Club PLUS Benefits
- Mini-masterclasses
- Short courses
- A monthly live with Imogen Cooper or Charlotte Maslen where you can ask questions about your writing and the children’s publishing industry (worth £100 per month)
- A monthly masterclass or Q&A with an industry expert – agent, published author, editor (Worth £100 per month)
- A monthly masterclass on children’s picture books
- A monthly masterclass on children’s fiction
- x3 live Q&As per month with industry Golden Egg editors where you can ask questions about the writing craft (worth £20 per month)
- NEW! Pitching sessions with Imogen Cooper and Charlotte Maslen
- A dedicated Facebook community group to support your writing and your development as a writer and provide key Club information
- Weekly community activities (worth £100 per month)
- Prizes/ competitions
- The Golden Egg Club Book Club
Please note, the accounts of existing club members will be automatically upgraded when they purchase a Club PLUS subscription.
Any current club members who become club plus members and decide to downgrade after six or twelve months to a standard club membership, will be downgraded to the current standard subscription cost.
Having written very little children’s fiction and armed only with a very rough first draft of my manuscript, I started my Golden Egg journey with little hope of actually becoming a professional writer. A few years later and I am now a published author with a wonderful agent and a three-book deal with my dream publishing house. If you’re looking for encouragement, guidance, industry knowledge and a community of like-minded writers, then The Golden Egg Academy is the nest you need to flock to! – Holly Rivers, author of Demelza & the Spectre Detectors