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The HarperCollins Author Academy offers free training to support writers from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds. It is headed by Ken Wilson-Max, Publisher at Kumusha Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Children’s Books, and aims to provide authors the knowledge and skills to succeed.

Find out what you need before you apply, and how we select candidates for the upcoming courses in 2025, writing fiction, non-fiction, and writing for children.

The Academy offers three courses; Fiction, Non-fiction, and Children’s Books running remotely for six weeks, with weekly tutorials, with access to other course materials. Additional masterclasses cover the fundamentals of publishing the business.