🎙 INTERVIEW: Writing Bestselling Business Books & Creating a Happier Work Life with Tim Duggan
​** This is a LIVE interview with author Tim Duggan about the craft of writing and reality of building a writing career. Attendees will be sent a recording after the interview. **
​How do you turn a good idea into a brilliant one and share it with the world? What if the key to success wasn’t working harder, but working happier?
​Tim Duggan is a bestselling author, award-winning entrepreneur, and a champion of purposeful work. As the co-founder of Junkee Media and Chair of the Digital Publishers Alliance, Tim has spent his career at the forefront of digital media and creative business. His first book, Cult Status, was named Australia’s Best Entrepreneurship Book, and his follow-up, Killer Thinking, was recognised by Apple Books as one of the best reads of the year.
​Now with his latest release, Work Backwards, Tim explores how to build meaningful careers and companies by rethinking the way we work.
​Join us for a conversation with Tim as we explore his writing process, idea development strategies, and his mission to make work—and life—more fulfilling.
​We’ll explore:
​How to avoid burnout and build a sustainable creative life
​Turning good ideas into brilliant ones
​Tim’s process for distilling complex ideas into clear, engaging writing
​The surprising link between creativity and happiness
​Why now is the perfect time to rethink how and why we work
​About Tim DugganÂ
​Tim Duggan is an optimist who loves thinking about big ideas. Tim has co-founded several digital media ventures, most notably Junkee Media, one of the leading independent publishers in Australia.
​His first book, Cult Status, was awarded the Best Entrepreneurship and Small Business Book at the 2021 Australian Business Book Awards, and his second book on creativity, Killer Thinking, was named one of the Best Books of 2022 by Apple Books.
​Tim’s new book, Work Backwards, explores how anyone can take advantage of a once-in-a-generations opportunity to rethink how and why we work.
​Tim is also the Chair of the Digital Publishers Alliance, an industry body that represents over one hundred and fifty titles from leading independent digital publishers. He began his career as a music journalist for Rolling Stone, and currently lives with his husband in Mallorca.
​He writes on Substack at OUTLET: One Useful Thing Literally Every Time.
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​Parul Bavishi and Matt Trinetti are the co-founders of the London Writers' Salon, creators of the webby-nominated Writers' Hour daily writing sessions, and hosts of the London Writers' Salon podcast.
​Parul Bavishi has been an editor for over a decade. In addition to running LWS she helps thriller, YA and non-fiction writers level up their craft and get published. She writes and edits for the Story Grid. She has worked as an editor and literary scout at Random House, Quercus & Eccles Fisher. She analyses TV hit shows (Killing Eve, Ozark, Game of Thrones) on the Story Grid Showrunners Podcast.
​Matt Trinetti is a writer, publisher, TEDx speaker, and facilitator. In addition to running LWS, Matt designs programs to help unfulfilled professionals pursue creative work, start businesses, and reinvent their careers. Matt's work has appeared in Quartz, Observer, Creative Mornings, and on his blog GiveLiveExplore.
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