WRITING, PUBLISHING

Crafting a successful book proposal

What I learnt from years of writing and publishing non-fiction, distilled into a few simple principles.

Shawn Seah
7 min readJun 4, 2021

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A book talk I gave at Grassroots Book Room (a bookstore) in 2019

This article sets out some reflections and thoughts on writing a successful book proposal. It’s mostly a reminder to myself, but it might also help aspiring (or even…

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Shawn Seah

Singaporean writer and public speaker, passionate about education, social issues, and local history and community stories.