How to Get Published: An editor and an agent tell all

Saturday, June 16, 2012 - 10:00am

Volunteer Hamilton
267 King St. East
Hamilton, ON
L8N 1B7

If you've ever dreamed of becoming a published author, this workshop is for you. We’ll cover everything from getting started to getting an agent, from getting your short pieces published to finding a book publisher, from writing a query letter to writing what the publishers want. Bring your questions. Come and get ready to be published!

Workshop leader Brian Henry has been a book editor and creative writing instructor for more than 25 years and publishes Quick Brown Fox, Canada’s most popular blog for writers. He has helped many of his students get their first book published and launch their careers as authors.

Guest speaker Carly Watters is an Associate Agent at the P.S. Literary Agency. P.S. was established by Curtis Russell in 2005. It's located in Oakville and represents commercial fiction and nonfiction. It is also seeking literary fiction and crossover Young Adult fiction. P.S. seeks to work with clients who are professional and committed to their goals. In addition to contract negotiations, editorial and marketing guidance, the agency will pursue foreign, audio, digital, TV/film and serial rights for its clients.

Carly represents a diverse list of fiction, nonfiction and children's authors including Mary Akers, Ian T Healy, Jay Onrait and Colin Mochrie. Never without a book on hand, she reads across categories which is reflected in the genres she represents, including literary and commercial fiction, upmarket nonfiction, YA and picture books.

Carly did her MA in Publishing Studies at City University London in the UK where she worked in the publishing industry at the Darley Anderson Literary, TV and Film Agency, and Bloomsbury PLC before returning to Canada in 2010 to join the P.S Literary Agency. She attends Book Expo America in New York, the London Book Fair and the International Festival of Authors in Toronto.

For more about P.S. Literary Agency, see here.

Fee: $32.74 + 13% hst = $37 paid in advance or $35.40 + 13% hst = $40 if you wait to pay at the door.

To reserve your spot, email brianhenry@sympatico.ca