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AGENT SESSION - On Agents & the Publishing Industry
AGENT SESSION WITH SAM HIYATE
Wednesday, August 14, 2024 | 7PM-8:30PM
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Non-Members: $20
The current state of publishing looks dismal and bleak. It’s so competitive whether trying to get an agent or publish with a small press. With the rise of self-publishing, where do publishers and agents fit into the changing landscape? Is there still a benefit to landing an agent? And if so, how the heck do you go about it. Come to this session and learn what agents look for, what to expect from an agent and how to get your work to rise above the rest to land one.
THIS WORKSHOP TAKES PLACE AT THE ALEXANDRA WRITERS CENTRE SOCIETY.
Sam Hiyate is keen to discover new voices and help writers prepare their works for market, and to help them build lasting careers. In the past two decades with THE RIGHTS FACTORY his hundreds of book deals have resulted in several bestsellers such as MORE, the memoir by Molly Roden Winter, THIS ONE SUMMER, the graphic novel by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki, non-fiction such as HEALTHY AF (DITCH THE DIET) by Oonagh Duncan and THE MYTH of CAPITALISM by Jonathan Tepper and Denise Hearn, and fiction such as GIRLS IN WHITE DRESSES by Jennifer Close and THE ADULT by Bronwyn Fischer.
The Host of the podcast Agent Provocateur, Sam regularly appears at writers conferences and also teaches publishing (Toronto Metropolitan University) and Creative Writing (University of Toronto). Before The Rights Factory, Sam ran the literary division of The Lavin Agency in 2003, building a client list and completing his first deals. Sam also worked as editor and publisher for the small press, Gutter Press, from 1993 to 2002, and worked at the literary magazines Blood & Aphorisms and The Quarterly in the 90s.
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