Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Two new Canadian literary agents and 7 other agents at Transatlantic are accepting submissions

Transatlantic Agency
72 Glengowan Road
Toronto, ON M4N 1G4
Canada

Jesse Finkelstein and Trena White of Page Two Strategic Publishing have joined Transatlantic Literary agency as associate agents and like all new agents, they need authors. 

Jesse Finkelstein specializes in upmarket, accessible non-fiction that challenges current conceptions, whether through a “big ideas” book or narrative. "I am drawn to entrepreneurs and people who are innovators in their fields and writing about current affairs, business, culture, politics, technology, religion, and the environment," says Jesse. "I am most interested in authors who have an existing platform."

Attach a (maximum) 20-page writing sample/excerpt as a Microsoft Word document, along with a publishing history and synopsis. Please note if other agents are also considering the project. Due to the volume of submissions received, replies will be sent only for submissions being actively considered.

Trena White specializes in upmarket, accessible non-fiction that challenges current conceptions, whether through a “big ideas” book or narrative. “I am drawn to entrepreneurs and people who are innovators in their fields and writing about current affairs, business, culture, politics, technology, religion, and the environment,” says Trena. “I am most interested in authors who have an existing platform. No memoirs please.”

Include a maximum 20-page writing sample/excerpt embedded in the body of the email, along with a publishing history and synopsis. No attachments. Please note if other agents are also considering the project. Due to the volume of submissions received, replies will be sent only for submissions being actively considered.

In addition, seven other agents at Transatlantic are accepting queries. Five of these are looking for books for adults:


And two are seeking children’s authors and/or illustrators:


Full submission guidelines here.

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Anne Shone
Brian Henry will lead a “Writing for Children & for Young Adults” workshop with Anne Shone, Senior Editor at Scholastic Canada, on Saturday, May 2, in Oakville (see here).

Brian will also lead "How to Get Published" workshops in Windsor (for my American readers, that's just across the river from Detroit), on Sunday, May 31, with Martha Magor Webb of the Anne McDermid Agency (see here) and in Mississauga on Saturday, June 20, again with Martha Magor Webb (here).  

For more information or to register, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca

Other upcoming workshops, include “How to Build Your Story,”  Saturday, April 25, in Thessalon (here), Saturday, May 9 in London (here) and Saturday, May 30 in Guelph (here), and “Secrets of Writing a Page-turner,” Saturday, May 23, in Barrie (here) and Saturday, June 6, in Georgetown (here).

Martha Magor Webb
The spring session of Brian’s weekly creative writing courses begins in April. There is still space in two courses: Exploring Creative Writing” Wednesday evenings in Burlington (see here) and “Writing Personal Stories” on Tuesday afternoons in Mississauga (here).

Summer course will start at the end of June. Intensive Creative Writing will be offered in two time slots: on Tuesday and Thursday afternoon, both in Burlington. “Writing Personal Stories” will be offered Thursday afternoons in Burlington. These aren’t yet posted, but the same courses repeat from season to season and you can find descriptions of all the courses regularly offered here.

Read reviews of Brian’s courses and workshops here.
For more information or to reserve a spot, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca

See Brian's full schedule here, including writing workshops and creative writing courses in Barrie, Brampton, Bolton, Burlington, Caledon, Cambridge, Collingwood, Georgetown, Guelph, Hamilton, Kingston, London, Midland, Mississauga, Newmarket, Niagara on the Lake, Orillia, Oakville, Ottawa, Peterborough, St. Catharines, Sudbury, Thessalon, Toronto, Windsor, Halton, Kitchener-Waterloo, Muskoka, Peel, Simcoe, York, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.


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