Canadian literary agent Morty Mint seeks literary & commercial fiction, plus narrative nonfiction & lifestyle

Monty Mint

Mint Literary Agency
719 Carbonate St.
Nelson, BC  V1L 4P9

http://mintliteraryagency.com/

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The Mint Literary Agency is based in Nelson, British Columbia. It represents authors from across Canada but has a special interest in developing writers from the Kootenays.

Morty Mint has close to 50 years in the book industry and has worked in England, Canada and the U.S.  He has headed up major book publishing companies, including Penguin Books in Canada and in the U.S. He has owned and operated a successful book distribution company, Mint Publishers Group, which developed the brands Guinness Book of Records and Ripley’s Believe It or Not into major bestsellers in North America and delivered both to the New York Times bestseller lists.  He is now devoting his considerable expertise and energies to building his literary agency. Morty is also a proactive member of the Nelson literary community, having been involved with the Kootenay Literary Competition and the Cultural Development Committee for the city of Nelson.

Monty represents literary and commercial fiction, including mystery and thrillers, plus narrative nonfiction and lifestyle books. He does not represent children’s stories or picture books, young adult fiction, fantasy, science fiction, poetry or screenplays.

Query Morty at: morty@mintliteraryagency.com

Include a one-page synopsis of the work, including genre and word count. For fiction, include the first 50 pages; for non-fiction, include a one-page book proposal and the completed manuscript. See the submissions page here.

Literary agency Stacey Donaghy

Brian Henry will lead How to Get Published workshops on Saturday, Oct 15, 2016, in Burlington with literary agent Cassandra Rodgers of The Rights Factory (see here), on Saturday, Oct 22, in London with Stacey Donaghy of the Donaghy agency (see here), on Saturday,  October 29, in Caledon, at the Bolton Public Library, with Martha Web of the McDermid Agency (see here), and on Saturday, January 28, 2017, in Toronto with Stacey Donaghy of the Donaghy agency (here). 

Note: If you're looking at this posting after January, 2017, check out current How to Get Published workshops here (and scroll down).

On Saturday, November 19, Brian will lead a Writing for Children and for Young Adults workshop in Mississauga with Anne Shone, senior editor, Scholastic Books as his guest speaker (see here). 

Note: If you're looking at this posting after Nov 19, 2016, check out current Writing for Children & for Young Adult workshops and weekly Writing Kid Lit courses here (and scroll down).

To register or for details, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca

Come the new year, a full slate of classes will be offered: (See details of all six here.)

Exploring Creative Writing, Thursday afternoons, Jan 26 – March 30, Burlington

Writing Personal Stories, Tursday mornings, Feb 9 – March 30, Oakville. Details here.

Intermediate Creative Writing, Wednesday evenings, Jan 18 - March 22, Burlington

Intermediate Creative Writing, Thursday evenings,Jan 19 – March 23, Georgetown
Intensive Creative Writing, Tuesday afternoons, Jan 25 – March 28, Burlington. Details to come.

Extreme Creative Writing, Wednesday afternoons,Jan 25 - March 15, Burlington

See details of all six courses here.

To reserve a spot, email brianhenry@sympatico.ca

Brian Henry also has a number of other workshops coming up soon: Writing and Revising,Saturday, Nov 5, in Midland (see here), How to Write Great Characters, Saturday, Nov 12, in Barrie (see here), and Writing Your Life and Other Personal Stories, Saturday, Dec 3, in Oakville (see here).

Read reviews of Brian’s courses and workshops here.

To register or for more information for any class or workshop, email brianhenry@sympatico.ca

See Brian’s full schedule here, including writing workshops, writing retreats, and creative writing courses in Algonquin Park, Alton, Barrie, Bracebridge, Brampton, Burlington, Caledon, Collingwood, Georgetown, Guelph, Hamilton, Ingersoll, Kingston, Kitchener, London, Midland, Mississauga, Newmarket, Orillia, Oakville, Ottawa, Peterborough, St. Catharines, St. John, NB, Sudbury, Thessalon, Toronto, Windsor, Halton, Ingersoll, Kitchener-Waterloo, Muskoka, Peel, Simcoe, York, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.