"How to Get Published" with literary agent Bridgette Kam of Westwood Creative Artists

A Summer Without Anna by Kate Jenks Landry
represented by Bridgette Kam

“How to Get Published”

An editor & a literary agent tell all

Saturday, May 31, 2025
1:15 – 5:00 p.m. Toronto time
Offered online and accessible wherever there's Internet

If you've ever dreamed of becoming a published author, this workshop is for you. We’ll focus on the process of submitting to an agent or publisher, and show you exactly how to write a query letter that will get a “yes.” Bring all your questions. Come and get ready to be published!

Special Option: Participants are invited to prepare a draft of a query letter you might use to interest an agent or publisher in your book. You don't need to prepare anything, but if you like, email me a draft of your query prior to our workshop. Bridgette and I will critique several queries,  so everyone can see what works, what doesn’t and how to improve your query. Do remember that agents come to these events wanting to hear what you’ve got. ~Brian

Guest speaker Bridgette Kam is a literary agent with Westwood Creative Artists. WCA is one of Canada’s largest literary agencies and also one of the oldest and most respected. The staff includes six full-time literary agents. Clients include Rohinton Mistry, Gina Buonaguro, Joanne Levy, Dennis Block, Kate Jenks Landry, Judy Anny Sadler, Linda Trinh, Alan Doyle, Thomas King, and Yann Martel. 

Bridgette joined WCA in 2019 after interning at McClelland & Stewart. She represents authors across three main areas: book club or upmarket fiction, nonfiction, and kid lit (middle grade, YA, and picture books). She’s looking for outstanding books in all these categories.

Workshop leader Brian Henry has been a book editor and creative writing instructor for more than 25 years. He publishes Quick Brown Fox, Canada’s most popular blog for writers, taught creative writing at Ryerson University, and has led workshops everywhere from Boston to Buffalo and from Windsor to Charlottetown. But his proudest boast is that he has helped many of his students get their first book published and launch their careers as authors.  

See reviews of and works inspired by Brian's classes, workshops, and retreats here.

Fee: $45.13 + 13% hst = $51 paid in advance by mail or Interac

To reserve a spot now, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca

See all of Brian’s upcoming weekly writing classes, one-day workshops, and weekend retreats here.