Winners and Short Lists for the 2016 Giller Prize and the Governor General's Awards

Update: And the winner of both the Giller Prize and the Governor General's Award for fiction is Madeleine Thien for Do Not Say We Have Nothing.

And the Governor General's Award for young people's books, went to Martine Leavitt for Calvin (published by Groundwood Books / House of Anansi Press. For information about submitting to Groundwood Books, see here). For the full list of the 2016 winners of a GG, see here.

Note: If anyone wants to review any of the books shortlisted for either a Giller Prize or a Governor General's Award, I'd be pleased to post it. More generally, Quick Brown Fox welcomes your reviews of books and movies or whatever else catches your eye. Details here. Read how to write a book review (or any kind of review) here. ~Brian

The short lists for the 2016 Giller Prize and the 2016 Governor General’s Awards were recently announced. Two novels made both lists: Yiddish for Pirates by Gary Barwin and Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien.  So I guess, for now, these are the hot books of the season. But let’s see who actually wins…

Here’s the short list for the 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize:

Mona Awad for her novel 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl, published by Penguin Canada

Gary Barwin for his novel Yiddish for Pirates, published by Random House Canada

Emma Donoghue for her novel The Wonder, published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd

Catherine Leroux for her novel The Party Wall, published by Biblioasis International Translation Series, translated by Lazer Lederhendler. For information about submitting to Biblioasis, see here.

Madeleine Thien for her novel Do Not Say We Have Nothing, published by Alfred A. Knopf Canada

Zoe Whittall for her novel The Best Kind of People, published by House of Anansi Press. For information about submitting to Anansi, see here.  

And here are two of the short lists for the 2016 Governor General’s Prize:

For fiction:

Gary Barwin for his novel Yiddish for Pirates, published by Random House Canada

Anosh Irani for The Parcel, published by Alfred A. Knopf Canada (a Penguin Random House Canada imprint)

Kerry Lee Powell for Willem de Kooning’s Paintbrush, published byHarperCollins

Madeleine Thien for Do Not Say We Have Nothing, published by Alfred A. Knopf Canada / Penguin Random House Canada

Katherena Vermette for The Break, published by House of Anansi Press. For information about submitting to Anansi, see here. 

For Young People’s Books (text – there’s a separate illustrations prize):

Mikaela Everett for The Unquiet, Greenwillow Books / HarperCollins

E.K. Johnston for A Thousand Nights, Hyperion / Disney Book Group

Trilby Kent for Once in a Town Called Moth, Tundra Books / Penguin Random House Canada For information about submitting to Tundra Books, see here.

Martine Leavitt for Calvin, published by Groundwood Books / House of Anansi Press. For information about submitting to Groundwood Books, see here.  

Tim Wynne-Jones for The Emperor of Any Place, Candlewick Press

See the full list of nominees for the GG’s here.

Literary Agent Martha Webb of
the McDermid Agency 

Brian Henry will lead How to Get Published workshops on Saturday,  October 29, in Caledon, at the Bolton Public Library, with Martha Web of the McDermid Agency (see here) and Saturday, January 28, 2017, in Toronto with Stacey Donaghy of the Donaghy Agency (see here). 

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

Then 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

But the best way of getting your manuscript ready for publication, may be with a weekly writing course. 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. Details here.

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

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

To reserve a spot or for more details, 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).

To register of for more information for any of the above, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca 

Read reviews of Brian’s courses and workshops here.

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

“On electoral reform, the Liberals have their fingers in their ears,” by Brian Henry

Our Liberal government has made a terrible hash of its bid to engage Canadians in a dialogue about electoral reform. Along with 65% or 73% of Canadians (according to different polls (here & here), I believe that if the government is going to change our electoral system it ought to hold a referendum.

I even put my name to a petition urging the Liberals to do just that. After all, the government claims it wants to hear from Canadians, so what the heck. Some 14,000 other Canadians also thought it was worthwhile engaging in the dialogue the Liberals say they want and also put their names to the petition.

Apparently, though, the Liberals only want to talk to people who agree with them. The minister of democratic reform was good enough to respond to our petition, but apparently without reading it. She did not say whether the government might consider a referendum. She didn’t argue against a referendum. Apparently she didn’t even notice our petition concerned a referendum.

Instead, her response was a collection of off-the-shelf talking points, including two references to the importance of listening to Canadians.

Well, Canadians have spoken: a large majority want a referendum. The Liberal response? To put their fingers in their ears and sing, “La, la, la – we can’t hear you!”

For that matter, Canadians have already spoken on the outcome of the process: we don’t want electoral change. A poll conducted by Insights West found 62% of Canadians are satisfied with our current system, while only 25% dissatisfied (here).

The Broadbent Institute conducted a poll on the issue, and much as this left wing think tank would have loved to report that Canadians want a new electoral system, people just didn’t cooperate. Fifty-eight percent said they’d like only minor changes or no changes, compared to 41% who wanted big changes.

Mind you, that minority who’d like a new voting system don’t all want the same system. When, or if, the Liberals do propose some specific plan, the “change” vote will split, with many saying, No, not this change.

Indeed, Ontario, BC and PEI have already gone down the path of electoral reform, and since these provinces were led by people who believe in democracy, they held referenda. Each time, the proposed change to the way we vote was defeated. In Ontario, by far Canada’s most populous province, the proposal suffered one of the most massive political defeats in Canadian history.

The Liberals know all this. Trudeau has even used the likelihood of defeat as an argument against a referendum. “Many of the people who propose we need a referendum,” said Trudeau, “well they know that the fact is that referendums are a pretty good way of not getting any electoral reform.”

Well, yes, if people don’t want electoral reform, then we shouldn’t have it. That’s called listening to Canadians.

But Trudeau began the debate about electoral change by declaring that 2015 would be the last election held under our current “first past the post” system – in other words, he began disallowing the option most Canadians want. This isn’t listening. This is the Liberals putting their whole fists in their ears and singing, “My way.”

In truth, most Canadians don’t want to discuss our electoral system at all. 

Unfortunately, interested parties are involved. The Greens and the NDP are currently polling at 5% and 13% (here), but would still like to force their policies on Canadians by holding the balance of power. That’s what they hope a move toward proportional representation will give them.

For their part, some Liberals are scheming for a perpetual majority – one that pushes the NDP right off the electoral map – which is what they hope a move toward a preferential ballot will give them.

But the strongest force driving the debate about electoral reform comes from a small but obsessive cult of political wonks. These Utopians share a collective delusion that breaking our electoral system and replacing it with something shiny and new will bring political nirvana down from the heavens.

Of course, others argue that electoral change will multiply our problems. (For example, see what I had to say in the Toronto Star during the debate about electoral reform in Ontario here).

Most Canadians, though, would simply like our politicians to get on with governing.

Maybe there’s hope. In an interview with Paul Wells of the Toronto Star back at the beginning of summer, Trudeau said: “Actually, I have moved in my thinking toward a greater degree of openness towards what Canadians actually want.”

And then just a couple days ago, he told Le Devoir that maybe he won’t change things after all. "With the current system, they {Canadians} now have a government with which they’re happier {his government}. And the need to change the electoral system is less compelling," Trudeau said modestly (here).

He might have added that the Liberals have found almost no support for the preferential voting system which they'd prefer, while any form of proportional system (which the NDP prefers) would be a disaster for the Liberals. It would threaten, not only the Liberal majority next election, but even the continued existence of the Liberal party. (See halfway down here).

But I shouldn’t be cynical. If Trudeau decides to drop the idea of changing the way we vote – for whatever reason – then he can get on with things Canadians actually want him to work on: improving the lot of our aboriginal peoples, funding hospitals, maybe even building a pipeline. Hey, it’s a wonderful world – anything’s possible. 

Intermediate Creative Writing courses in Burlington and Georgetown, January – March

Intermediate Creative Writing

Ten weeks toward mastering your craft

Wednesday evenings, 6:45 – 9:00 p.m.
Begins by email Jan 11; classes run Jan 18 – March 22, 2017

Appleby United Church, 4407 Spruce Ave, Burlington, Ontario (Map here.)

Note: See details of all six classes offered in the new year here.

This course isn't for beginners; it's for people who have been writing for a while or who have done a class or two before and are working on their own projects. Over the length of the course, you’ll be asked to bring in five pieces of your writing for detailed feedback. All your pieces may be from the same work, such as a novel in progress, or they may be stand alone pieces. You bring whatever you want to work on.

Besides critiquing pieces, the instructor will give short lectures at the start of class, addressing the needs of the group, and in addition to learning how to critique your own work and receiving constructive suggestions about your writing, you’ll discover that the greatest benefits come from seeing how your classmates approach and critique a piece of writing and how they write and re-write. This is a supportive group and a rewarding class.

Read reviews of Brian’s intermediate courses here, and see other reviews here.

Number of attendees strictly limited.

Fee: $184.96 plus hst = 209.  

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

Instructor 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, teaches creative writing at Ryerson University and has led workshops everywhere from Boston to Buffalo and from Sarnia to Saint John. But his proudest boast is that he's helped many of his students get published.

Read reviews of Brian’s courses and workshops here.

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

Congratulations to the winners and finalists for John Kenneth Galbraith Literary Award; plus Kira Vermond nominated for Silver Birch Award and offering a writing class for kids

Barbara Baker at the Fall Colours retreat

Congratulations to Barbara Baker of Calgary for winning the John Kenneth Galbraith Literary Award for 2016 and the $2,000 prize that comes with it.

I had the pleasure of meeting Barbara (and reading some of her writing) in September when she attended my Fall Colours Writing Retreat at Arowhon Pines Resort in Algonquin Park.

Congratulations also to the runners-up: Peggy Bracken (who’s a regular at my classes in Georgetown) and Laurie Flynn, author of the YA novel Firsts, and who’s been a regular at my workshops in London, Ontario.

Congratulations also to all the semi-finalists and particularly to the ones I’ve met: Mary Steer, who’s a regular at my Wednesday afternoon class in Burlington, Alyssa Foulkes, who I’ve met at my workshops in Guelph, and Denise Noddin who’s been to my workshops in various locales in Southwest Ontario. 

And congratulations to the semi-finalists I don’t think I’ve met (and my apologies if we have met and I’ve forgotten): Susan Burdett of Dutton, Ontario, Ken McBeath of Courteny, British Columbia, and Anya Prohaszka of Belmont, Ontario. I hope our paths will cross soon. ~ Brian

For information about the John Kenneth Galbraith Literary Award, see here.

Hi, Brian.

Great news to share: My latest book, Half-Truths and Brazen Lies, has been nominated for a Silver Birch Award this year for the fabulous Forest of Reading program!  

Even better news? I’m teaching a kids’ writing class at The Bookshelf in Guelph starting this weekend (running 4 weeks) and I have three spots left. It’s for kids in grades 5-7. If you know of any children who love to write and are in those grades, feel free to get the word out. You’re welcome to pass along this message to parents who you think might be interested too. 

If your children are already signed up, I’m looking forward to seeing them on Saturday! (Just come up the stairs and head down the hall to the back. We’ll be at the big harvest table there.)

For more information see here.

Kira Vermond

www.kiravermondkids.com

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

Writing & Revising workshop, Saturday, Feb 25, in Burlington

Writing and Revising

Saturday, February 25, 2017

10:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Burlington Central Library 2331 New Street, Burlington, Ontario (Map here)

If you want to refine your story-telling skills and cut the time you will need to spend editing, this workshop is for you. You'll learn how to step back from a manuscript in order to find – and fix – flaws in your plot, structure, characterization and style. You'll learn how to rethink, rework and rewrite so that your manuscript will live up to your vision.

Special Option: You’re invited to bring the first 500 – 1,000 words of one of your pieces of writing. You don’t need to bring anything, but if you do, three copies could be helpful.

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, teaches creative writing at Ryerson University and has led workshops everywhere from Boston to Buffalo and from Sarnia to Saint John. But his proudest boast is that he has helped many of his students get published. 

You can read reviews of Brian's courses and workshops here. 

Fee: 43.36 + 13% hst = 49 paid in advance by mail or Interac

or 46.90 + 13% hst = 53 if you wait to pay at the door

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

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

Canadian literary agency the Donaghy Group now has 5 agents seeking authors, wants middle grade, young adult & new adult, sci-fi & fantasy, literary fiction, memoir & other nonfiction

Chasing Crazy by Kelly Siskind,
represented by Donaghy Literary

Donaghy Literary Group

Headquartered near Toronto, Canada

http://www.donaghyliterary.com/

Note: Don't ever miss a post on Quick Brown Fox. Fill in your email in the box to the right under my bio and get each post delivered to your Inbox. Also, if you’re not yet on my newsletter list, send me an email, including your locale, at: brianhenry@sympatico.ca ~Brian

The Donaghy Literary Group is growing! This Canadian agency has hired two more agents, both based in New York, and has promoted Valerie Noble to Senior Agent and Sue Miller to full agent. (Congrats, Valerie and Sue!) 
All five agents are open to submissions: Stacey Donaghy, Valerie Noble, Amanda Ayers Barnett, Alex Franks, and Sue Miller.  Representing New York Times, USA Today and Amazon bestselling authors, they’re focused on commercial fiction – for adults, new adult, young adults and middle grade – and are always interested in new and upcoming talented writers. 

Note: Sue Miller of the Donaghy Group will be my guest speaker at an upcoming How to Get Published workshop on Saturday, April 22, 2017, in Midland (see here). Check out all upoming How to Get Published workshops here (and scroll down). ~Brian

(If you're looking at this posting after Jan 28, 2017, find updates about the Donaghy Agency and appearances by its agents here).

Amanda Ayers Barnett began her publishing career 20 years ago, fresh out of Middlebury College and Radcliffe Publishing Course. She has worn many hats: Publicity Assistant at Random House, Associate Editor at Pocket Books, Acquisitions Editor at Re.ad Publishing, and freelance book editor for New York Book Editors. She’s thrilled to add Literary Agent to her titles. And like all new agents, Amanda needs authors.

Amanda is seeking Middle Grade fiction, Young Adult fiction, New Adult fiction, Women’s fiction and Mysteries and Thrillers. She enjoys coming of age stories and precocious main characters, but more than anything, she loves an intriguing and well-written story.

When she’s not working, Amanda can be found in the bleachers at one of her three sons’ numerous sporting events. 

Query Amanda through the Donaghy Group's submissions manager here. 

In the subject line, write “Query,” followed by story title, and genre. Paste a one or two page synopsis below your query and the first ten pages of your double-spaced manuscript below that. No attachments.

Alex Franks has also joined the Donaghy agency, as a junior agent, but he’s not open to submissions at this time. Watch this space to hear when Alex does start looking for authors.

Before joining the agency, Alex worked as a bookseller and book club collector organizer at The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City and as a freelance editor for MysteriousPress.com and proof reader for Europa Editions. He also worked as an editorial intern for both Europa Editions and Grove/Atlantic and has written regularly for Kirkus Reviews and Forward Reviews, primarily about independent and self-published works.  

Query Alex through the Donaghy Group's submissions manager here.

Stacey Donaghy began her career with an agency in New York and in 2013 opened the doors to Donaghy Literary Group in Canada.

Asked what manuscripts she’d like to get right now, Stacey said, “I would love to see more diverse stories that are highly commercial.  LGBTQ stories that focus on the characters and story development and less on the 'issues' related to coming out or being out.  

“It would be exciting to receive a LGBTQ in adult or YA that is story driven, such as a romance or thriller in Adult and in YA a Mean Girls, Duff, even a thriller that highlights diversity but where the story leads the way.”

More generally, Stacey is seeking Adult, New Adult, Young Adult, and Middle Grade fiction. Specifically, she’s looking for:

Romantic Suspense 

LGBTQ Stories, standalone or series

Diverse books

Contemporary romance (she loves smart and edgy characters)

Romance with varying heat levels

New Adult

Thrillers

Middle Grade, she’s looking for quirky not cute.  

Young Adult – lower, mid and upper YA (No sci-fi/fantasy or historic)

Query Stacey  through the Donaghy Group's submissions manager here.

Valerie Noble has been promoted to Senior Agent – but she’s still looking for authors! Based in the U.S., Valerie loves science fiction and fantasy (think Kristin Cashore and Suzanne Collins), but she reads everything; for her, it’s more about the writing and less about the genre.

Valerie is seeking Young Adult and New Adult in the following areas:

Science fiction

Fantasy

Historical fantasy

Historical fiction

Valerie is generally not interested in romance or paranormal.

Query Valerie  through the Donaghy Group's submissions manager here.

In the subject line, write “Query,” followed by story title, genre, and “Valerie Noble”

Paste a one or two page synopsis below your query and the first ten pages of your manuscript below that. No attachments. 

Sue Miller has been promoted to full agent. She graduated with a degree in English Literature from York University in Toronto, as well as a certificate in publishing, from Ryerson University. Sue previously worked in children's publishing with Scholastic Canada.

Prior to joining DLG, Sue interned for Bree Ogden during her time at the D4EO agency. Sue dabbles in writing and has edited short stories for other writers. An admitted social media junkie, Sue is always interested in the latest platforms for networking and relationship building within the industry. This led her to complete her Digital Marketing Management certificate from the University of Toronto.

Sue is seeking to partner with new, diverse voices in all genres of Young Adult fiction, and in Literary, Upmarket and Commercial fiction, and character-driven Romance, including all subgenres except historical.

Her interests include:

YA – any sub genre (think Rainbow Rowell, John Green, Cynthia Hand, Stephanie Perkins, Colleen Hoover) 

Urban Fantasy (think Sandy Williams, Patricia Briggs, Karen Marie Moning)

Low Fantasy/ Low level Science Fiction/ Dystopian - (think Laini Taylor, Samantha Shannon, Pierce Brown, Andy Weir)

Contemporary Romance (think Jamie McGuire, Rachel Gibson, K.A. Tucker, Colleen Hoover)

Her current wish list includes:

YA or Contemporary Romance – fun, smart (not silly), heart wrenching

YA Contemporary, authentic voices representing urban life (think Treasure E. Blue), multicultural (example: Canadian/Afro-Latino etc.), social change (think Heidi Durrow, R.J. Palacio) 

She’s not interested in anything historical, horror, high fantasy, or time travel.

Query Sue through the Donaghy Group's submission manager here.

Full guidelines for the Donaghy agency here.

Anne Shone, Senior Editor
Scholastic Books

Brian Henry will lead How to Get Published workshops 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, Jan 28, 2017, in Toronto with Stacey Donaghy of the Donaghy agency (see 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

But the best way of getting your manuscript ready for publication, may be with a weekly writing course. 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, Tuesday 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. .

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 great 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).

To register of for more information for any of the above, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca 

Read reviews of Brian’s courses and workshops here.

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

Navigation tip: For many more literary agents seeking authors, click on the Literary Agents button at the top of the page, just below the banner. To see only Canadian agents, click on the button in the right-hand column under More Content. To see only agents representing kid’s lit, click on the Children’s/YA agents button in the list of Labels below.