Four agents at Holloway Literary seek authors of Middle Grade,YA, New Adult, and Adult fiction, plus memoir and other nonfiction

Holloway Literary

http://hollowayliteraryagency.com/

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Holloway Literary is a young agency, established by Nikki Terpilowski in October 2011, with four agents, all still the process of looking for authors and building up their lists. The two newest members of the team are Kortney Price and Michael Caligaris:

Kortney Price completed internships with Andrea Hurst & Associates, Amphorae Publishing Group and Inklings Literary Agency Holloway Literary as a Literary Assistant. In 2014 she graduated with a B.A. in English from Greenville College. Besides building her list of authors, Kortney manages the agency website and is editor of the Holloway Literary blog.

Kortney Tweets at @kortney_price

Kortney is interested in Middle grade, young adult and new adult fiction. She has a special interest in manuscripts that feature characters within the special needs community.

She’s looking for Middle Grade of all types, specifically stories of adventure or survival, written in the vein of Gordon Korman. Mysteries such as The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin, and some fantasy, steampunk, and other science fiction.

She’s also looking for Young adult science fiction or steampunk such as Airborn by Kenneth Oppel and The Finishing School series by Gail Calliger. Science fiction with elements grounded in history is also a plus. She would also like historical fantasy with a setting in either the Middle East or Europe, thrillers with a touch of magical realism, such as Lois Duncan’s books, and some horror.

She wants New Adult of all types, but she would love to see strong contemporary or historical fiction.

Query Kortney at:  submissions@hollowayliteraryagency.com

Include the first 15 pages of your manuscript pasted in the body of your email. In the email subject header, write: Kortney/Title/Genre. 

Michael Caligaris has been working in publishing since 2013. After earning an MFA in Creative Writing from St. Mary’s College, he then co-founded a Bay Area literary magazine, The East Bay Review. He considers the time he taught creative writing to first-generation college students as a turning point in his career, for they inspired him to further seek out those often-overlooked authors writing about family, struggle, class and race. As an agent for Holloway Literary, Michael strives to find emerging authors with strong voice and vision, and he promises to tirelessly campaign for their exposure.

Michael Tweets at @mikecali31

Michael is interested in representing both fiction and nonfiction. He appreciates voice-driven narratives, especially if first-person retrospection is utilized. He is drawn to a good bildungsroman; allegorical works; social criticism; period dramas; satirical near-futures; antiheroes; stories that deal with the bereavement process; works that highlight voices of color or the underrepresented.

Specifically, Michael is looking for…

Literary Fiction

Autobiographical fiction, i.e., So Long, See You Tomorrow; A River Runs Through It; Sylvia

Short story collections or connected stories as a novel, i.e., Jennifer Egan, Elizabeth Strout, Junot Diaz

LGBTQ lit

Novels that are set in the Midwest or could be considered Americana

Crime Fiction

Mystery/Noir, i.e., Walter Mosley, Kate Atkinson, Lou Berney

Dystopian fiction

Civil unrest/political uprising/ war novels

Memoir

New Journalism and/or long-form journalism

Essay collections on art, race, mental health, music, etc.

Satirical/humor writing

Environmental writing

Query Michael at: submissions@hollowayliteraryagency.com

Include the first 15 pages of your manuscript pasted in the body of your email. In the email subject header, write: Michael/Title/Genre.

Author Jennifer Mook-Sang will be one of the
guest speakers at Writing for Children & for
Young Adults, Saturday, May 13, in Caledon.
Details here

Brian Henry will lead Writing and Revising workshops Saturday, Feb 25, in Burlington (see here), Saturday, March 4, in London (see here), and Saturday, March 25, in Toronto (see here), and Writing with Style, Saturday, March 11, in Georgetown (see here).

Brian will  lead Writing for Children & for Young Adults workshops on Saturday, April 1, in Windsor (see here), on Saturday, May 13, in Caledon at the Bolton Library with Yasemin Uçar, senior Editor at Kids Can Press (see here) and on Saturday, May 27, in St. Catharines with Anne Shone, senior editor at Scholastic Books (see here). Brian will also be leading a weekly Kid Lit class, Monday afternoons, April 10 – June 19, in Mississauga (here).

Note: For updated listings of Writing for Children & for Young adult workshops and for weekly Kid lit classes, see here (and scroll down).

Brian Henry will be leading a How to Get Published workshop on Saturday, April 22, in Midland, again with Stacey Donaghy (see here).

Note: For updated postings of current How to Get Published workshops here (and scroll down).

For more information or to reserve a spot in any Saturday workshop or weekly course, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca

And don't miss the June in Algonquin Writing Retreat, Friday, June 2 – Sunday, June 4, or  Monday, June 5, 2017. Details here.

In the spring, starting the end of March, Brian will offer a full range of classes from beginner to advanced:

Welcome to Creative Writing, Monday evenings, April 10 – June 19, Burlington Details here.

Writing Personal Stories, Thursday afternoons, April 27 – June 15, Burlington Details here.

Writing Kid Lit, Monday afternoons, April 10 – June 19, Mississauga. Details here.

Intermediate Creative Writing, Wednesday evenings, April 12 – June 14, starts by email April 5, Burlington. Details Details here.

Intermediate Creative Writing, Thursday evenings, April 13 – June 15, starts by email April 6, Georgetown. Details here.

Intensive Creative Writing, Tuesday afternoons, April 11 – June 13, starts by email April 4, Burlington. Details here.

Extreme Creative Writing, Wednesday afternoons, April 5 – June 21, starts by email March 29, Burlington. Details here.

Details of all seven classes offered this spring here.

For more information or to register 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.

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“I Grow old, I grow old …” By Mona Tam

“I grow old, I grow old, but I shall not wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled,” if T. S. Eliot will forgive the reference.

     At my last check-up, my family doctor looked at my height measurement and said, “I think you’re shorter than two years ago.”

     “I kind of noticed that too,” I replied. “The other day my trousers seemed long and I had to take the bottoms up afterwards. It would be awkward to roll them up.”  

     My doctor did not seem to recognize my poetic reference and, without smiling, went on to suggest a bone density scan and the inclusion of glucosamine supplement in my diet. For my part, I was eager to reassure her that I was keeping up with my weight training and I was fine with following her advice. Not a big deal.

    But it seems, for some, growing older is a big deal.

    I recently read Globe and Mail feature writer Ian Brown’s book Sixty: A Diary of My Sixty-First and it upset me.  His self-effacing entries about the changes he noticed did not come across as humour, but bitter grumpiness. The shape of his nose is apparently changing and his sexual prowess is fading. Really? Is this aging’s worst threat? What’s wrong with growing old? And his nose changing shape? Oh vanity, vanity! I want to tell Mr. Brown that growing old isn’t a disaster.

     When I turned fifty, I said to myself: “This is the beginning of life.” In the ten years between my fiftieth and sixtieth birthday, I looked around and discovered many new ventures to enrich myself.

      I transformed myself from a couch potato into a power walker. I joined a walking class and, with coaching and peer support, I progressed step by step from not being able to walk fast for one minute to entering races. I even completed a marathon, walking the entire distance

    This is not to say I am oblivious to the changes in my body and my performance. I never entered a race before I was fifty, but I can well imagine that twenty years ago I would have raced faster. Even so, does it matter? I am doing what I can, and I am at peace with myself. No regrets!

      When I turned sixty, I felt good. In fact, I felt great.  I reassured myself, “Sixty is the new forty.”  I took up creative writing while I continued to work part time. I did not feel that I had reached a watershed at sixty.

      For a while, I experimented with blogging and wrote about my love for hiking. To make the blog more interesting, I began taking snapshots with my cell phone and added photo inserts to illustrate my posts. I discovered the many motives behind blogging and how many bloggers gravitate towards socializing on blog sites. Blogging opened the door to a new dimension of social interaction with strangers, of which I was generally more wary. I am never an extravert in real life; it turns out I don’t like mindless chatter in the cyber world, either.

     Another milestone birthday arrived recently, the one that delivers discounts in shops, restaurants, museums and public transport. Still, getting older hasn’t bothered me.    

     Why should growing old be depressing, as Brown sees it?

      I look at my mother, who, at eighty-nine, is my inspiration to keep up with technology. She checks her email every day. and through her siblings who are scattered across the globe, she is in touch with the whole world it seems. I’ve installed WhatsApp, which she enjoys using to communicate with her children in both English and Chinese on her iPad. She is fluent with Emoji!

    My mother embraces life and has something to look forward to every day. She never moans about her knee problems. She puts some ointment on her knees in the morning, and starts her day with a Tai Chi routine, following along with a DVD demonstration. She cannot bend as low as the instructor. She cannot raise her hands above her head. Who cares?

     As we age, we are not immune to the usual physical changes, let alone any hereditary conditions. Indeed, I have at least ten health-related appointments every year, covering various organs and bodily systems. I do not complain; I like being able to discuss my changing body with a knowledgeable person so I can make decisions on how to take care of myself.

    It’s not that I’m oblivious to my mortality, but I have decided not to loathe my physical body and live life as it is. To me, a disillusioned soul is more frightening than an aging body, and it’s futile to encase a hopeless spirit in a young-looking shell. It is only when we decide to continue to be ourselves and embrace the age-appropriate changes in our bodies that we have peace of mind.

     The West has bred a culture of ageism and an inability to accept the natural changes that take place in our lifespan. Too many people cling to their younger selves, afraid to flow with time and nature. This is an arrested mentality. I hope Mr. Brown will emerge from gazing into his wrinkling navel to cherish the joy that life promises him, by being who he is. I certainly wish that he has a happier 63rd birthday.

Mona Tam lives in Burlington, Ontario. She has a doctorate in Psychology and has work as a mental health professional until her recent retirement. She has lived in Hong Kong and England and is interested in including cultural issues in some of her writings.

A version of his article was previously published in the Facts and Argument column of the Globe and Mail. For information about submitting to Facts and Arguments, see here.

See Brian Henry’s 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.

You're invited to an author reading night with Jim Rudnick

Jim, with Pirates,
the first book of his Rim Confederacy series

Hi, Brian.

Been working very hard at writing better, which I suppose is something we’d all like to do and do well. But why I’m writing to you is to let you know of a wonderful little used bookstore in downtown Hamilton called The River Trading Company.

Their marketing fellow contacted me in December and after some work on what we might do, I’m happy to announce that I’ll be their guest speaker for a Science Fiction Night. I’ll be reading from my books, giving my take on self-publishing, and then taking questions from the floor.

The Science Fiction Night takes place...

Saturday, February 25

7 – 9 p.m.

at The River Trading Company

595 Barton Street E, Hamilton, Ontario (Map here)

Everyone's welcome!

Keep on doing those great classes, Brian. I’ll be looking to join one after the winter is done.

Jim Rudnick

http://www.jimrudnick.ca/

See Brian Henry’s 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.

Congratulations to Hannah – she's landed a two-book deal!

Hi, Brian.

Thrilled to share I've been offered a traditional (print) two-book deal from the publisher MIRA, which acquired world-wide rights.

My second novel (current title Secrets That Made Us) is slated for release in summer 2018. I'm ecstatic to say the very least, and walking around with a rather large grin on my face.

HUGE Thank Yous: to you, Brian – your courses always inspire – to my agent Cassandra Rodgers (of The Rights Factory) for this brilliant deal, to Rob McKinnon for telling me not to quit, and to everyone who supported and encouraged me on this journey!

Hannah

In the meanwhile, until The Secrets That Made Us comes out, you can read an excerpt from Hannah McKinnon’s first novel, Time after Time (published by HarperCollins in Britain) here or download a copy from Amazon here.

Note: This spring, Brian will be offering a full range of classes from beginner to advanced:

Welcome to Creative Writing, Monday evenings, April 10 – June 19, Burlington Details here.

Writing Personal Stories, Thursday afternoons, April 27 – June 15, Burlington Details here.

Writing Kid Lit, Monday afternoons, April 10 – June 19, Mississauga. Details here.

Intermediate Creative Writing, Wednesday evenings, April 12 – June 14, starts by email April 5, Burlington. Details Details here.

Intermediate Creative Writing, Thursday evenings, April 13 – June 15, starts by email April 6, Georgetown. Details here.

Intensive Creative Writing, Tuesday afternoons, April 11 – June 13, starts by email April 4, Burlington. Details here.

Extreme Creative Writing, Wednesday afternoons, April 5 – June 21, starts by email March 29, Burlington. Details here.

Details of all seven classes offered this spring here.

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

Read reviews of Brian’s courses and workshops here.

See Brian’s current complete 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.

Claire Roberts of Trident Media seeks new authors

The Book of Secrets by Deepak Chopra,
one of 100s of well-known authors
represented by Trident Media

Trident Media Group

41 Madison Ave

Floor 36

New York, NY 10010

http://www.tridentmediagroup.com/

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Trident Media Group is one of the largest and most diversified agencies in the world. Trident represents over 1,000 authors in a range of genres of fiction and nonfiction, many of whom have appeared on the New York Times Best Sellers Lists and have won major awards and prizes. For more than six consecutive years, Publishers Market Place ranked Trident number one for sales in North America. But Trident doesn’t just work with bestselling authors; it also takes on emerging authors.

Claire Roberts is a Vice President of Trident Media. In addition to heading up Trident’s foreign rights department, Claire is now building her own list of authors, and like all new agents, she needs authors.

Claire has been a publishing professional for 24 years, with 19 years of experience in UK and foreign rights. With her wide foreign rights experience, she will agent her clients in both the U.S. and in the international markets.

Her focus is on upmarket and literary fiction, upmarket crime fiction and narrative non-fiction.

Before joining Trident, Claire oversaw the foreign rights program for Doubleday and Broadway Books, both imprints of Random House US. Prior to that she managed foreign rights for William Morrow and Avon Books, and for the trade books division of Harcourt Brace, now a part of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Some of the authors she has handled in the international markets are: Justin Cronin, Elizabeth George, Michael Ondaatje, Marilynne Robinson, Mark Sennen, Radhika Swarup, Sonali Deraniyagala, Paul Harding, Marlon James, and Bob Swarup. Claire graduated from Brown University with a B.A. magna cum laude in Comparative Literature and holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Query Claire through Trident’s online form here.

Anne Shone, senior editor,
Scholastic Books

Brian Henry will lead a How to Write a Bestseller workshop on Saturday, Feb 18, in Guelph, with New York Times #1 bestselling author Kelley Armstrong (see here).

Also, he’ll lead Writing and Revising, Saturday, Feb 25, in Burlington (see here), Saturday, March 4, in London (see here), and Saturday, March 25, in Toronto (see here), and Writing with Style, Saturday, March 11, in Georgetown (see here).

Brian will  lead Writing for Children & for Young Adults workshops on Saturday, April 1, in Windsor (see here), on Saturday, May 13, in Caledon at the Bolton Library with Yasemin Uçar, senior Editor at Kids Can Press (see here) and on Saturday, May 27, in St. Catharines with Anne Shone, senior editor at Scholastic Books (see here). Brian will also be leading a weekly Kid Lit class, Monday afternoons, April 10 – June 19, in Mississauga (here).

Note: For updated listings of Writing for Children & for Young adult workshops and for weekly Kid lit classes, see here (and scroll down).

Brian Henry will be leading a How to Get Published workshop on Saturday, April 22, in Midland, again with Stacey Donaghy (see here).

Note: For updated postings of current How to Get Published workshops here (and scroll down).

For more information or to reserve a spot in any Saturday workshop or weekly course, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca

And don't miss the June in Algonquin Writing Retreat, June 2 – June 4 or 5, 2017. Details here.

Sylvia McNicoll, author of more than
30 books for young people will be on of the
guest speakers for the Writing Kid Lit course

In the spring, Brian will be offering a full range of classes from beginner to advanced:

Welcome to Creative Writing, Monday evenings, April 10 – June 19, Burlington Details here.

Writing Personal Stories, Thursday afternoons, April 27 – June 15, Burlington Details here.

Writing Kid Lit, Monday afternoons, April 10 – June 19, Mississauga. Details here.

Intermediate Creative Writing, Wednesday evenings, April 12 – June 14, starts by email April 5, Burlington. Details Details here.

Intermediate Creative Writing, Thursday evenings, April 13 – June 15, starts by email April 6, Georgetown. Details here.

Intensive Creative Writing, Tuesday afternoons, April 11 – June 13, starts by email April 4, Burlington. Details here.

Extreme Creative Writing, Wednesday afternoons, April 5 – June 21, starts by email March 29, Burlington. Details here.

Details of all seven classes offered this spring here.

For more information or to register 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.