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You’ve written a captivating manuscript? Great, now you have to sell it. Publishing is a business, and convincing a publisher to take a chance on your first or second book can be challenging, especially in an industry that has seen many cutbacks and consolidation. Join this workshop to hear tips from one of the top literary agencies in Canada, as well as publishers; talk to them about your project and ask the questions one-on-one necessary to help your manuscript avoid the dreaded slush pile.

Speakers include literary agent Carolyn Forde (Westwood Creative Artists).

Carlyn Forde I have been at WCA since 2005, and been a shareholder in the agency since 2010. I have a B.A. Hons in English Literature and History from Trent University (year abroad at Liverpool Hope University), earned a Postgraduate Certificate in Publishing Sciences from Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland, and completed the Simon Fraser University Publishing Intensive course in Vancouver. I have lived and worked in Japan, Mexico and the Czech Republic and am a dual citizen of Canada and the UK.