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  • The Rights Factory's Sam Hiyate on Agent Provocateur, a Brainy and Funny New Publishing Podcast
    The Rights Factory's Sam Hiyate on Agent Provocateur, a Brainy and Funny New Publishing Podcast
    August 30, 2021

    The Rights Factory's Sam Hiyate on Agent Provocateur, a Brainy and Funny New Publishing Podcast

    Sam Hiyate has been an influential fixture in the Canadian literary industry for years, first at the literary magazine Blood & Aphorisms and later as the publisher of indie darling Gutter Press.Now ...

  • What Agents Are Looking For: Interview with Marilyn Biderman
    What Agents Are Looking For: Interview with Marilyn Biderman
    April 25, 2019

    What Agents Are Looking For: Interview with Marilyn Biderman

    One afternoon, when I was feeling particularly angsty, I tweeted out to my followers, “How do BIPOC writers get agents?” I received some encouraging responses, as well as some that had me questioning ...

  • How to Secure a Literary Agent
    How to Secure a Literary Agent
    March 25, 2019

    How to Secure a Literary Agent

    With spring just around the corner (we hope), there’s a renewed sense of optimism in the air. Writers are slowly emerging from the depths of their hobbit holes, and some have manuscripts ready to be ...

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